Update July 8, 2024: James Macpherson says it simpler:
https://jamesmacpherson.substack.com/p/news-senator-payman-seeks-allahs Every politician has a worldview. The only question is which one do we want as our guiding star? I wrote this response to articles in The Weekend Australian (2/3/2024) addressing the problem of Australia’s lack of a common reference point. Well done Paul Kelly and Greg Sheridan for raising this core issue which Australian public discourse has been avoiding since WW2: what is Australia’s agreed reference point - for legislation and politics, public life, and private enterprise? They wrote that our lack of this reference point results in fragmentation, culture wars, victim-entitlement, and a lack of investment confidence. I agree. But let’s take the next step and identify the most obvious solution. Somebody has to say it: let’s officially nominate the Bible as Australia‘s reference point for national policy. Make it our moral compass when deciding laws, values, government processes. Morality is what societies’ laws are all about - what’s good & bad, allowable & not. But which moral set are we using? And why that set? There is a stronger case for the Bible than for any other moral code.
How about a referendum on that! Comments are closed.
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