Hmmm, well that explains a lot about the ABC !

ISIS are and Islamic movement, they're mujahideen "holy warriors" fighting to a timeline set out in the Koran and Hadith.
I'm an atheist but I recognise the role played by God in this struggle, ISIS are trying to set in motion a chain of events described in this article:
http://zaidpub.com/2013/03/07/malhama-events-leading-to-mahdi-and-prophet-iesas-return-a-letter-from-one-of-my-readers/

The last paragraph gives an insight into the mindset of superstitious, backward,low IQ Muslims and explains the rush to exit the Middle East.

"So the key for Muslims in this period is, have good intention, do not have your heart set in living in the West, since it is about to be destroyed, along with everything that defines it as a nation, and get to the southern hemisphere, far east, or other places like south america, if you survive the third zionist war, then its happy days for you, since what follows is the dominion of Rome and then the arrival of the Mahdi, the period in which Jihad will take place truly, and if you do not survive, then that is what is decreed for you and may your soul be taken gently. So it is good right now that you are in Malaysia."

According to Islamic eschatology all but 15,000 of the present Muslim population of the middle East will be killed in the wars between the false messiah, the Jews, The West, Russia and the armies of Shu’ayb Ibn Salih and Sufyani.
Hence the rush to get out while the getting's good.

I witnessed on television, Tony Abbott and Mike Baird stating how in separate statements, decided to enter into a career of religious ministry... eventually entered politics. Tony Abbott expressing how he was a journalist. Tony Abbott expressing how as a journalist he was frustrated with politicians, as a politician he was frustrated with journalists, as a religious minister he was just frustrated.

Is there a message for people to realise when 2 politicians within a short period, express they're first choice of a career as a religious minister? Are there, in this modern age, religious orders like the Masons based on hereditary descendants selection system, generations looking after hereditary lines in favour of good easy jobs for the boys, in order that when order members pass away, that their children and grandchildren will be looked after by their religious orders in the same way?

Because (kept secret from common people) religious orders may still exist, understanding the cruelty of the bible through parable stories, allows religious sect/order followers to climb the ladder.

I remind Simpsons watchers of the “stone Cutters” episode and the closing song words, how the Stone Cutters control everything. Yet to many people wanting to believe they're intelligent, because The Simpsons is an entertaining cartoon, the story line has absolutely no truth.
Another Simpsons episode remembered as Homer signing a contract deal with the devil “soul exchange for a doughnut when the time comes”; two Bedazzled movies, I believe the contract signing is religious baptism. The church looks after believers up to the end of time bible predictions.
“Parable definition, a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson”. My electronic dictionary mentions cartoons being included in parable stories.

My discussion in this forum is about scepticism from what is heard in the media, being a healthy attitude.
If you believe religious priests and ministers have alternative reasons other than saving souls from hell, why are politicians that have people's attentions, preaching they're democracy ideas, any different.

Google “Bob Hawke”, uncle was Premier of Western Australia.

My reference to television's fictional story “Covert Affairs” is that world military weapons dealers are also fictional stories. How and where ISIS are obtaining weapons from is arguable?

Television series “Madam Secretary” is a fictional program. I have not heard that the series has any representation with Hillary Clinton and other past similar government officials. Or that any drama characters similarities to living people are purely coincidental. Yet, I believe, many (and there are many) of these US presidential fictional dramas are taken seriously as being realistic behaviours, even though the individual stories aren't real.

Australian: Gough Whitlam; Paul Keating, Bob Hawke media drama stories, promote the dysfunctional behaviours that may not have actually happened. Australian political drama stories promotes behaviours, propaganda media people want Australians citizens to believe.
The idea being that voters have two political party choices: bad and worse than bad. Embarrassing stories entertains many citizens, in that judgements are made which reinforces people's beliefs in their own intelligence, emotionally reinforcing politics as being realistic, which I believe distracts many people's increased attention away from more self-concerned relevant to their own lives learning. Politics distractions could also be blamed on poor marriage relationships.
When poor economic periods “blamed on debt” are (I believe) forced on citizens through the media, the many years of old incompetent government judgements are used to blame poor economic conditions on bad politicians, excepting bad politicians are the best democracies can provide.

So why do I compare politicians with religious priests and ministers is that the one difference being, when events turn sour, is that blaming god has changed to blaming argumentative democracies and market forces.

Wow! Steveie, that must be great stuff you're on. Care to share it around.

There are suburbs and towns reported as having many people addicted to ICE. There are: murders; violent crime; family violence; people suffering from mental depression and other mental illnesses. If people taking so much notice of politics (political soap opera) would shift they're curiosity onto causes related to list of problems mentioned about, something positive maybe achieved.

If your watching Sunday “A.D. Kingdom and Empire”, on Sunday September 13, Emperor Caligula has ordered Pontius Pilate to place a statue of Caligula inside the Jerusalem temple. The statue will cause a Jewish rebellion within Jerusalem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula

A scene in the production has a woman saying something similar to “women do the sewing while men are into politics and religion”. I suggest Caligula intended to cause rebellion to allow conflict suggested in the A.D. Kingdom and Empire production. Media presentations of Roman history has many conflicts. I say conflicts are intentionally contrived within the Roman ruling class.

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/john_lennon/imagine.html

I believe John Lennon was bringing the opposite conclusion to attention. An idea that bible St John is about Revelations, the Apocalypse. Jesus breaks 7 seals on a scroll, releasing the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse. John Lennon would have known of the name comparison.

Population problems, women having many children are humanities big problem for tribal leaders. Any one not aware of this, is certainly a dreamer. The “Imagine” song if there were no wars, people would eat animals beyond animal sustainable reproduction. Grain used for next season planting would be eaten, having no seeds to replant for future crops.

Politics and religious distractions allows populations to be unaware of realities.
Because the A.D. Kingdom and Empire production story is played out as politics in action, story followers are being programmed to believe through realistic drama, understanding the story, that events are about religious beliefs, Caiaphas and Pontius Pilate political concerns to “prevent” rebellion leading to many people dying.

In all media war productions, no one states that war has to do with culling human populations. Documentaries may reflect First World War dead as machine-gun and or cannon fodder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_fodder