Philo you obviously do not have an understanding of Christianity. It does not matter if the Exclusive Brethren deny any passage of the Bible , all Christians do that, the occult superstition of Bible belief is tailor made to suit individual ego's. The Bible is simply a book of magic spells to evoke a god into awarding immortality. Christianity is all about self worship to become immortal as a god. The Exclusive Bretheren take from the Bible and thus are Christians. As for Christian Taliban any cult which uses its god as self justification to rule another is a type of Taliban. All sects have their specialised form of evil the Exclusive Bretheren has been famous for many years for its specialisation in its anti family ethos, stalking , child abduction and mind control.

West, good post.

Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply from Philo.

In several threads I have noticed he just leaves when the opposition becomes too strong or too logic.

Wish that the government adapted this same strategy :)

Philo, you mean well, but you really should start to look at facts and you will see another side to things.

Thankyou Celivia , The Government needs to address branch stacking and sack a couple of members of cabinet if it wants to free itself from the corruption of religion.

Exactly, West.

Thing is- I am not so sure if this govt wants to free itself from the corruption of religion.

Undisclosed political donations are also a problem.
The govt pretty much seem to welcome the 'funding' of the EB and the Hillsongs.

Proper disclosure of 'donations' to the government would help, to a point.
I know it is hard to keep track of donations of the 'religious right' because, in the case (as an example) of the EB- these donations are made by different EB members in chunks rather than one larger amount that would have to be disclosed.

And they are very skilfull in covering their tracks.

http://www.democracy4sale.org/about.php?pageName=Follow&Id=32
“The law has been weakened in a way that will make it much easier for corporate Australia to avoid disclosing donations to political parties. The previous system was inadequate, but it did expose corporations and political parties to some bad publicity about donations of $1,500 to $10,000 – which are now exempt from public disclosure.

Political donations can distort the political process. Access is power, and money buys access to politicians in our country. This means large donors can influence governmental decisions, which benefit them and their companies. Ordinary citizens don’t have this access and this leads many to feel alienated from the workings of government. “