Where oh where is Runner?

We can expect much more of the kind of religious nonsense depicted in the article as Christian religious sects continue to lose moderates while retaining extremists. Even the Sydney Anglican diocese is only a heartbeat away from declaring its independence of Canterbury and going it alone. The result will be increasing heat and dwindling light as the various sects dwindle through the stages from political force to pressure group to a bunch of old crackpots. Anyone caught up with the Theosophists lately?

Seeing that the Right Wing Prayer Warriors helped get GW Bush in power, where were they with Obama's victory?

It is interesting that John Howard attended meetings from similar groups in Australia.

They could do with the Sermon on the Mount to follow the middle Christian Road.

So interesting that both Gandhi and Mandela followed such a path though not declared Christians.

Jon, whatever else the Theosophists may or may not have done, they were one of the early groups that introduced the multi-various Hindu and Buddhist Wisdom Teachings to then (and now) barbarian West, which was already Spiritually and culturally bankrupt, or completely devoid of a Living Spiritual Tradition.

Such an endeavor was also part of the necessary process of breaking down the archaic cultural divisions of the world.

By contrast these prayer warriors are intent on amplifying these archaic cultural divisions, and even actively working to promote the "final" apocalyptic battle for "victory".

I live near Melbourne and the TS or Theosophical Book Shop is one of Melbourne's cultural treasures--a storehouse of the worlds practical and Esoteric Wisdom.

Can HoHum give me a run down on the Indian breaking down of Archaic divisions relative to their Caste system.
Religon, not for me thanks. More problems from all of you lot and you all want to do in other religons, it's laughable!

*Benny Hinn, an American televangelist, left Australia after his last visit with nearly $1 million in his pocket*

I guess there is a serious quid to be made out of selling people
hope and fear, the Americans seem to be pretty good at sucking
in the gullible. Even Palin made a fortune from her book and
was claimed to charge 100k$ for a tea party speech.

America is by far the most religious of Western nations. I still
think there is a genetic component to it. Many religious nuts
fled Europe for America, whilst Australia got the petty crims.

How lucky we were! The godsquad are an issue in Australia, but
fortunately a very small one.

But yes, we do have our small share of the Christian Taliban.
Its clearly quite profitable.