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Islam, Arrogance and
Delusion
A reply to people
like Waleed Aly
See information
on John's book at vividpublishing.com.au.
Articles
This page provides
also links to various articles by Dr Perkins on economics, humanism and
rationalism. Some articles have been published elsewhere, in which case
an appropriate citation can be found at the end of each article. Otherwise,
they may be cited as Economic Communications, Occasional Papers.
They are ordered here chronologically, but classified by subject.
"In times of universal
deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell
Religion,
morality, welfare and humanism
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The
immorality of religion. Australian Humanist, No.66, Winter 2002.
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The
economic cost of religion. Australian Humanist, No.68, Summer 2002.
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Economics
and humanism. Australian Humanist, No.69, Autumn 2003.
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Humanism
and morality. Australian Humanist, No.69, Autumn 2003.
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Universal
Statement of Moral Obligations.
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Book
review: Atheism, Morality and Meaning, by Michael Martin. Australian
Humanist, No.74, Winter 2004.
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The
Great Fraud against Humanism. Australian Humanist, No 77, Autumn 2005.
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Peace
Prosperity and Propriety: Is Religion Really Good?. The Australian
Rationalist, No.71, Spring 2005.
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Modernisation,
multiculturalism and fundamentalism. The Australian Rationalist, No.72,
Summer 2005-2006.
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Creating
a better Australia: reinventing secularism. Australian Humanist, No.
82, Autumn 2006.
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Should
religions be tolerated?. Talk presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne,
10 October 2006.
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The
Need for Global Secularism. Australian Humanist, No. 85, Autumn 2007.
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The
Need for Secular Multiculturalism. The Australian Atheist, No 2, March-April
2007.
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Atheism
and Secularism
. Talk presented to the Unitarian Church, Melbourne,
3 February 2008. Hear
talk.
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The
Relevance of Darwin Day. The Australian Atheist, No.9, May-June 2008,
presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 12 February 2008.
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Religious
Instruction In Schools. Victorian Humanist, Vol 47 No. 4, May 2008.
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Supernatural
Privileges. D!ssent, No. 27, Spring 2008. Review of The Purple Economy
by Max Wallace
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Mass
delusions and their consequences. Online Opinion, 4 November 2008.
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Taxes
and subsidies: the cost of "advancing religion". Australian Humanist,
No. 85, Autumn 2007.
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Cults,
Religion and Counselling. The Skeptic, Vol 29, No. 3, September 2009.
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Faith
is not a Virtue. Australian Humanist, No.97, Autumn 2010.
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Economics
and the Rise of Secularism: Why Religion is the worst Idea Ever Invented
.
Lecture presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 13 April 2010, published
in Australian Rationalist, No.85, Autumn/Winter 2010.
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Charity
or religion: can we advance one without the other? Australian Humanist,
No. 105, Autumn 2012.
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Could
Waleed Aly ever become a Humanist, Australian Humanist, No. 106, Winter
2012.
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Secularism
and the Scourge of Relativism. Talk presented to the Atheist Society,
Melbourne, 10 September 2013.
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Moral
Principlism: a General Solution to the problem of formulating non-religious
ethics. Talk presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 11 November
2014.
"Faith is believing
what you know ain't so" - Mark Twain
Problems
of Islam
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Prosperity
and the rise and fall of Islam. Faithfreedom.org Article
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Islam
and economic development. Faithfreedom.org Article
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Islamic
economics and politics. Faithfreedom.org Article
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Islam
and Arab Human Development. Free Inquiry Vol.
24 No. 3, April / May 2004
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Freedom
and the banning of Islam's scarf.
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Religion
and vilification. D!ssent, No 17, Autumn/Winter 2005
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Book
review: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali . The Australian Atheist,
No. 3, May-June 2007
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Hirsi
Ali's Courage The Australian Rationalist, No. 80, June 2008
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Islam's
origins - Muhammad's military genius D!ssent, No.29, Autumn/Winter
2009. Review of Muhammad: Islam's First Great General by Richard
A Gabriel
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Rejection
of Darwin and the Failure of Islam Australian Rationalist, No.84, Summer
2009. Talk presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 10 February 2009
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The
Cost of Religious Delusion: Islam and terrorism Talk presented to the
Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism, Melbourne Conference and
Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 13 March 2010
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Islam
vs Atheism - debate at the University of Western Sydney, 16 September 2010
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Islam
or Secular Liberalism: which is the way forward? debate at the La Trobe
University, 12th April 2011 Watch
video
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The
Unknown Knowns of Islam Atheist Alliance International, Secular World,
January-March 2012
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Islam
or Atheism: which makes more sense? Debate at Swinburne University,
20 September 2013.
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The
Growing Problem of Islam - an atheist view. Talk presented to Symposium
on Islam, Melbourne, March 2014.
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Why
the Islamic State is attractive to recruits. Atheist Alliance International,
Secular World, Second Quarter 2015
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Let's
admit that Islam is a problem. Australian Humanist, No. 118, Winter
2015
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The
human cost of Islam . Australian Rationalist, Volume 96, Winter 2015
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Recent
findings on the origins of Islam: a key to countering radicalism? Atheist
Society lecture, 11 October 2016. See this also in Church
and State.
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Christmas
in the Koran: the Christian origins of Islam Atheist Society lecture,
13 June 2017
Islam research references
"Forecasting is hard,
particularly about the future" - Anon.
Economics,
energy, & global warming
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The
energy problem (Reference)
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Global
warming: The case for a coal tax NIEIR Conference Paper,
July 2007
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Australia,
Coal and Global Warming (The Age, Business Day, 27 September
2007)
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A
simple econometrician's guide to global warming The Skeptic,
Vol 28, No.4: Summer 2008 (http://tinyurl.com/57qa37)
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Australia's
Coal Delusion published as Out
with the coal, in with the flue, The Age, Business Day,
11 September 2008
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Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme - NIEIR Submission Department
of Climate Change, 10 September 2008
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Energy
Resource Depletion and Carbon Emissions: Global Projections to 2050
UN Project LINK, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 28
October 2009 (Meeting
links, 2009)
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Resource
depletion will reduce emissions Energy Bulletin, December 25,
2009
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Carbon
dioxide emissions and atmospheric concentration
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Fear
campaign on resources tax is a furphy The Age, Opinion,
21 May 2010
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Fossil
Fuels and Climate Change NIEIR Discussion Paper,
February 2011
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Domestic
and Foreign Debt UN Project LINK, New York, October
2011 (Meeting
Agenda)
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Soap
Box Economics
Victorian Skeptics, 18 August 2014
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The
Carbon Tax and Liability
The Australian Rationalist,
Volume 95, Summer 2014
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Long
Term Demographics, Income Distribution and Expenditure: Effects on Growth
UN Project LINK, Toronto, October 2011 (Meeting
Agenda)
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Long-term
changes in industry structure: Effects of trade on real wage growth and
labour share of income UN Project LINK, UNCTAD, Palais
des Nations, Geneva, October 2011 (Meeting
Agenda)
Book:Islam,
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