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Sacred to Secular Appendix: End Notes

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Chapter 1

1 Copernicus
2 Aristarchus
3 Homo sapiens
4 ‘God Does Not Exist’ by Trevor Treharne, 2012
5 41,000 Christian religions
6 ABS Census
7 Developing the New Testament
8 Prof Gerhard Baudy: Early Christians
9 Prof Candida Moss, ‘The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented the Story of Martyrdom’, 2013
10 Council of Nicaea
11 Emperor Theodosius
12 St Ambrose
13 Dr Colette Livermore, Essay: ‘An explanation for the believer’; ‘The Australian Book of Atheism’ (Ed) Warren Bonett, 2011
14 Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, ‘Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel’, 2010
15 SPA report
16 8% at church
17 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
18 David Clarke
19 Louise Markus
20 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
21 ACL website
22 Section 116 of Constitution
23 SMH poll 84%:
24 Preamble of the Australian Constitution
25 Dominion Theology
26 A Current Affair Channel 9
27 Access Ministries quotes
28 The Australian 25.5.13
29 Cory Bernardi
30 Sydney trads
31 Conservative Leadership Foundation
32 Cori Bernardi
33 7 cultural mountains
34 Campus Crusade Aust.
35 Lance Wallnau
36 7 cultural mountains
37 Chrys Stevenson, ‘Is the Australian Christian Lobby dominionist?’, 2011
38 Jim Wallace, ACL:
39 Screenshot of ACL, see .jpg file below
40 Theocracies
41 George W Bush preemptive strikes
42 George W Bush “God told me”
43 Lance Wallnau
44 Chris Hedges, ‘Radical Christian Right’
45 Chris Hedges, Bio.
46 The Age book review
47 SMH, Prof, Marion Maddox
48 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
49 Julia Gillard, ACL interview
50 Tony Abbott, The Age
51 $31b untaxed
52 Tony Abbott; ‘Direct Action’
53 SMH poll, 2009:

Chapter 2

1 ABS Census from 1911 to 2011
2 David Eller, ‘The Cultures of Christianities’, pp31 The Christian Delusion, 2011, Ed John W Loftus
3 Dewey ‘classes’ 1 to 10
4 David Eller, “The Cultures of Christianities”, The Christian Delusion, 2011, Ed John W Loftus
5 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U
6 Dr David Zyngier
7 ABC News
8 ACL lobby NCR
9 ACL survey on SRI 13.2.14 (screenshot)
10 SRI campaign
11 The Age
12 Jennifer Buckingham, ‘The rise of religious schools’, 2010, CIS
13 Ibid.
14 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U, pp29-55
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Economic Rationalism in Canberra:
18 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U
19 School funding
20 ABS Census from 1911 to 2011
21 NZ 2013 Census
22 Per Capita Survey
23 SMH, Equity in schools, 11.3.14
24 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
25 Julia Gillard, ACL interview
26 Chrys Stevenson, ‘Chaplaincy Program, High Court Challenge’, The Kings Tribune, 25.8.14
27 High Court; NSCP “no benefit”
28 SMH poll 19.6.14: 82% do not support NSCP
29 FIRIS Vic videos
30 SMG: bringing children to Jesus
31 West Australian Senator Louise Pratt: video June 2014
32 FIRIS SA “Specific Concerns with School Chaplains”
33 APAC statement
34 Federal Dept. of Education $243 million for four more years.
35 South Australian regulations for Pastoral Care Workers (PCW)
36 see “Discriminatory Hiring Practices of Chaplains”
37 Mandatory reporting of child abuse
38 Examples of complaints: North Territory report into the Chaplaincy Program
39 Aust. Dept Ed: NSCP
40 Aust. Dept Ed: NCSP budget
41 Aust. Guidance & Counselling Assoc: school counsellors under resourced
42 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
43 Ibid.
44 Secular Party of Australia: Report: $31b untaxed
45 Prof Marion Maddox, Chapter 1 “Marketplace Mission”,
46 Ibid.
47 Secular Party of Australia: Report: $31b untaxed
48 Alan J Day, ‘Think Tanks, an International Directory’, 1993
49 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
50 Ibid.
51 Michael Pusey, ‘Economic Rationalism in Canberra’, 1991
52 Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, Catholic Herald 18.7.12
53 Ibid.
54 The Conversation, 8.8.13
55 ABC Q&A, 8.10.10
56 Geraldine Doog, ABC Compass, 11.5.14 ‘God in the Lodge’ Part 2
57 ABC, Religion and Ethics website:
58 The Australian: Mark Scott, MD ABC, evangelical Christian
59 Huffington Post
60 ACCTV, Australian Christian Channel TV
61 Wall Street Journal 1.11.11
62 Koorong Books
63 David Wilson, Australasia Science: ‘A Nation of Creationists’, April 2011
64 2002 national survey
65 Answers in Genesis
66 Creation TV

