tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post832255504462460856..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: First taniwha, now Ruamoko - what next?Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-61089220018051334802012-08-19T16:12:33.987+12:002012-08-19T16:12:33.987+12:00Vaughan, please let me know a single great truth u...Vaughan, please let me know a single great truth underlying the teachings of world religions. I am skeptical to say the least.Bill Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919120230697462221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-49341763246277567462012-08-19T01:59:09.959+12:002012-08-19T01:59:09.959+12:00I don't agree with Bill's view that there ...I don't agree with Bill's view that there is no sensible reason to give the slightest credence to any religious belief.<br /><br />In my opinion, there are great truths underlying the teachings of the world religions.<br /><br />We need to distinguish these truths from superstitions.<br /><br />We don't say that because there have been-- and still are -- inaccurate scientific theories that nobody should give credence to science. The same should be the case with religion. <br />Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105760893956912855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-16481337414633128412012-08-18T13:11:04.327+12:002012-08-18T13:11:04.327+12:00I heard the same thing on NatRad and I smirked der...I heard the same thing on NatRad and I smirked derisively as well. I totally agree, these people are spouting nonsense and it is madness to give unworthy respect to mythology and the fading echoes of primitive world views.<br /><br />But, and it's a big but, we should be consistent. Stand back and look at the big picture. There is no sensible reason to give the slightest credence to *any* religious belief. Man invented god, it's a stark and obvious truth to anyone who has the courage to seriously examine the issue. So sure, mock Ruamoko. It's nuts. But so are all religions including Judeo-Christian beliefs that so many NZers accept as somehow sensible and rational without so much as a second thought.Bill Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919120230697462221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-369069571016114022012-08-17T12:34:05.541+12:002012-08-17T12:34:05.541+12:00I have just cast a spell that killed all taniwha. ...I have just cast a spell that killed all taniwha. If anyone says that a taniwha objects to anything from now on they are making it up. They are all dead.brian_smallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402642885274753098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-37330709116162226462012-08-17T08:27:37.167+12:002012-08-17T08:27:37.167+12:00Great blog Karl. Critiqued (favourably) and re-po...Great blog Karl. Critiqued (favourably) and re-posted (as below), and taken a step further ("Jesus eats Taniwha) which argues that Maori abandoned their old gods in the late 19thC. and embraced Christianity, so this is a cultural fraud, as you argue. Good on you for raising this interesting cultural spiritual-political issue. <br /><br />http://conzervative.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/jesus-eats-taniwhaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-58401993485347100362012-08-16T20:22:32.967+12:002012-08-16T20:22:32.967+12:00It's just another step along the way...recall ... It's just another step along the way...recall how Helen Clark-at least an agnostic never objected to Maori prayers at every occasion. How such missionary influenced judean-christian ritual came to be part of the 'indigeous' people's culture is beyond reasoning.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.com