It bears a pondering. Today, according to the news, thousands marched at Waitangi to protest against the international interfaith forum. And that combined with the Greenroom discussion on Sunday night got me pondering.

Are we as Christians that insecure in our faith that we are threatened by a statement that says, New Zealand has no state religion?", But also how do we hope to make any difference in a hurt and broken world. With events like the CIC and Destiny march at Waitangi, do we come across as actually giving a dam about the world, or as a bunch of whinny intolerant Christians. The news snippet of Brian Tamaki was nothing but vitriol, the man does not speak for New Zealand as a whole, heck, he doesn't even speak for all of christiandem as a whole.

One of my pet rants, is the utter drivel out there about occult practices, there are a few, which are good, however the biggest percentage are just that drivel. Anyhow after the spirituality week at uni, I decided that when I want to know about another religon, I will go to members of that religon and ask. Met a nice young Hare Krishna today, and had a chance to put it into action. While I may think that a large number of Gods people are wack jobs, I'm still 100% for God as I know him and I have no interest in converting. Its really interesting to find out what other people believe.

Labels: Brian Tamaki, National Statement on religous diversity, Waitangi