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Election 07 - Was this the one you took seriously?

How did you feel yesterday at the Ballot Box? Did you find yourself engaging in the political process more this year than in past years?

There seemed to be a genuine sense of excitement over this election, and I think for some of us it was the first election in which we’ve properly engaged with the issues and personalities involved. I had breakfast with friends yesterday morning and we all agreed that this had been the first time we’d gone and actually researched policies and MPs conscience votes before casting our vote. Was it the same for you?

On the other hand, I spoke to others who said they were just sick of the whole campaigning thing and had tuned out. They had disengaged.

Tell me:

• Did you research your local members and/or the policies of the different parties?
• Maybe you checked out the Australian Christian Lobby’s Make it Count website that asked the major parties to answer 25 questions on family issues/immigration/work policy/foreign aid etc.
• Did you make a more informed vote this year than in past years? How did you go about preparing to vote?

Was this the election you took more seriously?




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I am only a teenager, but I do take politics seriously, and I am glad that some others have finally done the same at this election.
Many people do not realise what Liberal have done for us over the past 11 years in government, and I think people especially don't realise what each party stands up for in terms of 'Christian values'.
I am concerned that with Labor in Government again, that this country will start experiencing more problems - especially us Christians. I don't think we will EVER get to the Christin prosecution in this country, but I am pretty sure that general Christian values will start disappearing from our laws, and I am sure it will all be discussed on Open House in the coming years.

We can only pray!

Hona Wikeepa:

Last year at the height of the stem cell research debate Dr Os Guinness from America came out here to fill John Howard in on the philosophic base for such a science. My wife and I and a few others at L'Abri Resource Center Australia were fortunate enough to have had dinner with Dr Guinness before he flew out to America. John Howard released this statement to the press one week later. He said society needs absolutes otherwise it will collapse. John Howard is very informed indeed when he talks about absolutes. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that a society minus absolutes has no certainty of knowledge about anything. All science today, the science they teach in our education system rejects the notion of absolutes or the God concept idea. This means that science whether they admit it or not, but most do know that certainty of knowledge is simply not possible. Recently the top Professor of Randwick Children's Hospital said that medical research is really guess work based upon observation. Most people who read this had no idea what the professor was admitting. Also last year John Howard described our education system as rubbish. He said this because the final reality communicated through education is impersonal, the opposite of the Judeo Christian tradition of an infinite personal creator God in three persons'. Although Rudd's position on stem cell research was the same as John Howard's, Rudd has no understanding of the importance of absolutes in society. Rudd wants to improve education which is a good idea. But it is more important for Kevin to understand that most of what is taught in education communicates an impersonal final reality. This is why John Howard said what he did. If we understand the term postmodern or more precisely post-Christian we know it means that society at large functions upon a different methodology to Christianity. This means that the dominant philosophic thought forms in society have no notion of absolutes. This is evidenced by abortion which today almost everywhere in the world is considered ethical. As a Christian I understand that it can only be ethical in contrast to the Christian position. What impressed me about John Howard and he's no angel of course, was his understanding of the shift in the way people reason today. He understands that society doesn't begin with the Bible and they haven't for decades. My prayer is that John Howard would see to it that Kevin Rudd understands the necessity of absolutes in society. He will then see the importance of informing parents of the final reality being communicated through education. In America it is illegal to pray on any school campus. Why because Christianity as a world view sadly is in the minority. Yet evolution must be taught by law despite the sciences admitting that certainty of knowledge is not possible if your system rejects absolutes. Even though the scientist can climb a tree or cut it down, he can never prove it by his science with any certainty despite his and others observations. As silly as it sounds, these thought forms hold the field everywhere. Our sevens kids that voted are just great. They did the opposite to what I advised them to do. Postmodernism, it;s everywhere. God Bless Australia!

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