Not at all, jh, but think I’m quite entitled to be sceptical about them. After all, by definition, religion can’t be proven by science, because it relies on superstitious faith, rather than empirical evidence. Guess I have my own superstitious faith too, it’s called Gaia - the collective consciousness of all living and non-living parts of the universe. I can’t prove it, but I’m entitled to believe in it.

But I don’t use it as an excuse to oppress other people, even if they are acting detrimentally to what I believe. Fundamentalist Christianity and Islam would do that to me though, because they believe the non-believer in their particular faith is an infidel who deserves to be persecuted for his or her abandonment of God.

I’ve got no problem with people believing what they cannot prove. The problem I have is when they rely on the reported teachings of someone historical person (be it Mohammad or Jesus or John Nelson Darby) to oppress other people.

But outlaw them, no!. Greens don’t go there. That’s actually what fundamentalist religions want to do to infidels like me. Greens, whether we agree or disagree with religion, should be tolerant of religion itself, but critical of oppressive acts perpetrated in the name of religion.

respectfully
BJ

(how to say this..?..)

y’know..i really get the feeling..that..

if you were any wetter..

you’d need navigation buoys..eh..?

do you need to get ‘wrung out’ on a regular basis..?

(and careful..!..we can see your ‘pursed’ lips from here..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)

It is also very green to be polite to people and to try and work constructively with other parties and organisations, and to try and accurately describe the situation, so I think you’re not even greenish BB, no matter how often you claim to have green tendencies or former green tendencies.

Because I have no interest in Labour policy, I do have some interest in Green policy.

Or is it compulsory to tow the party line if you have Green leanings?, I know Eredwen thinks so but I was rather hoping that she was just an extremist who was incapable of thinking for herself.

April 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
Bro, did you ever hear the saying : “Power corrupts… Absolute power corrupts absolutely�?
Do you understand what it means?
Do you disagree with it?

Yes I do understand what it means, better still I only have to turn on my TV to see it in action.
When you are corrupt you steal $880 from the tax payer and are shocked when the public say that they want their money back.

April 22nd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
You must be getting a bit hot under the collar there bb.
jh

Not really, Although I do find it rather sad that the Greens have this thing about western religion.
As far as religions goes I could not care less but I do respect the right of man to worship whoever or whatever he likes, the Greens seem to be determined to outlaw all western religions, actually that is the norm in a communist state anyway so I suppose I should not be surprised.