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Prayer is 'absurd' in politics: According to Greens MP Abigail Boyd · The Slippery Slope

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  Hi, I'm Jeff Allen and thank you for listening to the slippery
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  slide. So here in Australia, it seems
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  more and more. That being a Christian is looked
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  upon as being a bad thing. Christians are mocked ridiculed,
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  more and more. Our politicians don't mind, do
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  not mind picking at Christians picking up Christian faith at
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  all. All they mock Christians
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  ridicule, Christians. God.
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  It seems to be open season on the god of the Bible apparently,
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  and they will, they will respect.
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  They will show you that will show respect and honor when it
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  comes to any other religion, except for Christianity.
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  Except for, when it comes to believing in the god of the
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  Bible, this headline came through just yesterday.
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  It says prayer is absurd in politics according to Greens.
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  Impy. So the New South Wales greens
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  have renewed. A push to abolish.
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  Christian praise. In state, Parliament saying the
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  tradition is absurd and alienated to the general
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  community. So prayers along with an
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  acknowledgement of country are read at the opening of every New
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  South Wales Parliament, sitting day, a tradition, dating back to
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  1934. That's also followed and
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  followed in other state and territory parliament's as well
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  as the federal Parliament. It's a greens MP, Abigail Boyd.
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  She says I think is it is absurd.
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  She told AAP of the tradition. She goes on to say, when I
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  worked at Kmart because, you know, all their great MPS, these
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  days came from Kmart, we did not have to stand and listen to the
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  Lord's prayer before we opened all the registers up.
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  She said, okay, that's good to know.
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  She goes on to say, I think most people in the real world think
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  that it is quite extraordinary anyway.
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  So momentum to remove the Christian tradition from public
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  institutions is growing across the country.
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  This is according to rationalist Society of Australia.
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  President Meredith I'll pronounce the last name.
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  Doig DIY G. So she says people are wanting
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  change and that includes change to the tradition of privileging
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  one. Jin over another dr.
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  Dewey told AAP so New South Wales councils including
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  shoalhaven and Wagga Wagga had already opted to switch to a
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  moment of quiet reflection. She said.
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  So in Victoria the Mildura rural Council had received a motion
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  from Council at Jo Dee Reynolds to replace prayer with an
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  affirmation the ladies on the warpath.
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  So going on, it says that recent statistics show showed less than
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  half, the population was religious Jo Dee Reynolds told
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  AAP. She goes on to say that a prayer
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  is something that is said in your home, or in your church,
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  the council chamber is a workplace is Reynolds said the
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  tradition also stifled diversity on the council.
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  She said, The more diversity that you can get in any
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  governing body. The more that chamber can
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  represent your community, the better decisions you make.
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  This is misery His argument, the rationalist society will host a
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  webinar about the push to remove prayer from public institutions
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  on Wednesday night? So mrs.
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  Boyd, previously launched an unsuccessful motion to have the
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  prayers removed in 2019 opposed by both labor and the government
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  isn't it? Good to know that with all the
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  troubles in the world? All the troubles that we're
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  having in Australia and down in New South Wales.
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  With these people are from that. These politicians Oceans can
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  focus on removing prayer. That is their top priority.
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  Forget about the floods. Forget about all the homeless
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  people we've got. Now, because of flood forget
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  about the financial crisis. And, you know, who cares?
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  When it comes to inflation, we got to remove prayer.
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  Gotcha removed prayer. That's that's where they stand.
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  Anyway, goes on to say, any motion to remove the prayer from
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  Australian parliament's would not be supported by liberal.
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  MP, tenure Davies. It is as a reminder to all MPS
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  to serve with humility conviction, compassion, Justice,
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  and Equity. This is what liberal MP.
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  Tenure Davies told AAP So I was spokesman from New South Wales.
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  Labor said they did not support the motion and motions to alter
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  the tradition was stridently opposed by outgoing.
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  Labour MP, Waltz Eckerd whose office was inundated with calls
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  against the idea when it was first.
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  Floated surprisingly adherence to non-Christian faiths,
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  including Hindus and Muslims saw it as an attack, on all people
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  of faith, not just the Pray, he said in 2019 so there you have
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  it for some reason, they want to get rid of the Lord's Prayer,
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  being spoken being said, in Parliament, with all the other
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  issues going on around the world and in Australia, it's the
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  Lord's Prayer. Isn't it amazing?
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  It just amazes me that that is their focus.
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  Just remind you of what it says in.
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  Romans chapter 1, I'll read a little bit from Verse 18.
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  It says, for the wrath of God is revealed.
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  From Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness
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  of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what
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  may be known of God is Manifest in them for God has shown it to
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  them further down and 21 that goes on to say.
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  Because although they knew God they did not glorify him as God
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  nor we're thankful, but became futile in their thoughts and
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  their foolish Hearts were darkened professing to be wise.
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  Wise, they became fools. You know what, I think.
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  That's what's that mean with these ladies here, they profess
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  to be wise, but they are fools. We have some fools in our
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  Parliament at the moment. We have these two ladies who are
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  in our parliament's. We have that Lydia Thorpe.
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  She she's been having an affair with a bikie while she's been
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  sitting on a law enforcement Council.
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  I mean, how ridiculous is that former head performer?
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  Former president of a biker gang the hypocrisy?
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  The hypocrisy and the foolishness coming from our
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  politicians at the moment is ridiculous.
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  This is why I keep saying we need to hold our politicians
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  accountable. And if they do not want to say
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  the Lord's Prayer, well, then they need to go.
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  They need to be voted out. That's just my opinion.
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  I think it's despicable, I think they're ridiculous.
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  I think they're foolish. Like I said, that's just my
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  opinion. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery slope.