I think the problems of the 21st Century deserve 21st Century solutions, not a reinterpreted and reedited collection of Middle Eastern stories from the Iron Age. The world wasn't flat with 4 corners then and still isn't today.

What would a truly Christian Australia be like?

One word - "Inclusive!" If we really practised
the basic tenant of Christianity, "That you love
one another as I have loved you." Then there would
not be an exclusion of people who're "different,"
from the norm. Everyone would be welcome, and there
would be a place for everyone in our society. We would
celebrate our "differences," not fear them.

Men like Cardinal Pell - would not be able to rise to
high position. He simply wouldn't meet the qualifications
necessary for the job. (A compassionate heart).

It would be a world in which love ruled.

But, sadly - that's an impossible dream, dear Sancho.
And, although we all have a conscience for a reason -
very few of us act on it. We take the "easy"
option. We get what we allow. And, we settle for
what we can get. Such is life!

I think it'd be a cross between Toowoomba and Kabul.

Truly frightening.

Foxy
If that was what Christianity was like in the real world the even I would have no problem with it.

A pox on priests like Pell and long live priests like Father Bob.

God help us. I have a thorough disdain for those who generally describe themselves as Christian. The reason for this view of my mine is that in my limited experience of the world and its people, "religious" people have a number of unacceptable things in common.

They are all convinced of their own personal God concept to the exclusion of others, do not like to be questioned and seek to inflict their will upon everyone else and dictate our behaviour, beyond certain basic norms like don't torture, thieve, rape and murder people

In this regard, these religious/political figures are all the same to me, and thoroughly undesirable the lot of them. Our political process must be adept at peering under the outer garment as of course, a charismatic powerful mind with the support of the people under our present system can easily inflict mono culture and religious tenets on the whole group.

Having said that, when my blood father shot thru and my mother could afford me not, a Jewish person offered to adopt me. In a dark period of my life, Gay "Christian Priests" tendered me, when without home, Muslims housed me ... the Buddhists too in other lands added to my development.

I consider that I would be less without all of them, and skewed if I had only the input of one of them.

*Philo*
I think those poppets had had quite enough to drink before JC made more wooblah and consider that he enjoyed a good p!ss up as much as the rest of us. HaHaHa

(The last time I made a comment like this Philo sought to command me otherwise, which remains an amusing thought in my memory.)

;-)

I got to see an enjoyable interview with

*Riz and Rabbi Schoomzey*

on Al Jazheera this morning. I enjoyed it very much as he spoke of the things that unite us, like when the Jews were taken in by the Muslims in 1492 and how in reality they have much in common.

Yes, the Heart/Mind combination that has regard to that which unites us, instead of the unbalanced focus on that which only divides us.

In this case the common things that unite the different religious/cultural/language groups of the world.

..

I must ask DavidF a rudey? What's this Kosher Sex then?
Is that when your Mrs goes Vampire and drains the Blood 1st?

HaHaHa

" ... A Lady in public but a Freak in the bed. ... "