HALLOWED HALLS OF HAILESBURY
From ABCTV "As many of us know,
the badge of "old Christian school" is no guarantee against complacency,heresy, and blinkered bullheadedness in some matters of principle.
THE RISK of INNOCULATION
The risk, for those who attend church schools , as the facts of the story at Haileybury testify, is not indoctrination in the great free choice and personal performance traditions of mere christianity, but innoculation against them.
The risk is single focus, cloning and indoctrination in the blinkered streaming channels of high performance market model worship."
As Dostoyevsky might have added, "If there is no God , the idols take over in every corner of the world ". History witnesses well to that risk , Mr Mcintyre.
The battle is out there in the mind as Grahame Morris pointed out -- but who is on HIS tram .
No need to darken the doors of a building called church, or identify too closely with institutions stuck in their seats. How dumb and superficial is that!
Just close your eyes and reflect -remember that some where in your mind as Bob Dylan said " you gotta serve somebody " there in the mind . No options ?
"Every good rationalist needs to keep in mind the boundaries of his own worldview" Mate
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The clouds over the Migration act have moved
methinks this legislation has got to do more with desperation than responsible decisionmaking -the job of parliament.
We have enough bad law .At least the controversy has flushed out some argument ; what a win for truth Talking and discussing - Surely it shouldn't take members losing incumbenecy to get the public debate going .
Even amanda has finally put the point of cost and others the point of well needed discouragement factors . We might support youmore if you share the dilemma with us - a small minority of bloggers that is !
methinks this legislation has got to do more with desperation than responsible decisionmaking -the job of parliament.
We have enough bad law .At least the controversy has flushed out some argument ; what a win for truth Talking and discussing - Surely it shouldn't take members losing incumbenecy to get the public debate going .
Even amanda has finally put the point of cost and others the point of well needed discouragement factors . We might support youmore if you share the dilemma with us - a small minority of bloggers that is !
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Religions create wars - therefore I am not religious!
After all -"all religions do is create wars".the chant oft repeated . NO as Ghandi said - Men create wars
One of the greatest paradoxes of the new milleneum is the failure of most anti-religious elements in the West to take their own tutors seriously.
Modern mind Science supports the idea and importance of all people having "a religion" It's not only good for you, you have to have one to be sane . Denial doesn't avoid the risk that religion creates- the thing that drives people. Sure religions are dangerous but so are hormones , ideas and life forces.
Shock horror you say! You mean we have to have one ! what about if it we just don't call it religion ( maybe it will go away? ), like the ageing reactionaries in the West do ; Boxing into thin air like the babes they are!
NO The box is not to be rejected, but accepted and faced like any Dangerous part of our pyche.
We all need a world view to live. We can use our world vew to kill too , but to NOT take the whole idea seriously is anti western intellectaul . all the West will do by denying religion is find excuses to DO nothing and DO nothing positive to resist the WVs that we really do disagree with . Pretending we have no emotions - no religion is no defence - infact its more dangerous than we admit here in this country right now !
DENIAL of this reality turns attention away from the real issue in daily politial affairs yes religion is critical and if you need a word for it try World view .
American theologian William Cavanaugh at Melbourne University this month,
The myth plays a valuable role for secularists. It helps them marginalise Christians and demonise Muslims, and creates a blind spot about violence by the West. It confirms an "us" (the rational, peace-making, secular West) against a "them" (violent fanatics in the Muslim world). To quote Cavanaugh: " Their violence is religious, and therefore irrational and divisive. Our violence, on the other hand, is rational, peace-making and necessary. Regrettably, we find ourselves forced to bomb them into the higher rationality."
Most religious believers have bought this myth, too. They try to fight it by two arguments. First, they say that violence in the name of religion is really usually about politics or economics. Second, they claim that people who perpetrate violence, by definition — the Crusaders, for example — are not really religious.
Australian Muslims constantly say this of terrorists: "These people aren't really Muslims, because Islam is a religion of peace." I understand their predicament, but the argument doesn't work.
First, it's impossible to separate religious motives from the rest to make religion innocent. So the first argument by defenders of religion shares the same flaw as the myth itself. How can you separate religion from politics in Islam when Muslims themselves make no such separation?
Complete article - three pages :
One of the greatest paradoxes of the new milleneum is the failure of most anti-religious elements in the West to take their own tutors seriously.
Modern mind Science supports the idea and importance of all people having "a religion" It's not only good for you, you have to have one to be sane . Denial doesn't avoid the risk that religion creates- the thing that drives people. Sure religions are dangerous but so are hormones , ideas and life forces.
