Posts by Martin Lindberg
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Lilith __,
There is a vegan of my acquaintance who is an enthusiastic advocate for the death penalty for a wide range of crimes.
Like eating meat?
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to nzlemming,
And one who was so non-violenter-than-thou that I just wanted to hit him on general principle.
I get like that with some vegans.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to nzlemming,
The people of Northern Ireland might have difficulty with that, to name but one area.
True, but I'd say that it was a political struggle coinciding along religious lines.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
With all due disrespect, Martin, the next time some freshly-promoted cleric opines in The Herald that a world without gays would be wizard, I’d rather not see it presented as a ‘Christian’ view.
Absolutely, and that would be one of the areas where the different churches do not agree. And yes, it does happen far too often that some
freshly-promoted cleric
takes it upon him (or her-) self to speak in the name of all Christianity. That annoys me too.
Still, in the right context, it's not wrong to discuss Christian or, on an even higher level of abstraction, Judeo-Christian values.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I’m sure the Anglican Primate William Turei and Catholic Archbishop John Dew would be most surprised to find they believe the same things. The Protestant Reformation is a real thing
Craig, I understand what you are saying and I do know enough about the reformation. Still, the differences between a) Orthodox and Catholic churches and b) Catholic and Protestant are really only of interest if you are debating any of the areas where those churches do not agree. Say, transubstantiation, the doctrine of justification or the Pope.
Otherwise I'd say that Christian is more than just a convenient term for media.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
There is no such thing as a “Christian”.
Well, what would you call someone who believes in Christianity?
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Still can't hate this. The Sweet, 'Fox on the Run'
Ah, The Sweet. My first big concert was going to The Sweet on their Give Us a Wink-tour. Maybe 76 or 77.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
The last ANZAC Dawn Ceremony I attended had opening and closing prayers, a benediction…
Yes, there are many Christian elements, but the primary purpose of the ceremony is not Christian. As opposed to, say, Easter or Christmas.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Russell Brown,
It doesn’t mean I believe there to be an actual god called Tangaroa who directs the waves.
I believe in Aquaman.
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Russell Brown,
a bigger version of the original plan
Wow. Imagine skateboarding from the Circus down to Queen St along Victoria St. That's a good 30 metre drop.
