tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post1662150906310496188..comments2023-11-02T23:12:22.758+11:00Comments on Planet Irf: CRIKEY: What would L Ron Hubbard do? Roll up for religion at $195 a pop ...Irfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032825228704836828noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-36305595648521761512009-12-24T11:33:53.316+11:002009-12-24T11:33:53.316+11:00Irf, you're right. Ignorance of other people&...Irf, you're right. Ignorance of other people's religions and cultures is best.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-49569170072484233372009-12-21T18:36:41.981+11:002009-12-21T18:36:41.981+11:00I cannot see exactly how the New Testament makes W...I cannot see exactly how the New Testament makes Western Society tick. The fact is that the modern Enlightenment was based on a rejection of the irrational dogma and imbecilic authority of the Roman Church of the time.Irfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032825228704836828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-58411467150673007212009-12-21T15:59:30.392+11:002009-12-21T15:59:30.392+11:00Interesting statement by Tony Abbott today:
"...Interesting statement by Tony Abbott today:<br /><br />"Well, I think there are lots of very sophisticated non-Christians who are quite familiar with the New Testament because they want to understand something of what makes western civilisation tick. <br /><br />"Now, I can’t say I am all that familiar with the Koran for instance or indeed the great texts of the eastern religions but ifPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-56970505396336622362009-12-14T12:50:16.617+11:002009-12-14T12:50:16.617+11:00"It's not supposed to be a 'devine re..."It's not supposed to be a 'devine revelation' kind of preaching seminar for a beggar on the street."<br /><br />'A beggar on the street' - can't you just see the sort of young, middle class, private-school Lefty who'd say this sort of thing?Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-51008438239013829152009-12-11T13:55:30.892+11:002009-12-11T13:55:30.892+11:00"It's an interchange of ideas between com..."It's an interchange of ideas between community leaders."<br /><br />Bullsh*t. It was an interchange of views between unelected self-appointed people.<br /><br />"It's for people who already have responsibility over a charity or religious organisation to come together"<br /><br />Many of the people there are in charge of organisations consisting of themselves and a faxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-8918170633139678842009-12-11T13:45:32.925+11:002009-12-11T13:45:32.925+11:00Good post. Always thought this was a bunch of croc...Good post. Always thought this was a bunch of crock. Fethullah Gulen was there. <br /><br />At one of the first parliaments Vivekananda allegedly put the Bhagavad Gita on the table and told the others to put their sacred books on top of it. Then he pulled the BG out and all the others fell proving what? That the BG is the cornerstone? Or that he's a precursor to Hindutva fascism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-81270084336659684812009-12-10T23:16:13.652+11:002009-12-10T23:16:13.652+11:00It costs money to run these sorts of things. It co...It costs money to run these sorts of things. It costs money to be organised about the way it's run. The people attending the parliament are not poor people, sure, yet they all came together to discuss how to help the poor, as well as many other demographics, in practical and sustainable ways. It's an interchange of ideas between community leaders. It's not supposed to be a 'devineNicole Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-60241482436449064012009-12-10T14:08:07.313+11:002009-12-10T14:08:07.313+11:00L Ron Hubbards would have said: "Why he Hell ...L Ron Hubbards would have said: "Why he Hell aren't we charging these suckers even more?"Peternoreply@blogger.com