Shock horror you say! You mean we have to have one ! what about if it we just don't call it religion ( maybe it will go away? ), like the ageing reactionaries in the West do ; Boxing into thin air like the babes they are!
NO The box is not to be rejected, but accepted and faced like any Dangerous part of our pyche.
We all need a world view to live. We can use our world vew to kill too , but to NOT take the whole idea seriously is anti western intellectaul . all the West will do by denying religion is find excuses to DO nothing and DO nothing positive to resist the WVs that we really do disagree with . Pretending we have no emotions - no religion is no defence - infact its more dangerous than we admit here in this country right now !
DENIAL of this reality turns attention away from the real issue in daily politial affairs yes religion is critical and if you need a word for it try World view .
American theologian William Cavanaugh at Melbourne University this month,
The myth plays a valuable role for secularists. It helps them marginalise Christians and demonise Muslims, and creates a blind spot about violence by the West. It confirms an "us" (the rational, peace-making, secular West) against a "them" (violent fanatics in the Muslim world). To quote Cavanaugh: " Their violence is religious, and therefore irrational and divisive. Our violence, on the other hand, is rational, peace-making and necessary. Regrettably, we find ourselves forced to bomb them into the higher rationality."
Most religious believers have bought this myth, too. They try to fight it by two arguments. First, they say that violence in the name of religion is really usually about politics or economics. Second, they claim that people who perpetrate violence, by definition — the Crusaders, for example — are not really religious.
Australian Muslims constantly say this of terrorists: "These people aren't really Muslims, because Islam is a religion of peace." I understand their predicament, but the argument doesn't work.
First, it's impossible to separate religious motives from the rest to make religion innocent. So the first argument by defenders of religion shares the same flaw as the myth itself. How can you separate religion from politics in Islam when Muslims themselves make no such separation?
Complete article - three pages :
Friday, March 03, 2006
Labor party is confused over what freedom is
Freedom to is always the bigger issue than freedom from . Julia Gillard, in advocating freedom of choice for abortion seekers is loud, but surely she is she deaf ? - Like a laizze faire mum of the 60's . deaf both to the past , the lessons of the present and therefore the future .
Governments role is not about being a voice for teenage like calls for "freedom from ". The job , Julia is not as easy as ringing some childish 60"s bell about "What I want '.
“The children” have been getting what they want .
No wonder Labor is in the doldrums and Mr Howard can actually, this week , get away with saying his Party is the one with values - its more accurate than it should be for the health of our democracy!
Governments role is not about being a voice for teenage like calls for "freedom from ". The job , Julia is not as easy as ringing some childish 60"s bell about "What I want '.
“The children” have been getting what they want .
No wonder Labor is in the doldrums and Mr Howard can actually, this week , get away with saying his Party is the one with values - its more accurate than it should be for the health of our democracy!
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Regulation Hell
Regulatory statements - it would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous .
They know the problem - who doesn't. Point is they really don't know the solution . After all they just spent 55 million on a shallow edict called “so shall we workum” The stupidity of the campaign is highlighted by the careless use of the silly simple idea that you get less regulation by having less laws and courts - the laws must be better --not more crass!( like leaving out conciliation and putting in pay ; money isn't everything mate!) Now we can ditch 100yrs of history because we kNOW better --me thinks you no nuttin .
There will be no release from the cul de sac of over regulation until we turn the post modern ideas on their heads and drive ourselves out ,,,as we drove ourselves in .
The left has no power of its own in ideological terms, so it now uses our taxes to exercise power. And while the right has no longer a high view of man, the merely mechanical, the merely animal traps them with something less than the freedom of principle - both parties NOW prefer the known boundaries of the power of law .
What? Because we know no better ? Both parties now beating our heads with this pussy footing woosiness?
Do they not SEE they are kicking against the pricks -against the freedom paradigms of our parents .
They know the problem - who doesn't. Point is they really don't know the solution . After all they just spent 55 million on a shallow edict called “so shall we workum” The stupidity of the campaign is highlighted by the careless use of the silly simple idea that you get less regulation by having less laws and courts - the laws must be better --not more crass!( like leaving out conciliation and putting in pay ; money isn't everything mate!) Now we can ditch 100yrs of history because we kNOW better --me thinks you no nuttin .
There will be no release from the cul de sac of over regulation until we turn the post modern ideas on their heads and drive ourselves out ,,,as we drove ourselves in .
The left has no power of its own in ideological terms, so it now uses our taxes to exercise power. And while the right has no longer a high view of man, the merely mechanical, the merely animal traps them with something less than the freedom of principle - both parties NOW prefer the known boundaries of the power of law .
What? Because we know no better ? Both parties now beating our heads with this pussy footing woosiness?
