The Athiests are comming to town!

The Australian Athiests association has got a gig in Melbourne which looks like a Hillsong conference, minus the kids program!

There are a few speakers which would be interesting to hear::

Robyn Williams, from the Science program on Radio National
Tanya Levian:: From Hillsong fame. (from reading her book I would have thought agnostic!)
Richard Dawkins:: Headline act here, read a few of his books
Phillip Adams:: Australia's best known, Atheist/Socialist

I was also amused at the large number of comedians who are on the lineup. Does this mean that Atheists have more fun than believers? On my anecdotal evidence I'd say yes....

God is Back

Listened to the podcast on Radio National with Philip Adams 'God is back'

There are now more Christians in China than there are members of the Communist party and while Pentecostalism has been growing like crazy in Latin America, it's South Korea where you'll find five of the world's ten biggest mega-churches. In 'God is Back', John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge track the revival of religion in a world where previously, intellectuals assumed that modernism would kill religion.

What I found interesting was that some of the ideas were the same as put forward by Alan Hirsch and his mates. That in persecution the Christian church is more likely to experience growth.

I also thought it as interesting the word "pastorpreneur", how these minister are changing. An example was Ps Rick Warren. He is more 'Green', looking more at issues regarding social justice. And not inclined to be so public with social moralizing.

Worth a listen, check it out here.