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Does prime minster Ardern pray? Comments 0

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

Does Jacinda Ardern talk to God? “No. But I have a real respect for people who have religion as a foundation in their lives, ” she told Pathos in a recently published interview. “And I respect people who don’t. I’m agnostic. “I don’t spend a lot of time trying to figure it out. “I do Read more

Tags: Agnostic, Gay, Jacinda Ardern, Prayer
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Hindu to Atheist to Agnostic to Anglican to Catholic to priest Comments 0

Monday, July 17th, 2017

A remarkable journey will reach a new stage on 15 July when Br Robert Krishna OP will be ordained a priest by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at St Benedict’s, Broadway. Br Robert’s journey began in Bangalore, India. Originally a Hindu, he became an atheist at the age of 10, and in his late teens considered Read more

Tags: Agnostic, Anglican, Atheist, Catholic, Hindu, Priest
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  • Kieran Am I missing something in the Gospels? The Jesus of the Gospels seems to be always upsetting the religious authorities (authoritarians?) of his day. He associates with those outcasts, those who do not keep the Law. Also those who are fundamentally disordered because God has struck them with...

    NZ Bishop: No hierarchy of age – listen to young people and learn ·  February 17, 2019

  • Elizabeth Julian Yes Mon, it's never good to get into prooftexting. My intent was to perhaps suggest a different way of thinking about the sexuality question while we wait for the church to catchup with science. The reason being that real people on the continuum are suffering and I think we need to be able to...

    NZ Bishop: No hierarchy of age – listen to young people and learn ·  February 16, 2019

  • Mon Excellent misuse of the biblical story of creation to push an agenda with dubious correlation (ie none whatsoever). Now to what the rest of the bible says about homosexuality/sodomy...or do we simply conveniently ignore that and look for loose analogies that could be warped to suit our particular...

    NZ Bishop: No hierarchy of age – listen to young people and learn ·  February 15, 2019

  • Elizabeth Julian It is helpful to read Charles Drennan's comments. As a bishop he is very brave to suggest that perhaps the church has got it wrong (if those were his actual words). I think it may be helpful to consider the church's current teaching around human sexuality, biblically. An Irish scholar has...

    NZ Bishop: No hierarchy of age – listen to young people and learn ·  February 14, 2019

  • Kieran As a former Catholic representative on the Board of the Bible Society of New Zealand I wish Neels the best of God's blessings in his new appointment and express my fond wish for new Catholic members on that Board. You are the group who have helped us so much in the area of the Bible, in...

    New leadership at Bible Society ·  February 14, 2019

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