Do they not SEE they are kicking against the pricks -against the freedom paradigms of our parents .
Monday, October 31, 2005
Lawyers heaven
A BILL of rights - two wrongs don't make a right- to change the law ( and introduce a new heirachy) they just create two more lawyers .
The desperation of so many and their haste to enshrine their own doctrine of divine purity in law is very evident in the range of bills proposed by different groups at this time .
Clearly most don't know what world view they are coming from . how else do you explain Bracks dumber than dumb use of the Appeals Tribunal ---the bILL of rights advocates going to the other extreme - The high court .
BOTTOM LINE-- it won't work except very inefficiently ....and therefore unjustly !
The desperation of so many and their haste to enshrine their own doctrine of divine purity in law is very evident in the range of bills proposed by different groups at this time .
Clearly most don't know what world view they are coming from . how else do you explain Bracks dumber than dumb use of the Appeals Tribunal ---the bILL of rights advocates going to the other extreme - The high court .
BOTTOM LINE-- it won't work except very inefficiently ....and therefore unjustly !
Friday, March 04, 2005
Singing in Church- Business knows Best
Practical people from the old world would be agast at the way modern polys fall for simple ideas .
That rebel Saul and old greek and roman thinker ,for example , after writing about
revolutionary paradigms restated the old adage of his forebears that Governments, whether we like it or not , believe it not. ( according to Romans 13:1) have very special status above business .
Those heretics who want it otherwise need to remember the consequences of their simplicities in promoting greed ,cringe mentalities , corruption, singlemindedness and woosiness .
Anyone who wants to revolutionise or destroy western civilization as we know it better not ignore the effect of that simple principle widely adopted andaccepted for thousands of years---
Practical people from the old world would be agast at the way modern polys fall for simple ideas .
That rebel Saul and old greek and roman thinker ,for example , after writing about
revolutionary paradigms restated the old adage of his forebears that Governments, whether we like it or not , believe it not. ( according to Romans 13:1) have very special status above business .
Those heretics who want it otherwise need to remember the consequences of their simplicities in promoting greed ,cringe mentalities , corruption, singlemindedness and woosiness .
Anyone who wants to revolutionise or destroy western civilization as we know it better not ignore the effect of that simple principle widely adopted andaccepted for thousands of years---
Friday, January 07, 2005
Vic and Qld governements can't believe people are so unaccepting of their brilliance on matters of new judicial process.- it may be more efficient but is it just .
Take this eg from QLD
The guilt of a person accused of a vegetation clearing offence under the VMA is determined not by a court but by an official. (The judicial trials mandated by Division 3 have no application to vegetation clearing offences under the VMA). If an authorised officer issues a compliance notice, a failure to comply without a reasonable excuse results in an automatic penalty. (Maximum of 1665 penalty units or $ 116,550 - s.55) The innocuous term ‘compliance notice’ masks what is actually a straightforward conviction and sentence without trial.
Take this eg from QLD
The guilt of a person accused of a vegetation clearing offence under the VMA is determined not by a court but by an official. (The judicial trials mandated by Division 3 have no application to vegetation clearing offences under the VMA). If an authorised officer issues a compliance notice, a failure to comply without a reasonable excuse results in an automatic penalty. (Maximum of 1665 penalty units or $ 116,550 - s.55) The innocuous term ‘compliance notice’ masks what is actually a straightforward conviction and sentence without trial.
Sunday, November 02, 2003
Vic labor - the worst meddling we have ever seen
The Victorian Labour Government are busy legislating in the name of the best intention- restricting the freedom of the people in everything from children on farms to seeking to prescribe revegetation requirements on private land . They even reckon they are able to restrict namecalling and its hideous effects. Desperate for power and disrespectful of power, they seem to not know that you cannot legislate to make people good --A paradigm shift is needed to make them see that the greatest evil is being done in the name of the best intention .
Unless Vic Labour are prepared to fund free legal aide. our current leaders are playing into the hands of fanatics for enshrinement, the wealthy and wannabe powerful's - so much for being people of the people.
The Victorian Labour Government are busy legislating in the name of the best intention- restricting the freedom of the people in everything from children on farms to seeking to prescribe revegetation requirements on private land . They even reckon they are able to restrict namecalling and its hideous effects. Desperate for power and disrespectful of power, they seem to not know that you cannot legislate to make people good --A paradigm shift is needed to make them see that the greatest evil is being done in the name of the best intention .
Unless Vic Labour are prepared to fund free legal aide. our current leaders are playing into the hands of fanatics for enshrinement, the wealthy and wannabe powerful's - so much for being people of the people.
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
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