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		<title>On Line Opinion - Religion &amp; Spirituality</title>
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		<description>Australia's e-journal of social and political debate</description>
		<language>en-au</language>
		<copyright>Copyright 2000-2010, National Forum</copyright>
		<managingEditor>susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn)</webMaster>
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			<title>Knowledge and truth - it's a Catch-22</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Mark Christensen)</author>
			<description>Chris Hitchens, in his recently published memoir 'Hitch-22', craves a noble cause.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10892</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:23:00 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>There is no god in which we all trust</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Fisher)</author>
			<description>Belief, unbelief, disinterest and active hostility all have a place in a country's relationship to god(s)</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10790</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:53:39 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Secularism and religious tolerance</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Fisher)</author>
			<description>Secularism holds that a person&#8217;s religious belief or lack of same is no business of the government.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10725</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:55:46 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>The politics of religion</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Max Wallace)</author>
			<description>The politics of Senator Xenophon&#8217;s tax laws amendment (public benefit test) bill 2010 and the Church of Scientology.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10518</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:14:09 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Religion and science: respecting the differences </title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Michael Zimmerman)</author>
			<description>The teachings of most mainstream religions are consistent with evolution.</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10496</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 11:00:32 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>The Uniting Church in dire straits</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Peter Sellick)</author>
			<description>It is always a bad idea to alter the theology or the liturgy of the church to meet political ends. </description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10359</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:48:56 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Evangelical Ethics </title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Meg Wallace)</author>
			<description>The issue is one of evangelism by yet another group that wishes to enter a war of beliefs in schools. </description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10334</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:55:42 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Abusing the Abuse Crisis</title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Mary Elias)</author>
			<description>Only a small amount of research will reveal that Pope Benedict has done more than any other Pope in history to clean up this crisis in the Church.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:55:11 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Childhood &#8212; a time of innocence and indoctrination </title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Glen Coulton)</author>
			<description>Is requiring children to adopt the religious beliefs of their parents not akin to child abuse?</description>
			<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10321</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:58:13 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title>Seven key facts about the Vatican, the Pope and child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy </title>
			<author>editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ben Mathews)</author>
			<description>Recent comments from Vatican officials in the wake of child sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, and the reporting of them, call for some clarification of key concepts to inform public debate and policy responses.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:15:57 +1000</pubDate>
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