What was Nathaniel doing under the fig tree?
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    When Nathaniel asked to be recruited by Jesus, Jesus said, “Yes, I saw you under the fig tree!” It has always intrigued me.

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    Elizabeth Ryan
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    How can we resolve the conflict between the subjective centrality of our lives & awareness of its objective insignificance?
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    @weekly_service
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    Why should I be denied the freedom to sell my organs?
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    Throughout our lives we sacrifice many things for money- relationships, comfort, time- if I can rationally decide, with no duress, that dispensing with an organ is my preferred mode of raising money why should I be prevented from doing so? Particularly given that it may save the life of someone in urgent need.

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    Adam Myatt
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    Why are people asked on television ‘what are you going to spend the money on’?
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    Is the question ever answered well? Is the question ever answered honestly? Is it anyone’s damn business? My boss doesn’t ask me when he gives me my paycheck.

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    @nightlightguy
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    How do we solve the very real problem of the role the media play in causing political and economic instability in Australia?
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    Genuine problem that needs solving/debate/discussion.

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    Brendan
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    Why do we still think that marriage and children are the path to happiness when so many alternatives exist?!
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    TC
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    Why do we want to be happy?
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    Just wondering.

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    Charlie McMillan Summons
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    In the context of homage, sampling and remixing creative works, how do we decide what constitutes originality?
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    New media offers great opportunities for play but creators should continue to be rewarded for their original work, including those creators showing originality in sampled or remixed works. But how do we determine what homages, samples and remixes demonstrate genuine originality and creativity? It matters to me because I work in the arts sector alongside creators and creative works, and others should care about it because the world is going to become a boring place if creators start doing something else because they feel their work just gets ripped off by others without reward or recognition.

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    Sharon Mullins
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    What are the similarities between music and sport?
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    While both activities involves competition, the grace of movement and collaboration, they seem so far apart socially and culturally.

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    @heshekson
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    With overwhelming evidence, why are we not working together to battle climate change?
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    I feel like environmental issues are so easily shut down as being unimportant, for “hippies” or are important but only as they don’t come at the expense of the economy. With so much evidence suggesting if we don’t do something, major disastrous circumstances will result. Are people living in denial? Do they believe this is just another unfounded, doomsday prophesy? And how will sustainable development ever occur if we can’t even get people on-board supporting this issue.

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    Tara
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    What are the causes of the increase in rates of anxiety and depression, especially among young people, and what can be done to reduce them?
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    Despite increases in living standards and access to technologies, like the internet and social media, measures of happiness haven’t increased. Is social media making people feel connected but actually making them more isolated?

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    Annette
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    Should we make a comparable area of commonwealth land in the Northern Territory, Western Australia,or Queensland available to the small island communities who will lose their land due to rising sea levels?
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    I fear for their future.
    These are small island communities without much support or political clout to get support. They are human beings and need our support. We should care about the plight of our neighbours. It could be a lost culture. They will need somewhere to live and continue their lives with dignity

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    Jan Rosenberg
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    Can you really combat terrorism when terrorism is whatever the state wants it to be?
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    Thinking about the past Communist vs Fascist dualism, and now the “good” vs “evil” i.e. the “West” vs “terrorism” dualism, and past and present governments using these terms as pawns for their own agenda, perhaps rendering them meaningless. Also thinking about the list of organisations deemed ‘terrorist’ orgs by Australia, e.g. the PKK Kurdish Workers Party who are fighting ISIS (therefore, terrorism) in Kobane

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    @spoonfulofthyme
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