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Palestine Series
Palestine – A Critical Historical and Secular Perspective
Part 1 - Introduction, Approach and Purpose
P1.1 Introduction
P1.2 Approach
P1.3 Purpose
P1.4 Table of Contents
P1.1 Introduction
As the smoke of war started to settle early in the 20th century, the political future of historical Palestine became a...
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“George Pell’s death symbolises the demise of a church out of touch and out of time” by Francis Sullivan
An article written by Francis Sullivan for The Guardian, published on 12 January 2023
A link to the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/jan/12/george-pells-death-symbolises-the-demise-of-a-church-out-of-touch-and-out-of-time
A Few Comments by JJ Brits
The death of Cardinal George Pell on 10 Jan 2023...
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The Voyage of the Beagle
On this day 191 years ago (on 27 December 1831) the HMS Beagle, under the command of the 26-year-old Captain Robert Fitzroy, set sail from Plymouth, England to survey the South American coastline and...
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Carl Sagan
On this day 26 years ago (on 20 Dec 1996) one of the outstanding secular thinkers and ambassadors for science died much too soon from complications of a rare bone marrow disease at the...
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The Catholic Church Accepting Freedom of Religion
On this day 57 years ago, on 7 December 1965, the Catholic Church finally accepted Freedom of Religion as official doctrine, at the 4th Session of the Second Vatican Council (with 70 votes against...
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Does it take Faith to be Secular?
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