You need to do some research on Australia, mate. They have all sorts of race related and immigration related problems.

I'm not remotely 'offended'. I'm more curious as to which parts of your religion - and remember, you're the one who made a point of declaring that you have one - you do believe. All the virgin birth and resurrection stuff? Transubstatiation, perhaps? God as three in one? The saints?

What I touched on was largely supposedly Christ's teaching. Y'know - the Jesus geezer whose actual name is a big part of the name of your religion - [iChrist[/iian?



I don't think that anyone here has suggested as much. Feel free to find where they have and please do quote it for us.

But this raises the point of why you follow a religion whose leader was, by your own logic, "just insane". What does that say about you?

Like the initial immigrants to that country and their subsequent descendants being a bunch of racist bar stewards.

How odd, you should ask that when Jesus said it's not easy but you should forgive your enemies.
Or, like many so-called Christians, do you prefer the pick-and-mix-approach which so often ignores what the guy said?

Not being a Christian myself, I judge according to my conscience, tempered by what reality and pragmatism I feel is appropriate.
What I find is that many of the least forgiving, least understanding and least helpful in our society are amongst those who profess to be Christians ... I often wonder, given that they are happier selectively believing bits of the old testament and virtually ignoring the message and philosophy of the new testament, why they don't go the whole hog and convert to Judaism.


Hog and Judaism in the same sentence there, let's just treat it as a pun, no offence meant.

I agree.

I also want to see a complete separation of state from religion - ANY RELIGION

Any school that does not offer a completely secular education, should not receive a single penny of state funding and that includes tax avoidance through charitable status. If someone wants to run a faith school then it should be totally funded by those parents who wish their children to be educated within their chosen faith.

As for projecting religious views on others I am also in agreement with you. I'd outlaw all public preaching and other demonstrations of faith, including public-facing employees wearing religious symbols in open view.



Experience has taught me over the years that anyone using the quoted terms swiftly follows them with a comment that could only be described as racist.

I'd also suggest that you do a little research on Australia and its policies on handling peoples of non-anglo ethnicities. From the day Capt. Cook discovered Botany Bay, the Aboriginals were discriminated against and persecuted. It's not too many years ago they finally abandoned the White Australia Policy. They operated Guantanamo-style internment camps to corral Vietnamese boat people elsewhere than the Australian mainland.

Australia is the very last place we should look for ideas on immigration policy.

Kirkstaller is still banned I take it?.

Imagine the way this would have dissolved otherwise.

can the phrases:-
"I'm not racist, but"
"I'm not racist, I'm a realist"
"I'm not racist, I have a black friend"
"It's not racist it's nationalist" (not seen on here yet)

be added to the swear filter to be replaced with "I'm a huge tw4t"
Could do the same with the typical homophobic statements.

Those moderate leaders in the Christian community really do need to do more to ensure that their young people are not being radicalised into acts of terror like this in future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22837852

Those moderate leaders in the Christian community really do need to do more to ensure that their young people are not being radicalised into acts of terror like this in future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22837852

I'm an atheists and don't believe in god . so we hat does it make me.

Hang on I shouldn't really hit anyone.

Dyslexic, KO?