SR, I personally believe a child becomes an adult on maturity. Maturity may mean 16 for girls and 18 for boys, it depends on the individual. Though marriage must depend on their union together to establish a home and raise a family with security. With the social pressures of today marriage is pushed to the late 20s and 30's.

When I talk about child brides they are still children.

Is Mise,

As you well know not everyone obeys the rules
set down by their religions so finger-pointing
is a waste of time and achieves nothing productive.
The "My God is better than yours," has always divided
us.

Foxy,

Off beam again, the Aboriginal was living up to his tribal laws and the Muslim and the Mormon who have multiple wives are living up to theirs, albeit at the taxpayers’ expense usually.

My good Muslim mate in India has three wives (his first wife has died) but he is a millionaire + and can afford the luxury.

So what’s your point?

Hi Issy,

Don't know about your Indian mate, but there are many Mormons in my family, on the wife's side, the Mormons got in post 1976 when they allowed people of colour to join. None have more than one wife as far as I know. Early Christians often had a second wife. The custom of the time was if your brother died, then it was upon you to take his wife and any children into your family. It was acceptable for that wife to bear children to you.

When in Sydney a favourite niece (Mormon) got me one Sunday to go to the Mormon Temple for a service, some American bishop was in town. The service was not out of the ordinary, but on our meeting he did grab the taonga around my neck and asked "what's this", I explained but he didn't seem to impressed.

Speaking with the niece about vaccination, she's of the opinion she will only get it if its Gods will. Maybe the Bishop needs to open his mouth a bit more. I understand the Jehovah Witnesses oppose vaccination as being ungodly.

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Josephus wrote :

« The WA Labor Governments believe a majority of opinion is the only one allowed in Public buildings. All others are to be silenced.

Freedom of religion and belief remains woefully unprotected in this country – despite promises from our political leaders … We're moving beyond individuals coming under fire for their beliefs (think Israel Folau, Archbishop Julian Porteous and Senator Claire Chandler to name but a few). We're now talking entire groups who will be cancelled for their beliefs.

WA is the latest state to treat freedom of religion and belief with contempt ... »
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A search on the internet reveals that in June, the Perth Theatre Trust refused the Australian Christian Lobby’s request to hire the Albany Entertainment Centre and Perth Concert Hall for its ‘The Truth of It’ live show on the grounds that the show’s content would have been contrary to its venue hire policies. The ACL event, which purported to tackle “thorny issues” with a biblical perspective, was a politically motivated event and didn’t represent the views of the WA government or the majority of its people.

However, the Perth Theatre Trust’s chairman later declared that the Trust’s hiring policies were currently under review and the refusal has been rescinded.

University of Queensland freedom of speech expert Professor Katharine Gelber said she could see what the trust was trying to do with the policy, but it was the “wrong wording entirely” and the government needed to beef up laws in other areas to stop discrimination. The policy should allow them to prohibit hosting events contrary to anti-discrimination laws, which the ACL event would likely fall under [an allusion to LGBTQIA laws].

http://www.watoday.com.au/national/wa-government-s-venue-hire-policy-the-wrong-lever-to-stop-discrimination-free-speech-scholar-says-20210714-p589s2.html
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The problem is not so much “treating freedom of religion and belief with contempt” as it is an attempt to instrumentalise religion as a justification for discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation, etc.

That form of religion is what Freud called obsessional neurosis.

In my opinion, religion is like a drug : a little stimulates; too much enslaves; an overdose dehumanises.

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Josephus,

You're against abortion and anti choice for women.
Are you against capital punishment? Do you condone
bombing of abortion clinics? Do you participate
standing outside abortion clinics with placards?
Did you condone the attacks on the Capital building
in Washington? Where do you stand on just a few of
these issues?