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Freedoms religious and social: an Australian stock-take : Comments

By Andrew Cameron, published 10/5/2019

.... social hostilities have a habit of crystallising upward into the policies and laws that order our common life

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meanwhile Mr Jocye is comfortable being partners with Ethiad Airlines. The hypocrisy is evident for all the see. Israel Folua agrees with God's Word and is sacked for publishing it on social media while the owner of Ethiad believe in stoning homosexuals and Jocye is happy to be their 'partner'.
Posted by runner, Friday, 10 May 2019 4:01:48 PM
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What about freedom from religion ? Why not just keep religion off the street ? Can't people have faith & pray at home ? Where does it say God asked for all these fancy churches etc. & all these clergy ranks ?
God didn't ask of us to help make the various religions wealthy, he just wants us to be decent to each other.
Posted by individual, Friday, 10 May 2019 6:14:23 PM
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Homosexual/feminist/humanist lobbies are all a death cult and use each other as useful idiots to express their Christophobia.
Posted by runner, Friday, 10 May 2019 8:52:31 PM
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No one like being told they are wrong. Even when they are wrong. On Twitter (not on the rugby field), Folau quoted the bible pointing out several things that are wrong and the consequence that happens from doing them. Homosexuality is among them.

No one wants to be told they are wrong, and homosexual lobbies have fought to make society accept them as they choose to engage themselves. (Homosexual attraction might not be a choice, but the act of sex is). Regardless if homosexuality is actually wrong or not, though all Folau has done is tell them they are wrong. He did not fire them from a job, or stop them from being employed. He did not physically abuse anyone or harm them in any way outside of the discomfort of being told that your choices are wrong. Have we grown so soft that the discomfort of being told that your wrong by someone who has a different philosophy then you is enough to get him fired and create a narrative to question religious freedom as a whole? Or more to the point is this protective stance only there for certain key issues. Homosexuality being one of those unquestioned topics that if criticized without harming another means people should consider forcing all religions out, and lose religious freedoms.

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Posted by Not_Now.Soon, Saturday, 11 May 2019 3:55:57 AM
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All that Folau did is say several actions that are wrong. He did not harm anyone, kill anyone, or even cause anyone to lose their job, their home, or their lifestyle. Is Folau's religous perspective enough to get him fired? Apparently so, regardless if that is justified or not. Is Folau's religious perspective enough to end religious freedom? Watch yourselves. Each and every one of you. You are looking down a gun barrel and reading your aim on a hatred against religions that has been culturally cultivated and stroked for a while now. You are grooming yourselves to become monsters in reactionary emotions that are outrageous and uncalled for. Watch yourself so that you do not become the monsters you say you hate and fight against. Watch yourselves so that in your stand against evil you don't "make an example" out of an innocent person or innocent community that is causing you no harm.

The comments here after Folau's statements are on the edge of causing some real harm to any Christian in Australia. Do you really want to do this? To be that kind of monster?
Posted by Not_Now.Soon, Saturday, 11 May 2019 3:56:49 AM
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"Vomitous Al" at it again.

*...Nobody has ever been prevented from attending any religious ceremony or celebration inside any building dedicated for that purpose!...*

He never gives up on "stupid".

Vomitous Als little speck of grey matter, allows him to justify religious freedom evinced on freedom of assembly only.

Knock knock Al. Folau's approach to his Christian belief system, is to actually LIVE it.

runner.

Thank you for that thought, re Eathiad/Quantas.
My reading on this subject informs me, the early activism towards the equality message of the corporate world, was based on a profit motive.
Inside that argument, there is some justification for it.
But disturbingly, profit no longer stands as the sole motive for its ideological attacks on religions and their moral base.

The present stand of the corporate world, is aimed at a dedication towards a philosophy of personal freedom, but who's personal freedom?
It's totally on-board with this.

Dan.
Posted by diver dan, Saturday, 11 May 2019 7:43:44 AM
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