All those that object to Acknowledgement of Country, are racist white supremacists and deserve to die….apparently.

The Lords Prayer is a Christian pearl, and should not be thrown before the Leftist swine to trample and denigrate; keeping in mind they are the words of Christ, which make the current situation even more intolerable: Remove it from the parliamentary pig stye of greed and corruption!

Forgot the 'no religionists', 38.9% at the last count, but reduced to 26% when the question was put in a non-manipulative way. Pollsters, PR people (on behalf of governments) can often get the answers they want by manipulating the question. We have people who can check and correct, but they are not given space in the MSM.

It took about 1700 years for Western Europe to move out off the dark ages, shackled by Christian religious intolerance and embrace the Age of Enlightenment which was a European intellectual movement that emphasised human reason, science, and individualism over blind obedience and religious tradition. Although modern Australian society takes on some of the better aspects of Christianity, which are universal, its not that Christianity was the primary mover of the egalitarianism of today. I believe reactionaries within Christian Churches tried to prevent enlightenment.

My wife is doing one of her presentations today on "Maori Culture". She will include in the introduction both a Maori Karakia in the form of 'The Lords Prayer', she being a Christian, and an 'Acknowledgement Of Country'. Its all about respect and inclusion.

The Lord's Prayer is in fact the 23rd Psalm from what Christians call the Old Testament. But the Psalms aren't just a Christian treatise.

The 23rd Psalm is also called the Psalm of David being King David of the united kingdom of Israel and Judah, victor over the Philistine Goliath, successor to Saul, founder of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state, and the purported author of a series of Psalms.

So the 23rd Psalm is also a part of the Jewish heritage.

And, of course, that same David is treated as the righteous king who received the Zabur which is the Islam name for the Psalms.

So the 23rd Psalm is also part of the Islamic heritage.

It seems reading the 23rd Psalm is an act of unity rather than division.

"It took about 1700 years for Western Europe to move out off the dark ages"

What? It seems someone needs a little historic education.

As to the enlightenment, it occurred only once in human history. Although now copied by almost all other civilisations, it originated only in Christian societies.

I'll leave you to work out why.

Hi Trumster,

I used "Dark Ages", not in the in historical sense, with it ending in about 1000AD and being replaced by the Middle Ages, but as in the Christian religious context. About 1700AD when Enlightenment with its secular reasoning started to replace the superstition of Christianity in Western society. What is it with YOU?