Chapter 3

1 300 different ancestries in Australia
2 Fall in religious affiliation 1901 to 2011
3 8% monthly in church 2013
4 ABS religious affiliation
5 ABC 10.3.14: The Ellis defence
6 ABC 10.3.14: Re George Pell, Catholic liability
7 ABC news 25.3.14
8 Ibid.
9 ABC news 24.3.14:
10 ABC news 27.3.14:
11 David Marr on George Pell: ‘The Prince’, Quarterly Essay:
12 David Marr video on George Pell:
13 Power corrupts
14 Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse
15 ABC report on Royal Commission, 30.6.14
16 Ibid.
17 Peter Millican; Oxford Union debate:
18 Lainie Anderson, Sunday Mail (SA) 28.6.14
19 SAVES links
20 Exit International
21 BBC 14.11.12: Irish hospital allow abortion patient to die
22 Secular Party of Australia: Region/Tax:
23 Dr Colette Livermore, ‘An Explanation for a Believer’; from The Australian book of atheism, 2010
24 Magdalene Laundries
25 Australian Maggies
26 Nathaniel Branden,
27 Peter Atkins; Oxford Union
28 Bishop of Portsmouth attacks secularism
29 Secular Party of Australia; Religion & Taxation
30 Lourdes visions
31 Shroud of Turin
32 Mother Teresa
33 List of Bible cruelties
34 Climate change; IGBP
35 Chimps/Man – common ancestor 13m years ago
36 31% creationists
37 2002 national survey
38 Neanderthal DNA 1% to 4% in all humans
39 David Silverman; Oxford Union debate
40 USA creationism
41 Gregory Paul: Report
42 Successful Society Scale
43 HDI inequity adjusted
44 National Curriculum Review; Religion in Schools.
45 The “Judeo-Christian” tradition
46 Dr Meredith Doig, RSA
47 Jennifer Buckingham, CIP. ‘The rise of religious schools’, 2010
48 The Guardian, 11.3.14. 40% of students in private schools
49 The Age, 8.2.14. Marion Maddox on religious private schools
50 Child abuse, Lawrence Krauss
51 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U
52 ACE video
53 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U
54 Ibid.

Chapter 4

1 Ku Klux Klan
2 Christian Supremacy
3 David Wilson, ‘Australasian Science’, 31% creationists
4 2002 national survey
5 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U
6 Ibid.
7 The Guardian, from Cathy Byrne’s, “Religion in Secular Education”, Amazon, 2014.
8 Dominion Theology
9 Theocracy
10 Reclaim the 7 Mountains:
11 Robert Long, ‘The Development of Themelic Schools in Australia’, 1996
12 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
15 7 Mountains “Mission”.
16 Chrys Stevenson, “Is the Australian Christian Lobby dominionist?’
17 ACL school creationism
18 The Global Mail
19 Cory Bernardi, CLF
20 31% still creationist
21 Goodreads, David Kuo review of ‘Tempting Faith’, 2006
22 Jeff Sharlet, ‘The Family: Power, Political and Fundamentalism’s Shadow Elite, University of Queensland Press, 2008
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Family Part 1
28 Family Part 2
29 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
30 Jeff Sharlet, ‘Jesus Plus Nothing: Under Cover among America’s secret theocrats’
31 Ibid.
32 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
33 Ibid.
34 Mark Scott, ABC MD, evangelist
35 Steven Ciobo, First Speech to Parliament, 13 February 2002.
36 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
37 Ibid.
38 Ibid.
39 Ibid.
40 Ross Cameron: Telegraph
41 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘God Under Howard: the rise of the religious right in Australian politics’, A&U, 2005
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid.
44 The Drum – religious influence in politics

