Seems like Walker is battling his own inner "demons". Does he feel the need to air his own anxieties? Is he inviting us into his own strange little world? Why does he not admit that using ANYTHING (not just religion) to cause others pain is an obscenity (the legal world has been causing tremendous pain for far too long! with its own corruption, injustices etc). Mr walker, spare us your sermons and, with your own hopelessness, the violence your beliefs do. Clean up your own legalistic backyard.

The Blue Cross.....it might not have been there for you.....that does not mean it won't be there for others. Please, don't confine everyone else to your own little world.

Christianity is the template for our Government. Lawyers hate that but New Testament Principles were made law in 1986, as the ICCPR.

The facts are:
Fact 1: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is schedule 2 to the Human Rights Act 1986.

Fact 2: The Acts Interpretation Act 1901,is a Law declaring a Schedule as a fully functional part of an Act, in S 13.

Fact 3: The ICCPR forms the basis of the Privacy Act 1988.

Fact 4. The ICCPR is referred to in S 138 (3) (f) Evidence Act 1995 and we are told where it can be found.

Fact 5: The ICCPR is described as "The Covenant" in the Criminal Code Act 1995 ( Schedule) Dictionary.

Fact 6: By Sections 5, and 109 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act it prevails over every inconsistent State Law, and repeals the Australia Act 1986, because it was passed at a later date. ( A fundamental tenet of Statutory Interpretation).

Fact 7: The current Human Rights Commissioner, Catherine Branson, in fourteen years as a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, not once applied its provisions.

Fact 8: The Reverend Father Brennan, should do his homework, and declare that he does not need to examine the ICCPR and its application, because it was ordained as law, 22 years ago. We have had a Bill of Rights, but no one has shifted the rock under which it has been hidden.

Fact 9: Anyone who can drive a computer mouse, can find it on the Official Roll of Laws passed by the Parliament of the Commonwealth, called Comlaw.

I believe, I believe it is time that someone started being honest. That should include Churchmen, Lawyers, and our Politicians, and accept that Christianity is the fundammental glue, that makes a successful government. Whether you actually believe in an Afterlife or Not, the beautiful logic of the Holy Bible,is a roadmap for life.

Peter the Believer wrote:

"I believe, I believe it is time that someone started being honest. That should include Churchmen, Lawyers, and our Politicians, and accept that Christianity is the fundammental glue, that makes a successful government. Whether you actually believe in an Afterlife or Not, the beautiful logic of the Holy Bible,is a roadmap for life."

Dear Peter,

Most of the Holy Bible is not Christian. It was written by Jews when Jesus Christ was not even a gleam in his father's eye. Christians hijacked the Jewish Bible and called it theirs.

The honesty could start by admitting that.

Democracies only became possible when European countries could free themselves from the union of church and state. The Bible allows polygamy, slavery, death for violating the sabbath and discourages the questioning that is essential for a democratic society to function. The Bible is definitely not a roadmap for life unless one wishes to travel along the dirt roads of the Dark Ages.

david f.....stop being anti-semitic. You disparage the Jewish Scriptures.

Frances wrote: david f.....stop being anti-semitic. You disparage the Jewish Scriptures.

Dear Frances,

I am not disparaging the Jewish Scriptures. It is fact that they accept polygamy, slavery and death for violating the Sabbath. I didn't make that up.

I didn't make up the fact that Christians stole them, put them in their Bible and call them Christian.

They also contain the injunctions to love thy neighbour and not to vex the stranger.

In fact, Jesus' best lines were what he got from the Jewish Scriptures. The good stuff that he said wasn't new, and the new stuff that he said wasn't good.

The beginning of the Jewish scriptures contain Jewish tribal myths like the garden of Eden, the Tower of Babel and the world -wide flood. Too lazy to make up their own myths Christians stole the Jewish tribal myths. If Christianity had started in Australia the Christians would have stolen the Aboriginal tribal myths and would now be pointing out that Darwin ignored the Rainbow serpent.

The 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth is scheduled for 12 February, 2009. Celebrate the day! On 25 December I intend to do something appropriate to celebrate Isaac Newton's birthday. He has inspired many more than three wise men.