Greetings, The Compass transcript is now available...
Bob Brown: "My mother sent us all to Presbyterian Sunday School, and so I got a good inculcation into Christianity which is very valuable, because it does give, it is a coming together of the commonsense, humanity which has allowed civilisations in their various forms in the same thread of decency in human behaviour towards each other and explanations as to what we're doing here, the best people could at the time is there in all the great religions. I got that from the Presbyterian Sunday School at Trunky Creek and elsewhere, and it's a very good basis for life." Andrew Bartlett: "No I'm not a big believer in any sort of organised religion of any sort these days I must say." John Anderson: "As I thought about what some of the better lecturers had said, I said you know I've come to a bit of a fork in the road, in life. If I'm really going to be - and I can't sit on the fence on issues - I'm not much good on that. I actually like to push things to their logical end. And I thought you know, if you look at the secularisation of the West, if you're going to say no there's no higher authority you're going to end up where the fascists did if you're logical about it. You're going to say there's no morality that can be proven to be right or wrong or have any great claim to substance other than the struggle for power, and I can't go there. So I'd better go back again and have a look at what I really can believe. And I found that what I really can believe, because it's so incredible it has a ring of truth about it, is the Christian message." Mark Latham: "I'm agnostic. I think there's a force, a spiritual world beyond the material. But I'm not in a position to define it, let alone put it into a certain form of religious practice. I'm curious about it and at different times in my life I feel like I've had maybe an inkling of a connection to it. But nothing that gives me any conclusions that I could ever rely on within myself. I mean it's a feeling isn't it, it's not a rational let's sort of work this out like a mathematical problem. It's a feeling and an emotion, and if you haven't got it in a strong way then obviously you can't regard yourself as connected to a certain religion or a certain god. But it's more a feeling that there is something spiritual about our existence that goes beyond the material world, the world in which we sit now, and it's significant. John Howard: (On being asked by Geraldine Doogue as to whether religion was at the core of his value system) "In the background. I think it's fair to say that both my own upbringing which I come from the Methodist tradition of the Christian church. Although when I do go to church now, which is more often than Christmas and Easter, but certainly not once a week. I tend to go to an Anglican church. I don't really care what denomination it is. I'm not perfect. I'm very wary of people who too frequently parade virtue but I try and live according to those principles, and try to transmit them to my own children. [Copyright 2004 ABC - read the rest of these fascinating interviews on the ABC Compass web site at http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s1201238.htm] Kindest regards, Bruce. Bruce Mullan Uniting Church in Australia GPO Box 674 Brisbane QLD 4001 Office 07 3377 9801 Mobile 0407 702 344 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Webb Sent: Sunday, 3 October 2004 11:30 PM To: Stephen Webb Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: compass Peter had a go at me, but GD said there'd be a transcript. You can't see their faces, but it should be worth a read. Cheers, Stephen Stephen Webb wrote: > Hmmmmm. Latham's tie didn't work with his suit. How can you focus on > "care compassion and community" when the tie and suit don't work? > > Stephen Webb wrote: > >> bartlett says he's inspired by nick cave (whose latest album is >> pretty okay) and footy coaches? >> >> Stephen Webb wrote: >> >>> it's on now so you might be missing it >>> hope there's a transcript >>> brown was interesting >>> barltett doesn't seem to be >>> and I guess latham and howard are to come ... >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the >>> message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) >>> See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the >> message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) >> See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message > body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