Chapter 5

1 31% reject evolution
2 Stars in the Milky Way
3 Galaxies
4 Prof Jim Al-Khalili ‘Everything and Nothing’
5 Big Bang
6 Prof Jim Al-Khalili ‘Everything and Nothing’
7 3,207 Gods:
8 Matt Dillahunty, ‘Appeals to Faith’
9 “Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide”, 2011.
10 Ibid
11 CARM prophesies:
12 Christian denominations
13 Catholics and abortion
14 41,000 Christian religions
15 Christianity in Australia
16 John W Loftus (Ed), ‘The Christian Delusion’, 2010
17 41,000 Christian religions
18 Nielsen Poll on religious believe
19 Confucius and the Golden Rule
20 27% believe ‘the Hand of God’
21 Ibid.
22 Bible contradictions
23 Matthew 27:52-54
24 ACNC list
25 Tory Shepherd, News Corp, 1/10/14
26 Secular Party of Australia: Submission to treasury tax review
27 Tory Shepherd, News Corp, 1/10/14
28 Christian agnosticism
29 ICSA
30 David Marr, SMH, 4.8.07, Hillsong
31 300+ creationist websites
32 CMI videos
33 Australian Academy of Science
34 Debunking creationism
35 Creationism debunked
36 Galileo ‘Dialogue’
37 1632 Catholics ban ‘Dialogue’
38 1822 ‘Dialogue’ removed from banned books list
39 Science Method 9.15 minutes, Peter Hadfield, BBC and science writer.
40 Science Method, C0nc0rdance
41 Australian Academy of Science
42 RiAus
43 ABS 2011 Census
44 40% of students in private schools: Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U and The Guardian, 11.3.14:
45 ABS Census 2011
46 NZ 2013 Census
47 2016 census: 444 Q19 submissions
48 Michael Bond, ‘The Power of Others’,

Chapter 6

1 Oklahoma Bomber
2 The Argument from Ignorance
3 Chimps/Man – common ancestor 13m years ago
4 How DNA works
5 Chromosome No. 2
6 Neanderthal DNA
7 Neanderthal DNA
8 Neanderthals Aust. Museum
9 Taxonomic Scale
10 Human Evolution – Smithsonian
11 Simple cells
12 Earth timeline 4.6b
13 Water on Earth
14 Oxygen formation
15 Single cells
16 Peter Hadfield – Origins:
17 Earth timeline 4.6b years
18 31% believe in Genesis
19 The Inquisitions
20 List of Bible cruelties
21 10,000 saints Catholic On-line
22 Pope Francis: new saints
23 The Clergy Project
24 Australian Financial Review, 21.2.14. 17% of priest don’t believe
25 Bible contradictions – The Thinking Atheist
26 Bible contradictions – Infidels
27 Cognitive Dissonance
28 Jesus: ‘Gentiles as dogs’
29 Richard Dawkins, “The Greatest Show on Earth”,
30 3,207 Gods.
31 Prayer survey
32 Joseph Smith and Mormons
33 Scientology and L Ron Hubbard
34 Trevor Trehane, ‘How to Prove God Does Not Exist’, 2012
35 Christopher Hitchens, ‘God is Not Great’, 2008
36 Interpreting the Bible
37 Ibid.
38 CARM and the Trinity
39 Richard Carrier
40 AFA FAQ
41 Atheist Community of Austin
42 FAQ to de-convert from religion
43 ABC, Q&A, 9.4.12. Richard Dawkins vs George Pell.
44 Bill Maher – atheism is not a religion
45 Talk Origins
46 Confucius: the Golden Rule
47 Buddhism: the Golden Rule
48 Ancient Greece : Golden Rule
49 Sermon on the Mount
50 Slavery and Christianity
51 Ibid.
52 Epicureanism
53 Epicurus
54 No persecution of Christians
55 Prof. Neil deGrasse Tyson on human design
56 Ibid.
57 Richard Dawkins and Giraffe laryngeal nerve
58 Giraffe images of laryngeal nerve – started with fish.
59 Vestigial organs

