The increasingly influential Christian lobby has blocked legislation for stem cell research, euthenasia, and other developments which surveys show are supported by the majority of Australians. The Christian lobby is a marginal minority, but represents votes increasingly important in marginal seats, where comparatively few votes can swing results. It's a creeping growth of influence under the present Federal Government which includes fundamentalists, who have now got millions of dollars of Federal funds allocated for Chaplains in secular State schools, and also devoted Govt education funding to extremely rich, private, Church schools. Protests are ignored, and muted. Is this the boiling frog syndrome? Islamic countries are experiencing similar difficulties with fundamentalists - who typically resort to terror when they don't get what they want such as Sharia Law. Western societies fought hard for secular States. Are we losing them?
2006-10-30 22:24:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No. You have got to be joking. I think you need to do more research into the positive effects of people who are personal Christians and who take seriously their civic responsibilities to vote and participate in government. Your comments seem very biased against "Christians", stereotyping and attempting to bully them with your single opinion. Where's the tolerance in that?
2006-10-30 22:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that the "mindset" of the Christian Political Right is becoming similar to radical Islamic thinking (not there yet, but certainly getting more fanatic at the expense of their fellow human beings).
All religions suffer the same self righteous extremists. Whether it's Islam or Christian (or Jews etc) these nuts could spell the end of civilization. How they believe GOD is only on their side and be cruel to God's "other" children is beyond me.
As far as the rest of your question........ I don't think it's as bad as you paint it..... but it is of concern.
2006-10-30 22:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by Common Sense 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it quite is incorrect. rules and rules must be desperate on the inspiration of precise vs. incorrect, no longer no count if it quite is Christian or no longer. "Christian" is a obscure and loose term utilized by potential of quite much anybody who believes quite much something. saying you're a Christian does no longer tell me plenty in line with se. Take the priority of faith in colleges. i'm a Christian yet i'm no longer Church of God, Catholic, Mormon, JW, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist or Pentecostal. So i does no longer choose my little one taught at college that their important ideals are precise. i might like them to benefit the Bible and approximately it quite is impact on Western theory and historic previous and uncovered to its large literature different "Christian" themes which contain homosexuality, abortion, gay marriage: Christians and Christian church homes have distinctive perspectives on those matters. there is no such element as "Christian" politics merely as there is no such element as "political correctness".
2016-12-28 08:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Christians are our friend. They love America unlike muslims. You need to learn who your friends are.
2006-10-30 22:30:12 · answer #4 · answered by college_republicans_club 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