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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The Anointed and Their Hotline to Heaven
“Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews? Know ye not that there are more nations than one?” Thus saith the Lord God (2 Nephi 29:6–7). And why not? The Lord God talks to lots of people. God the Father had extensive conversations with Adam, Eve, Cain, Abraham and Moses, to say nothing of Jesus’s ministry on Earth. The Holy Spirit may not be quite so garrulous, but has nonetheless been known to whisper in the ear of many a saint and sinner. And although Mohammed learned God’s will mainly from Gabriel, Muslim theologians assure us that he scored an audience with the Big Man while en route to Heaven. Better late than never.
Second Nephi (cited above) was the second of two holy books authored by the prophet Nephi, son of Lehi of the tribe of Joseph. The father of the author of 1 Nephi and 2 Nephi was Lehi of the tribe of Joseph, an ancient Israelite who took to the seas. He and his…
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins
