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An Invitation for Open Thinking
Neville Buch’s discussion with Dave Benson, an Australian theologian working in the United Kingdom. The discussion centres on the Bible Society’s recent report: BS-The Quiet Revival-Final-Digital-EG The Quiet Revival The following is what I communicated after considering the report and reading the comments by Steve Hollinghurst, and the comments of the…
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Interbelief and the Level Playing Field
SEA OF FAITH IN AUSTRALIA (SoFiA) – Melbourne. Interbelief and the Level Playing Field Australian Book. LPF. Stupidity of the Market Economy in Higher Education – Dr Neville Buch Attitudes. Socio-Historical Change in Unitarian Universalism Some of us are participating in SoFiA’s online events. Dr. Neville Buch will present the topic and lead…
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Thinking on Attitudes Among those Who Think About Unity and Universality
“Attitudes: Socio-Historical Change in Unitarian Universalism,” Dr. Neville Buch” Today, I am looking at attitudes in Unitarian-Universalism, and they are not always good, but in critical thinking each person can renew, for themselves, better unitarian universalism thinking. Each of us has a free mind but we are not free in our thinking…
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Misunderstandings about Unemployment and Under-Employment
Unemployment and Under-Employment is greatly misunderstood in the Anglo-American world because each person’s political prejudice, bias, and personal agenda, and the unwillingness to confront uncomfortable truths. Unemployment and Under-Employment has double-effects in the Anglo-American economy, as David A. Graham describes below, and what is happening is that ‘selfish’ political agendas are conflicting with…
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Persons Not Listening, Not Reading, Not Thinking: When will there be Change Behaviour?
“The nation’s air-safety system suffers from the same malady as much of the federal government: years of underfunding by politicians who somehow expect to get something for nothing.” David A. Graham, writer, The Atlantic Daily. “When will the Economic Truth be Accepted, our current economic priorities are not working, and Change Behaviour?”……
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Compatibility: Consistent Intellectual Thought (academia.edu paper)
Consistent Intellectual Thought As consistent intellectual thought, principles are only made compatible contextually. In a moment of time, one principle prioritises over another, but this does not deny the other principle. The other principle is still held, but is merely held over to the next moment of time when it is called upon.…
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Neil Van Leeuwen on Belief and Evidence
I have Neil Van Leeuwen’s permission to reproduce his paper, “Do religious ‘beliefs’ respond to evidence?”, published in Philosophical Explorations, 2017, Vol. 20, No. S1, S52–S72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2017.1287294 . At the end of the reproduced paper I come to several diagrammatic, sociological, conclusions of my own. DO RELIGIOUS “BELIEFS” RESPOND TO EVIDENCE? Neil Van…
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The Irretractable Argument
AI Overview: “Irretractable” means something that cannot be taken back, reversed, or retracted. It’s the opposite of “retractable”. Essentially, if something is irretractable, it’s final and cannot be undone. In an email group discussion, on the barriers which has prevent me gaining paid work since the end of 2017, Professor Lisa…
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Meeting the moment. Understanding the times we’re in has never been more important (Gary Werskey, Inside Story, 29 April 2025)
Gary Werskey is an American-born, Harvard-trained Australian historian of art and science. Currently he is an Honorary Associate in the University of Sydney’s History Department. Werskey has just completed two long-term projects in the history of Australian Art. NewSouth Books has published the ‘Picturing a Nation: The Art & Life of A.H. Fullwood’ (March 2021).…
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A progressive super-majority will define Australia’s 48th Parliament ( Richard Denniss | The Australia Institute)
From Richard Denniss Executive Director The Australia Institute Neville — We are in a new political paradigm – and our work is cut out for us. A progressive super-majority will define Australia’s 48th Parliament, while the Liberal Party’s power has been devastated by voters. As the final votes are still being counted,…