To the Aussies (and others that are interested) As a vocal atheist of many decades, my personal agenda is transparent to all; that is to prevent theists from dictating to the community as to how others should live, worship, morals, and how they would like to instil their beliefs into a pluralistic secular democracy. Many outspoken Christians may think that I would like to de-convert them to atheism. I have no interest in what people believe of how they life their lives, as long as it does not infringe on my rights! Could the same transparency be said of the chaplaincy program? I think not! The following are the main bodies involved in the program in this country – Access Ministries Schools Chaplaincy SU –QLD Genr8 ministries SMG SU-Tasmania Over the last few years I have been a keen observer of these web sites, videos, and media releases. I have noted that they have one thing in common, that is their agenda. Before the original court cases of Ron Williams, their intent was obvious, in that they want to bring ‘god’ back into secular school by preaching and proselytizing. Now, they disingenuously state that their only intent is to help children in times of need by giving unbiased council. I find it bemusing that they throw in the word ‘secular’ in a feeble attempt to fool people. Why are they doing this? The recent census states that 1 in 4 Australians are non-religious. This is not to say that 25% are atheistic, but it is still enough to be of concern to their Christian base. Basically, they want to ‘get them young’ in an endeavour to stem the flow from their once held dominance of society. (It would be nice if they just admitted this instead of bullshitting!) From what I have deduced from any of the above chaplaincy advocacy groups, they all have courses that teach chaplains, the longest appears to be 6 months, although the norm appears to be a few weeks. Hardly enough time to equip someone for the intricacies and problems confronting the problems and angst of teenagers? What advice do they give to the youth on any subject that isn’t skewed by their religious beliefs? I could belabour the point here; I will leave it to your imaginations. Since the High Court decision, I have noted that there has been a number of ‘full on’ Christians complaining about religious freedoms. Apparently these ‘freedoms’ only extend to their religion with the absolute disregard of other people’s rights. They see no problem in going into secular schools and preaching to other people’s kids. Would they have a problem with chaplains that are allocated to their children’s schools that are Muslim, Hindu, Shinto, or any other religion? Of course they would. The hypocrisy is phenomenal! In conclusion, the victory in the High Court is to be applauded. One has to understand that they will attempt to make a ‘run around’ by getting the states involved in the distribution of monies instead of direct federal allocation. Abbott appears to be adamant in the continuance of the funding for this abhorrent program! Kids do have problems; they should be addressed by qualified councillors that have only agenda; HELP THE KIDS! :DL
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:41:07 +0000
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