God Forbid
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God Forbid
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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289 episodis
The ideas that inspired American Christian Zionism
Whether or not you believe in - or even know about "the Rapture", "the Tribulation", "the End Times", and "Armageddon", your life is influenced by the...
How should we view our relationship to work?
Most of us spend most of our waking hours working, paid and unpaid.
From housework to paid work, most of our lives are dominated by work. It's...
The seen and unseen: Belief in Jinns, Marian apparitions and Japanese yokai
Halloween, in the western Christian tradition, remembers the dead – saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
But why do so many believe...
Home economics: waking up from the Australian dream
The government has removed favourable tax settings for investors to make home ownership just a bit more achievable for Millennials and Gen Z’s priced...
Doomsday or just good planning? The ethics of prepping
From climate disasters to economic collapse, pandemics to political unrest — some people prepare for the worst long before it happens.
But is p...
Can we truly love AI? And can it love us back?
Falling in love with a machine is supposed to be the stuff of science-fiction. About a decade ago, Spike Jonze made the film Her, about a lonely man T...
Addiction, God, and the origin of the twelve steps
Since the Stone Age we’ve used, and abused, drugs and alcohol. And some cultures believed their mood-altering effects brought you closer to God.
Christian leaders talk war, the Pope, getting arrested, courage and empathy
Pope Leo XIV has recently slammed the use of God's name to justify what he terms as the "absurd" pursuit of war, specifically challenging military lea...
Why do adults still need fairytales?
Fairytales are among the oldest forms of human storytelling, with their roots in the oral traditions of pre-literate societies.
Over centuries,...
The Orthodox surge
It’s Eastern Orthodox Easter this weekend, where the faithful will announce to each other Christos Anesti. Christ is Risen.
Also risen? The fort...
Why are the Middle Ages are still relevant today?
If you go to the movies, or turn on your TV, you’ll find it hard to avoid the medieval fantasy genre. With its castles and fortresses, cloaks and crow...
Is your privacy sacred?
Evolving digital technologies have supercharged our anxieties about privacy and surveillance.
These concerns may feel new, but they have always...
On judgement
"Don't judge me" is the unofficial commandment of our secular liberal society. We're told so long as you’re not hurting anyone, live however you want....
Is the 21st century’s version of freedom liberating or a freedom trap?
These days, we want Rights, not religion. Choice, not Church. Pleasure, over prayer.
In Australia, and the world increasingly, the market is t...
International Women's Day special
What is the state of women in Australia and globally in 2026? Mainstream social media is increasingly clogged with misogyny, there's the horrendous...
Conversion — Why would anyone move from disbelief to belief?
Why would you trade the visible for the invisible?
And experts believe in the census later this year – for the first time ever - those ticking...
The nature of evil, abuse and forgiveness
If forgiveness is a gift to yourself, what do you give when the harm is unforgiveable?
And it’s hard to believe, but some families endure unspe...
The pain of love and grief for our pets
Imagine losing the only person who never judged you, never walked away, always made you feel safe.
Our culture, and our religions, can make us...
Pawnbroking, bankruptcy, debt, usury & God!
Credit and debt — borrowing and lending — have long been a part of life.
Mortgage holders are all too familiar with the challenge of meeting the...
If you could save a drowning child, would you?
Of course, you believe you WOULD save a drowning child.
But that doesn’t make you a saint – in fact, depending on how you live the rest of your...
The Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission
After the targeting of Jews in the worst terrorist attack in modern Australian history – a Royal Commission into antisemitism has been announced by th...
Living simply in a complex world: how modern monks navigate AI, social media, and climate change
What does living simply mean in 2025?
With an increasingly complex world, it is becoming harder and harder to detach from Earthly possessions. ...
Coercion, control and worship: Where do we draw the line between a religion and a cult?
Is a cult a misunderstood religion? Or something much more dangerous?
The line between high-control religions, new religious movements, and 'cul...
Did the human species invent the Bible?
If God says that man is fallible, and man wrote the Bible, then how can we know that the Bible is the true word of God?
Why do we fear fat?
For most of history, body size has been about more than just health — it’s been a tool of control.
From colonial ideals of “discipline” to mode...
Close encounters of the religious kind: how God and UFOs have both begun religious movements
Looking towards the heavens for meaning doesn’t always mean looking to God.
UFOs (and the modern moniker UAPs) have long been the food for thou...
What were the biggest religious stories in 2025? Ask the experts!
The big news for Christians is that this year we had BOTH a new Pope and – for the Anglican communion – the announcement of a new Archbishop of Canter...
Religious Rebels 06 | Dorothy Day: Rebel for the poor, saint for the restless
A bohemian journalist who found God in the slums — and built a movement that unsettled both Church and State.
Born in Brooklyn in 1897, Dorothy...
Religious Rebels 05 | Malcolm X: Reborn in Mecca, killed in Harlem
A street hustler turned minister whose faith transformed Black politics — and himself.
Born Malcolm Little in 1925, Malcolm X rose to fame as a...
Religious Rebels 04 | John Calvin: Reformed the faith, ruled with fire
A French lawyer-turned-theologian who split from Rome — and built his own city of God.
John Calvin fled Catholic France to lead a new Protestant...
Religious Rebels 03 | Táhirih: Unveiled the truth, paid with her life
A Persian poet and scholar who tore off her veil — and announced the dawn of a new religious age.
In the 1840s, Táhirih became one of the first...
Religious Rebels 02 | Giordano Bruno: Imagined the Infinite, Burned at the Stake
A former Dominican friar who dared to say the universe had no centre — and paid with his life.
Born in 16th-century Italy, Giordano Bruno broke...
Religious Rebels 01 | Joan of Arc: Mystic, warrior and gender transgressor
A teenage peasant who claimed to hear the voice of God — and changed the course of European history.
At just seventeen, Joan of Arc convinced t...
Near-death experiences: myth or mystical?
What’s on the other side of the near-death experience?
Was Jesus a real person?
Only half of all Australians understand Jesus to be a real person who lived at a time and place in history, according to the latest Australian Communi...
Why do human animals fly planes and build cities?
What separates humans from other animals? It’s not our brain hardware.
It’s our always changing brain software.
For so long, humans belie...
Could whales be Gods?
In the Pacific Ocean right now grey, humpback and southern right whale populations are increasing.
This is important for us all ecologically. Bu...
The ethics of witchcraft and hexing the far-right
Two days prior to the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, a group of writers at US-based feminist magazine, Jezebel, publishe...
Writing on the body: desecration or worship?
The art of marking the body, by piercing the flesh and pushing ink into the wound, the tattoo, has had an uneasy relationship with religion.
It'...
Why the origins of Christianity still matter today
Two thousand years ago, Christianity was an obscure movement with no wealth, power, or friends in high places. Yet within a few centuries, its radical...