Christianity had nothing to do with illegals entrants or politicians. If we start going down that road, we may as well be like Muslim countries. Illegal entrants and asylum seekers are the subject of politics, law and public opinion.

Howard got it right when he said that Australians are the ones who should be deciding who comes here and how. He is a Christian, so let’s cut the religious bulldust out of it altogether. People can base their personal lives on any myth they choose. Start doing that with government and law, and down the gurgler we go.

Applications for asylum in Australia have increased by 30%, and we have had 26 illegal boats arrive in less than three months; all because the current government is too soft. We are a laughing stock. The refugee business is still the biggest con ever perpetrated by the UN. The worst con of all is religion, and Christianity is no better than all the others.

We do not need any more self-serving bludgers; we do not even need any more legitimate immigrants

Leigh, I will copy and paste my reply to you from another forum. You sound like you don't like anyone - I'm really sorry your life is so sad. We are not a laughing stock. - Yes it is true that the world is not being flooded by asylum seekers as the refugee haters would have us believe but numerous countries recorded increases in 2009. From the report: 'There is a particularly large increase in the number of asylum applications registered in Denmark (+59%), Finland (+47%) and Norway (+19%).' Belgium also increased by 40%, etc. So although Australia's increase was 30% this is really not out of alignment with many other countries, while others have gone down for various reasons. Most of Australia's applications were from Chinese people arriving by plane, Afghanistan was the next source country (mostly boat arrivals) but worldwide applications from Afghan people rose by 45% in 2009. Afghanistan was the largest source country worldwide, the first time they have been at the top of the list since 2001 (a time when Australia was also receiving more applications from Afghanistan under John Howard)

Hang on CJ Morgan, you're one of the loudest voices for the 'anti-pops' and you say immigration should not be stopped? Is that right? I can hear the howls from Kanck and the Unsustainble People now.

Not enough food to feed em? Well we shipped $27 billion overseas last year and imported $600 million through reciprocal treaty arrangements.

I'm amazed that the Green's sane enviromental agenda has been hijacked by the same anti-GST, social left whackos who infected the old Democrats. It's a shame.

I'm not a big God botherer but if Christ returned tomorrow, do you really think he's understand what we're talking about when the anti-pops want to push the boats back out to sea?

Even the UN is scathing of Rudd’s incompetence and softness with illegals:

“ THE UN's refugee agency has warned that the Rudd government's decision to allow dozens of Sri Lankan boatpeople in Indonesia to jump the immigration queue will encourage others to try similar tactics.” (‘The Australian’ 25.3/10)

Instead of allowing a boat load of illegals to remain Indonesia’s problem (they wouldn’t take responsibility for the 79 rescued in their waters by an Australian customs vessel), Rudd has done another foolish deal to encourage more illegals to come to Australia.

The UNHCR has decided that Rudd’s provision of a ‘special deal’ for the latest lot of blackmailers is “…bad practice” because “There are Sri Lankan refugees who have been sitting in Indonesia for some time.”

The UNHCR believes that Australia should not be giving in to these people because it encourages what he described as “a form of “queue-jumping”.

The Australian also reports that the Rudd government’s asylum seeker policy has “helped spark a fresh surge in the number of boat people coming to Australia.”

Rudd continues to blame everything but his pathetic open door policy; while there are more than 11 million genuine refugees patiently waiting in camps, Rudd allows the blackmailers and shonks to come on over when it suits them.

Another Christian who doesn’t believe in a fair go.

Meander,

You can meander all over the place, preaching as you go.

I don't have any interest in you or your opinions.

CJ Morgan, applaud your post.
Cheryl, am sure your heart is in the right place , but CJ is right, its got to based on science, no point sending a holed life boat out to rescue the drowning surfer if the boat is not prepared in the first place, if you grasp the analogy.
I fully agree that globalist capitalism and neo colonialism is wasteful and does not the answer the needs of billions of poor people in the world.
I also agree that these poor pitiful victims from Afghanistan, Africa, SriLanka ,etc, represent only a trickle of the numbers coming here and they are victims of a corrupt global system.
But it has been true for some time that the system here needs to reform itself ALSO, prior to, carting large numbers of people into the country, eg Murray-Darling, cstchment areas, monocultures, biodiversty,soil degradation, climate change etc need to be addressed before radically increased immigration occurs.
Otherwise you just create the conditions for poverty to appropriate this country as well.