Comments on: Are the Non-Religious Under-Represented by Australian PMs?

By: John Bowling

John Bowling — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:24:07 +0000

There are millions of religious evangelists out there that I would label as rabid pro-theists, and also as pro-mysticism (most religion is very mystical with no basis in provable fact).

Also OddThinking is a term that implies something far beyond non-agreement with the ‘normal’, almost to the point of it being strange, weird, or otherwise opposed to ‘normal’. Then again, as a native US (not American – that term is for all people living in the entire North and South American continents) citizen. there are many concepts and word choices used in Australia.

Also interesting is the author’s name is Julian followed by a typical, Christian religion based date, when the Julian date used by astronomers does not have the religious break point in years and is much more accurate at 2,451,919 rather than 2010 AD.

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By: DeeJuggle

DeeJuggle — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:55:02 +0000

Vote 1 Julian for Sun King! Ra! Ra!

(PS: Is it just me or did that anti-agnostic comment sound predictable coming from someone called Richard *kins ?)

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:09:25 +0000

You’ve both lost me, I’m afraid.

I am not sure if Sunny is pro agnostic PMs, pro under-represented religious non-Christians, or pro woo-woo.

And Richard, I am not sure if you and I (and perhaps more importantly, Wikipedia) are all sharing the same definitions of “agnostic”. I tried not to get caught up to much in the definitions in the article, but I assume that an agnostic, by my understanding of the definition, would not attend a church, even at Easter, except to fulfil social, rather than religious, obligations.

I don’t think the OddThinking Editorial Team have adopted a particular stance on any particular religion on this blog. I’ve argued for the separation of church and state a few times (marriage and postage), so I guess when the OddThinking Regime seizes control, I should toe that line for a while – at least until I can insinuate myself as the new Sun King.

By: Richard Atkins

Richard Atkins — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:46:24 +0000

Of course, there’s a sizeable difference between an atheist and an agnostic: the agnostic won’t tell other people (or possibly even themselves!) that they don’t believe in (a) god. Very often, that same agnostic will also attend a church service at Christmas and Easter (This leads to the quip that the real name of the Anglican church is the C&E church). Frankly, this seems mealy mouthed and spineless. Can we shun agnostics?

Also: Is it ok to label atheist evangelists as rabid anti-theists? Or is the Oddthinking Regime pro anti-mysticism?

By: Sunny Kalsi

Sunny Kalsi — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:45:31 +0000

Woo Australia!