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This op-ed from The Age is a very interesting read.
It mentions two themes from the modern world: a decline in organised religion, and a view that death is unnatural. The mix results in a rise in the supernatural in our fiction, particularly with that part that deals with death.
Being Australian, I never had the pleasure of seeing Jerry Falwell in action. The "moral majority" is really something, and it's something that people outside the US cannot comprehend.
Nevertheless, I feel like I should note his passing. So I leave you with this obituary, by someone he has truly hurt, and yet is able to forgive. Would that we all could.
I came across this opinion piece excerpted from Richard Dawkins' latest book, The God Delusion. It's a good piece, however there's one niggle that I have.
