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Category Archives: Religious Fundamentalism

Secularism, the Dr Thio Li-ann way

Monday, December 3, 2007

This post had been cross-posted to Singapore Angle here. I have disabled comments for this post, and comments should be redirected to the page on Singapore Angle.
I read the column published by Dr Thio Li-ann here, and I wish to comment on the issues raised.
A False Dichotomy
Dr Thio begins the column by setting up “theocracy” [...]

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Shining city on a hill

Friday, October 26, 2007

I cannot leave because I love Singapore.
I cannot leave because I cannot let people like Thio Li Ann prevail.
Singapore will be a shining city on a hill.
The Dragon King is right. Slow and steady wins the race.
We will take back our country from the fascists.

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Its time to leave

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I started this post intending to demolish that rubbish of a speech made by Thio Li Ann (one wonders how it is possible to become a professor with that quality of thought) but I think there are plenty of others who have done so far more effectively.
I spoke to a wise friend of mine and [...]

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Singapore is not a theocracy

Thursday, October 18, 2007

I happened to chance upon this post by some guy named Linus Chua through Tomorrow.sg:
Someone asked me after the seminar what I would have said if say MM Lee was sitting there. I told him I would probably bring in Rom 13:1-4 and remind him of the government’s responsibility to God to rule as His [...]

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Repeal s377a!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

A Matter of Conscience
Let us cut through the irrelevant chatter. Regardless of what religious fundamentalists would like you to think, there is only ONE question for us to consider:
Do governments have the right to tell consenting adults what they can or cannot do in private, where there is no harm to non-consenting third parties?
The religious [...]

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