Rather a lot of repetitious emphasis on sacrificing christians, there runner.

I can't quite see why those sacrificing christians should be deserving of kudos for doing without a few comforts when their standard of living - with or without the "comforts" - in just about every single way is so much higher than the average Indigenous person - and you always get to go back to the comforts whenever you choose.

I’m also wondering what kind of education you are handing out along with those comfortless "basic necessities" out there in the outback.

Runner you make a good point about the Christian attitude that they see helping those that their cults have destroyed as a "sacrifice".

I am sure nazis helping Jews to become like nazis would be seen as a sacrifice by the nazis.

The attitude is exactly what the article is about.

Blind? I am not blind to what has been going on and continues to occur. Just because the word Christ is pegged on to a cause doesnt mean it has a good motive.

As far as Christian values are concerned, I remain unconvinced that and have not yet seen any evidence to support the claim they are the good values that Christians constantly pat themselves on the back about.

You see as far as Im concerned a good value laden ideology would not allow the resulting misery to occur in the first place.

One human victim such as one single indigenous child removed from its parent can never be made right by the "sacrifices" of even 6 billion Christians. To paraphrase Cher you cant 'turn back time'. Anyway I am not aware of all Australian Churches handing over every item of property and every last cent to the first Australians. There has been no true sorry , no real sacrifice. Much too little for a cult which believes in revelations but clings to material wealth.

It is despicable to make this day on the same day as Sorry Day, and then to say "oops, we didn't know" is insulting.
I detest the use of "Thanksgiving" also. If they moved it to a different day and called it "National 'cheers, mate' day" it'd be much better.

Christianity isn't totally to blame for the maltreatment of aboriginals. The theories of social Darwinism as well as a heavy dose of British snobbery were also major factors. Christianity tends to be get mixed up with all these other ideas and then takes the entire blame. I don't remember Jesus ever saying the white man is superior so he's allowed to kick around the black man.

"....we weren't aware when Sorry Day was".

Says it all really.

Ironically, Jesus attempted to bring disparate groups of people together and always defended the 'downtrodden', the weakest and most vulnerable in every situation: "when you look after the least of my brothers..". Probably the most remarkable thing about the early Christians is that... they transcended race - not by focusing on [their] supremacy, but by focusing on fellowship, brother and sisterhood. Equality.

Today's Christians - especially those of the right, resemble more the san hedrin (the people who engineered the death of Jesus) than they do the man himself.

Kevin, I'm a big fan of God and JC, its their fan clubs I don't like.

Indeed Rainier - that is why both Moses and Jesus were against 'worship' - it produces fundamentalists who use any means to enforce their 'fire and brimstone' on others, to conveniently of course, assert their own self-serving power.

God is to be found within oneself, in the heart - not in a dusty old book... or praying to golden statues - even ones on wooden crosses.