An Epidemic of Murder

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Listening to the news and the panic coming from our politicians and activists over the last few weeks, you would think that Australia is a very violent place and that women are being killed by the millions by out of control partners.

Official statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology tell a different story.

Firstly the rate of murders in Australia per population is declining, and has been for many years.

Well maybe the rate of death in domestic violence cases is exploding. After all those feminists must be jumping up and down about something. While every death at the hand of a partner is tragic, there is no need for the kind of moral panic we have been seeing in the media and governments lately. Homicides by domestic partners or even by friends is on the decline.

What about women then? Are they more likely to be killed by toxic masculinity in the home?

It is the case, and probably always has been, that more men are murdered than women. Why are we not seeing the media jumping up and down about that?

Murder is evil. Domestic violence is evil. But when the stats are so obviously out of kilter with the hype you have to wonder what is going on.

Inside the Church in North Korea

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The church on North Korea is one of the most harshly persecuted in the world. North Korea consistently ranks number 1 in the list of places where christians are treated the most harshly. Despite this the number of Christians there is growing.
Watch this video to find out the remarkable things God is doing in this isolated country.

Quote for the Day

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No government is the new Jerusalem. Babylon extends its reach into every legislature, every justice system, and every executive branch. We do not live in new Jerusalem, and that means we must have the suspicion of a discerning dissident. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

Space Babies

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The new season of Doctor Who just started on Disney+. Episode 1 , The Church on Ruby Road, aired at Christmas time, so today’s episode, Space Babies, is Episode 2. For some reason the powers that be decided that we need Episode 3 at the same time- in the UK the BBC showed them one after the other.

For some people, this episode is probably the first proper episode of Doctor Who that they will have seen, so the writers deftly wove a quick introduction into the story- the police box, the meaning of TARDIS, the Doctor being the last of his race.

The Doctor and Ruby find themselves on an orbiting space station which turns out to be a baby farm. For some reason, the babies are running the station. It turns out that some years before, the adults had left the station in protest over government policy. One adult remains who acts as Nanny, and of course there is the compulsory bogey monster.

Thanks to the intervention of our heroes, it all works out and everyone is saved.

This show is a lot of fun and is probably there to compensate for some scary and dark stories to come. No doubt some people will complain about it being too silly, but I thought it was quite good.

For some reason the Disney+ app on my TV seems to get the sound and vision out of sync, which makes it a bit harder to follow the dialogue. That’s about the only complaint I have.