In Newcastle on Monday (still travelling for work), I was reading their local rag - the Newcastle Herald - and was surprised to discover that our politicians start every Parliamentary session with "The Lord's Prayer" ("Heaven forbid pulping the prayer" - this story has also appeared in other rags, too).
It's not like they're wasting enough of our money, they also need to take time every day, time that we're paying for, to mouth platitudes to their Imaginary Friend as well?
"Oh Christian God, apart from all that bad stuff you're responsible for, you're so great!! PLEASE, PLEASE make my life better, it kind of sucks. Amen" (I've paraphrased it somewhat - there's a better analysis of the prayer, and Malcolm Turnbull's justification for keeping it, here).
Anyhoo, Bob Brown wants to replace it with a moment of quiet reflection. Seems perfectly reasonable, particularly in our multi-denominational country, with a supposedly secular Government.
I'll pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, see if he can't sort this out.
Or maybe the Boognish.
It's not like they're wasting enough of our money, they also need to take time every day, time that we're paying for, to mouth platitudes to their Imaginary Friend as well?
"Oh Christian God, apart from all that bad stuff you're responsible for, you're so great!! PLEASE, PLEASE make my life better, it kind of sucks. Amen" (I've paraphrased it somewhat - there's a better analysis of the prayer, and Malcolm Turnbull's justification for keeping it, here).
Anyhoo, Bob Brown wants to replace it with a moment of quiet reflection. Seems perfectly reasonable, particularly in our multi-denominational country, with a supposedly secular Government.
I'll pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, see if he can't sort this out.
Or maybe the Boognish.
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