Squeers,

Sorry, your first sentence lost me. You speak so authoritatively. I wonder how you can be so definite.

Squeers is as close as you can get to being a god Francis, that's how He knows.

TBC,
thanks for those facts re chaplaincy (and for my deification); it really is indefensible!
...but hopefully not indefeasible, Francis.
However, nothing is certain, except that nothing is certain.

Dear The Blue Cross,
My heart bleeds for you. Seriously. Can you please inform me where you received your information from.
It is quite fustrating when people like yourself make comments that are unfounded and uninformed.
Interestingly you used the word SCAM when it comes to Chaplains. Your obvious dislike for Christians could be most probably understandable. People are not perfect.
Fair call...."If Jesus and being a Prayer Warrior is not the main job, then there is absolutely no need for it to be done by an overtly religious person."
Unfortunately I don't see too many mainstream people raising their hand to do the job or even volunteering their time to spend time in schools to help the less fortunate.
It's not about the money they are being paid (by the way your information about their income is so left field) again I remind you it's about developing relationships.
The Blue Cross, would you like to come along to a Trivia Night to support these so called "religious nuts". I am sure you will have a great night.

No Timtamtoo, I have no desire to mingle with evangelisers of any creed thanks.

Let's get some honesty here though shall we?

DEEWR pays $20k for 400 hours of listening ears in a school per year.

My calculator says '50', that's $50, that's $50 an hour.

Do put some new batteries in your old slide rule.

Check with Fairwork Australia for the minimum wage to be paid to them, about $15 plus any pay rise that might have come through since last year when I asked Fairwork the question.

Are you trying to tell OLO readers that schools do not allow gold coin donation, sausage sizzles, fund raising, plundering the P&C coffers, or distribute tithing forms to students and parents?

Are you saying chaplains do not distribute Bibles, organise religious instruction, say prayers on assembly and work as unqualified teacher aides thereby making it far from a voluntary service for students who suffer them in their class?

I can assure you I have no prejudice against Christian chaplains, no religious chaplains should be in any state schools, from any faith cult at all.

It is you who is calling them 'religious nuts' not me, I must point out. I would never be so rude.

But yes, 'scam' is the phrase I use, but maybe you prefer 'stunt'?

Developing relationships, eh?

What on Earth does that mean?

And what is a 'mainstream person' when they are at home?

When you say 'it's not about the money' you are actually pulling our collective leg, are you not?

Of course it is 'all about the money', just look at the whinge they made about the Williams case.

In fact, it's only about the money.

The 'deserving poor' or 'less fortunate' as you label them, are just gristf'mill, a useful tool to justify the illegal plundering of tax monies for the undeserving churches.

Pyrrhic victory anyone?