Thanks for that AC, you are certainly keeping yourself well informed about the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the insulting Village Nazi on here, who shoots from the hip, and likes to insult others at every opportunity.

Yes, I was surprised by the condolences from Putin, re the death of QEII. I was even more surprised by the heart felt condolences from the Chinese people and their leadership. If at these times those intent on war can say "sorry" about the death of someone they all respected, why can't they come together and settle their differences peacefully. It can't be that hard!

Well what about a word from King Solomon viz…

*… Ecclesiastes 4:16
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind…*

I think that will be a poignant reminder of the evil works of the Australian Republic campaigners to come.

Especially after the successful scorch of the society they pretend to serve, with the lies and BS of their gay marriage campaign, supported by a compliant lying MSM, which pushes even and especially, to the point of boredom, any lie irrespective of the damage to society they fain to champion!

Dan

s Mise

Agree. There is no meaningful change to any society without violence and bloodshed.
That of necessity, will be the “lot” of Australian society as well. It’s an applicable event which forces adjustments suitable to the potential of change of the ruling classes.

And it’s becoming glaringly evident by the day, the time is ripe for major political change in the West as a matter of urgency.

On the subject of pacifists and Gandhi look alikes, it’s an incongruous story, the depiction of violent outburst when Christ himself upended the money changers tables on the steps of the a temple in a fit of righteous rage.

There is proof in that spectacle which translates into a Christian teaching and a support for the use of violence for the right reasons I’m sure!

Dan

Most if not all of them are the "stink-holes,"
Hasbeen,
And, those that aren't yet are well on the way to be that thanks to socialist mentality politics !

the police are slowly correcting their approach towards Aboriginal people
Paul1405,
You'll find that the real indigenous are slowly correcting their approach by less & less listening to their diluted concrete jungle cousins !

Those who visited the Temple from foreign countries in the days of Jesus may have needed local currency to get a meal or a room for the night. It made no more sense for Jesus to drive the money changers from the Temple than for them to be driven from the Brisbane airport.

Sometimes Jesus’ other acts were questionable. He cursed a fig tree for not bearing fruit out of season. He is another revered figure with feet of clay. Of course he may be just a composite figure of myth.

I read “A History of Christianity” by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford. It’s a fascinating book. Two quotes from the book are interesting.

“For most of its existence, Christianity has been the most intolerant of world faiths, doing its best to eliminate all competitors, with Judaism a qualified exception, for which (thanks to some thoughts of Augustine of Hippo) it found space to serve its own theological and social purposes.” P. 4

“I still appreciate the seriousness which a religious mentality brings to the mystery and misery of human existence, and I appreciate the solemnity of religious liturgy as a way of confronting those problems. I live with the puzzle of wondering how something so apparently crazy can be so captivating to millions of members of my species. It is in part to answer the question for myself that I seek out the history of this world faith, alongside those of humankind’s countless other expressions of religious belief and practice. Maybe some familiar with theological jargon will with charity regard this as an apophatic form of the Christian faith.” P. 11