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Maori karakia causes Rodney Hide to chuckle Comments 0

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

I am an anti-theist. I just don’t believe in God. I am pleased there isn’t one. Nothing would irritate me more than a supernatural force knowing everything and hovering above directing all that happens in the world. It would be like suffering a metaphysical Kim Jong-il without the farce or humour. I like the organ Read more

Tags: Atheism, Belief, God, karakia, Maori karakia, Maori prayer, Rodney Hide
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  • Mon Excellent misuse of the biblical story of creation to push an agenda with dubious correlation (ie none whatsoever). Now to what the rest of the bible says about homosexuality/sodomy...or do we simply conveniently ignore that and look for loose analogies that could be warped to suit our particular...

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  • Elizabeth Julian It is helpful to read Charles Drennan's comments. As a bishop he is very brave to suggest that perhaps the church has got it wrong (if those were his actual words). I think it may be helpful to consider the church's current teaching around human sexuality, biblically. An Irish scholar has...

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