Chapter 7

1 Dr J Anderson Thomson, “Why we believe in God(s); a concise guide to the science of faith”, Pitchstone, 2011
2 Video Dr Thomson discussing his book
3 Extinction of Neanderthals
4 Aust. Museum, Homo sapiens migration
5 Early human migration
6 Dr J Anderson Thomson, “Why we believe in God(s); a concise guide to the science of faith”, Pitchstone, 2011
7 Ibid.
8 Imaginary friends
9 Dr J Anderson Thomson, “Why we believe in God(s); a concise guide to the science of faith”, Pitchstone, 2011
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Moral Life of Babies
15 Altruism; Michael Tomasello
16 The Moral Instinct, Steven Pinker
17 D Kapogiannis et al, ‘Neuro-anatomical Variability of Religiosity’, 2009 study
18 Ibid.
19 Sam Harris et al, ‘The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief’, 2009 study
20 National Academy of Sciences USA
21 Milgram’s Authority Experiment-1
22 Milgram’s Authority Experiment-2
23 Milgram’s Authority Experiment-3
24 Witness ID is 33% wrong: APA
25 Ibid.
26 Dr Rosemary Lyndall Wemm, ‘Neuroscience, Religious Experience, and Sensory Deception’, final chapter from ‘The Australian Book of Atheism” (2010), (Ed) Warren Bonett
27 Dr Lyndal Wemm, reference to: D.M. Bear and P. Fedio, ‘Quantitative Analysis and Interictal Behaviour in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy’, Archives of Neurology 34 (8). August 1977, pp. 454-67.
28 Dr Rosemary Lyndall Wemm, ‘Neuroscience, Religious Experience, and Sensory Deception’, final chapter from ‘The Australian Book of Atheism” (2010), (Ed) Warren Bonett
29 George W Bush: “God told me to invade”.
30 Dr Michael Persinger: video of the God Helmet
31 Project Reason
32 Sam Harris; video on the ‘soul’
33 Substance Dualism-1
34 Substance Dualism-2
35 Dr Rosemary Lyndall Wemm, ‘Neuroscience, Religious Experience, and Sensory Deception’, final chapter from ‘The Australian Book of Atheism” (2010), (Ed) Warren Bonett
http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/6149/the-australian-book-of-atheism-1st-collection-to-explore-atheism-from-an-australian-viewpoint#.VX0XTEbw5m0
36 Ibid
37 Valerie Tarico, ‘Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science’.
38 Valerie Tarico video
39 Valerie Tarico, ‘Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science’.
40 Dr Valerie Tarico: video: How beliefs resist change
41 Scientific Method
42 Dr Rosemary Lyndall Wemm, ‘Neuroscience, Religious Experience, and Sensory Deception’, final chapter from ‘The Australian Book of Atheism” (2010), (Ed) Warren Bonett

