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Religion: it’s at the centre of world affairs, but profound questions still remain. Why are you here? What happens when you die? Does God matter? God Forbid seeks the answers.
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Secular Australia's identity crisis (opens the original)
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What is the place of religion in a pluralist society? Australia calls itself a secular country, yet it has never been more religiously diverse. Whether you're religious or secular, whether you support multi or mono-culturalism, it seems we all claim the authentic mantle of modern Australian identity. Yet none of us agree on what it is, much less who owns it. How should we grapple with our identity as a secular nation in a diverse and ever-changing world? GUESTS:Renae Barker, Senior Lecturer, UWA
Does owning property make you more moral? (opens the original)
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Generation Z is the first generation since the war to start out with less claim on the country than their parents. You might believe this story is just all about economics. Negative gearing, property investment, supply and demand... But there's an older, even ancient, argument that says that says a country where people own nothing will eventually become a country where people are nothing. That owning property doesn't just confer wealth. It's moral training. When you own, you own up. This was the
Will science ever explain the self? (opens the original)
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Neuroscience is now spectacularly good at explaining how brains work. But there’s one thing it still can’t explain: why having a brain feels like something. Like anything at all! Philosophers call this the Hard Problem of consciousness. Is this gap in our knowledge something that science can never fully understand? Something intangible, even unknowable? Some say it's a life force, an essence, a soul. What, if anything, can religion offer this intangible? GUESTS: Rev Antonios Caldas Coptic Orthod
Voluntary assisted dying: more than a matter of life and death (opens the original)
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The Northern Territory is set to become the final Australian jurisdiction to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD). While thirty years of arguing comes to an end, God Forbid examines the wider conversations that are essential, but so often overlooked when it comes to voluntary assisted dying. GUESTS: Christoper Dudfield, Spiritual Care Practitioner, clinical leader and researcher. Jodie Clarkson, retired teacher and community worker, palliative care outpatient in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Prof
The Good Mother standard: Can anyone live up to it? (opens the original)
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Mother Earth. Mother Mary. The "good mother." Is there a more impossible standard than motherhood itself? Every culture seems to believe in a mother who is endless. Endlessly patient, endlessly giving, endlessly present. In Christianity she's Mary, the sinless virgin, the giving and eternal mother of the church. In psychology she's the "Good Mother", always available and calm, never faltering. In real life, she's the woman who looks like she's got motherhood handled, but who, if you asked her, w
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