I find Penticostals are like most people in society with all sorts of beliefs, however there are Penticostal Churches with leaders more influencial than others. The range of opinion of our ONLINE OPINION posters would be similar to persons attending Penticostal Churches. Some with radical opinions, educated opinions, and run of the mill uncommitted opinions all attending. I can say most have a closed view of scripture, which I differ with. However i would be more concerned with JW's as they are exclusive and divide families.

Dear Steele,

I think that very few of us really know many
religious nutters. I've met a few in
the past but I tend to walk away from them.
I find it too disturbing when their unqualified
assertions, falsehoods, and sweeping generalizations
are expressed. Religion should not be perverted,
corrupted, or overtaken by fanaticism or extremism.
Unfortunately it does happen.

We have had examples of anti-abortion violence here in
Melbourne when a man wanted to burn a
clinic down and everyone in it. We've had the Holocaust,
the Ku Klux Clan, Anders Breivik, the Christ Church Mosque
shooting, and many others.

We should be able to live peacefully on this planet that
we all share.

Did anyone watch '60 Minutes' and its piece on the 'Hillsong Church'? Given what was revealed, its not a church but an insidious phony money grabbing organisation. I can say now, its the "church" that our granddaughter is involved with. I hope she wakes up one day and sees the organisation for what it is.

Dear Paul,

I did watch 60 Minutes last night and I found
it very disturbing to say the least. I would
like to see a response from the Church and an
explanation.

I would like to hear what they have
to say and how they can excuse the sexual abuse
that happened and why their students and church
members were not protected from predators within
their ranks. Why the Church did nothing and tried
to cover up the abuse.

Hi Foxy,

Typical church doctrine, cover up, say nothing, protect the guilty. Sounds familiar, Catholic Church, JW's, now this mob, phony as a 3 dollar bill. Look at Morrison and the mob he's in with, spin is their middle name.

Abortion was nationally decriminalised in the USA in 1973 but was already legal in several States.

It was certainly not "an issue" to the wider church until the late 70's and even people like Billy Graham were on the side of freedom of choice and if you care to delve into the historical background of various christian movements it was indeed chosen as a deliberate political strategy at the time, despite any warm and cuddly or Disney-fied delusions to the contrary.
Previous ways of presenting a united campaign front such as "creation science" had fallen flat.

Now abortion is little more than a tool where the "right to life" ends at birth and from that point the church walks away from all responsibility for the possible outcomes they may have inflicted on the lives of complete strangers and in all circumstances.