Chapter 8

1 Methods of crucifixion
2 Jesus Myth Theory
3 Raphael Lataster ‘There Was No Jesus, There Is No God’, Amazon, 2013
4 Richard Carrier, ‘On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt’, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014.  Good one hour video of Carrier explaining his book.
5 Richard Carrier ‘Proving History: Baye’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus’, Prometheus Books, 2012
6 Ibid
7 Raphael Lataster ‘There Was No Jesus, There Is No God’, Amazon, 2013
8 Ibid.
9 Craig A. Evans, ‘Life of Jesus Research; An Annotated Bibliography’, Rev ed. (Leiden: Brill), 1996, p128
10 Raphael Lataster ‘There Was No Jesus, There Is No God’, Amazon, 2013
11 Sam Harris, “Letter to a Christian Nation”, 2009.
12 Richard Carrier, “Why the Resurrection is Unbelievable”, from
13 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”, 2013 Amazon
14 Gerd Lüdemann, “Paul as a Witness to the Historical Jesus”, in Sources of the Jesus Tradition, ed. R Joseph Hoffmann, 2010
15 Richard Carrier, “Why the Resurrection is Unbelievable”, from
16 Ibid
17 Richard Carrier, “On the Historicity of Jesus”, 2014. Sheffield Phoenix Press. pp285
18 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”, 2013 Amazon
19 John J Gager, “The Gospels and Jesus: Some Doubts About Method”, The Journal of Religion 54, No 3 (1974): 256
20 Richard Carrier, Why the Resurrection is Unbelievable, “The Christian Delusion”, 2010. Ed. John Loftus
21 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”
22 Burton L Mack, “Who Wrote the New Testament?”, Harper San Francisco, 1995
23 Dr Bart D Ehrman “Did Jesus Exist?” 2013
24 Richard Carrier, “Not the Impossible Faith”, pp. 186-87
25 Richard Carrier, Why the Resurrection is Unbelievable, “The Christian Delusion”, 2010. Ed. John Loftus
26 New Testament contradictions
28 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”, 2013 Amazon, pp39
29 Bart D Ehrman, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp56-57
30 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”, 2013 Amazon
31 Hector Avalos, The End of Biblical Studies (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007), p212
32 Richard Carrier, “On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt”, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014
33 Louis H Feldman, “Josephus (CE 37 – c 100)”, in The Cambridge History of Judaism: Vol 3.
34 No evidence for Jesus:
35 Ibid.
36 Ibid
37 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”, 2013 Amazon
38 Richard Carrier
39 Source: Philo of Alexandria
40 Jesus never existed
41 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”
42 Raphael Lataster, “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”
43 David Fitzgerald , “NAILED: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All.”
44 Richard Carrier, “On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt”, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014
45 Raphael Lataster “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God”, 2013 Amazon
46 Richard Carrier, “On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt”, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014
47 Paul the Apostle, speaking in tongues:
48 Richard Carrier explains Bayes’s Theorem
49 Ibid
50 Richard Carrier, “On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt”, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014
51 St. Bartholomew’s massacre
52 Epistemology

Chapter 9

1 A Better Life
2 Pagan festivals
3 Separation of Church and State. 84% support
4 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U, pp31
5 Ibid.
6 Queen’s Oath
7 RSA 10 point plan:
8 Confucius: Golden Rule
9 ABC, Q&A, Richard Dawkins, 2010
10 PZ Myers creed
11 Plain Reason, ethics
12 Sam Harris Science & Morals
13 World Bank best economies
14 IMF debt to GDP, The Advertiser, 16.2.15, table page 6, and:
15 iHDI list
16 The Skeptic (USA) Vol 19 No 3, 2014
17 IQ by religion
18 Importance of religion
19 BBC Europe
20 Rabobank report
21 David Wilson, ‘A Nation of Creationists’, Australasian Science, 2011
22 2002 national survey
23 Primary Ethics curriculum
24 Curtin University Study
25 Primary Ethics videos
26 Dr Simon Longstaff
27 ACARA: General Capabilities
28 Gonski: a Moral Issue:
29 ABC: What is the Gonski Report?
30 Gonski
31 Gonski address
32 Alan Reid on Public Education
33 Alan Reid on Public Education
34 Secular Party of Australia: Report
35 The Drum
36 Prof Marion Maddox, ‘Taking God to School: The end of Australia’s egalitarian education?’, 2014, A&U, pp105
37 Aged care
38 Charity cash
39 The Aus.
40 Ibid.
41 Pope Francis still has trouble with evolution
42 RiAus website
43 RiAus TV
44 List of Australian Science orgs:
45 David Wilson, ‘A Nation of Creationists’, Australasian Science, 2011
46 2002 national survey
47 Creation Bus Ministry
48 Creation TV videos
49 ABC Religion and Ethics
50 Mark Scott evangelical Christian
51 Newsweek
52 Sunday Mail 23.11.14. 3-page feature: public support for controversial topics.
53 SMH report
54 Sam Harris on Death
55 Marriage equality
56 The Drum 29.3.13: MPs and their religious affiliations.
57 Section 116 of Constitution
58 Preamble of the Constitution – first paragraph
59 Dewey ‘classes’ 1 to 10
60 The Clergy Project
61 Saturnalia
62 Easter
63 Roy Morgan Research

Chapter 10

1 AFA – atheist viewpoint
2 Susie O’Brien, Sun Herald, 13.1.15 “We should be free to criticise religion”, 6th story down.
3 Myths about atheism
4 Sam Harris 10 myths debunked
5 Sam Harris short video
6 10 myths about atheists
7 Benefits of atheism
8 Plain Reason- secular ethics