Forum

 
  Back to OzPolitic.com   Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register
  Forum Home Album HelpSearch Recent Rules LoginRegister  
 

Pages: 1 2 3 ... 5
Send Topic Print
Gillard: Atheist (Read 6470 times)
Annie Anthrax
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Take the plan, spin it
sideways

Posts: 7057
Gender: female
Gillard: Atheist
Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:05pm
 
Quote:
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she has no intention of pretending to believe in God to attract religiously-inclined voters.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was a regular at Canberra church services and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is known as a devout Catholic.

In contrast, Ms Gillard says that while she greatly respects other people's religious views, she does not believe in God.

Ms Gillard has been quizzed on personal topics including her attitude to religion and her relationship with her partner during interviews this morning.

She says does not go through religious rituals for the sake of appearance.

"I am not going to pretend a faith I don't feel," she said.

"I am what I am and people will judge that.

"For people of faith, I think the greatest compliment I could pay to them is to respect their genuinely held beliefs and not to engage in some pretence about mine."

"I grew up in the Christian church, a Christian background. I won prizes for catechism, for being able to remember Bible verses. I am steeped in that tradition, but I've made decisions in my adult life about my own views.

"I'm worried about the national interest. About doing the right thing by Australians. And I'll allow people to form their own views about whatever is going to drive their views.

"What I can say to Australians broadly of course is I believe you can be a person of strong principle and values from a variety of perspectives."

Meanwhile Ms Gillard has rejected claims that she is soft on Israel.

Former ambassador to Israel Ross Burns made the accusation in a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Fairfax press reported.

Ms Gillard's partner Tim Mathieson works for prominent pro-Israel lobbyist Albert Dadon's real estate company Urbertas Group.

"I've seen that letter to the newspapers, that's not right," Ms Gillard said today.

"I've made up my own views about Israel and made them known publicly well before there was any suggestion that my partner would work in a property group associated with Mr Dadon."



http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/7482364/gillard-wont-play-religion-card/
Back to top
 

I can't do this, but I'm doing it anyway.
 
IP Logged
 
aikmann4
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 2093
canberra
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #1 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:06pm
 
Awesome. This could mean no more Gillard.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Annie Anthrax
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Take the plan, spin it
sideways

Posts: 7057
Gender: female
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #2 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:07pm
 
Maybe. Or voters may find her position (and honesty about it) refreshing.
Back to top
 

I can't do this, but I'm doing it anyway.
 
IP Logged
 
vegitamite
Ex Member


Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #3 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:11pm
 
Listening to call back radio and not many seem to have a problem with this.

I also think its a positive.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
aikmann4
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 2093
canberra
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #4 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:12pm
 
In all honesty I don't think this is going to influence how Australians will vote an iota. We don't care.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
skippy.
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 20882
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #5 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:14pm
 
aikmann4 wrote on Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:06pm:
Awesome. This could mean no more Gillard.

Gillard just one of many
Curtin
Gorton
whitlam
Hawke
At least one third of Aussies are atheist, more atheists than Catholics, Anglicans and even Muslims,lol.
I'm pleased she's an atheist ,what really pizzed me off about Rudd was his fairy tale belief in a god.
Back to top
 

  freedivers other forum- POLITICAL ANIMAL
Click onWWW below 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
Annie Anthrax
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Take the plan, spin it
sideways

Posts: 7057
Gender: female
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #6 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:15pm
 
Are you sure about that, Skip? If it was Agnostic, I'd agree...but atheist?
Back to top
 

I can't do this, but I'm doing it anyway.
 
IP Logged
 
skippy.
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 20882
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #7 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:19pm
 
Annie Anthrax wrote on Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:15pm:
Are you sure about that, Skip? If it was Agnostic, I'd agree...but atheist?

You';re right, they all list themselves as agnostic,not a lot of difference though.
Back to top
 

  freedivers other forum- POLITICAL ANIMAL
Click onWWW below 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
skippy.
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 20882
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #8 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:21pm
 
Does Gillard call herself Atheist? not that it matters, by saying you're agnostic you're just trying not to pizz off the bashers to much.
Back to top
 

  freedivers other forum- POLITICAL ANIMAL
Click onWWW below 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
Annie Anthrax
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Take the plan, spin it
sideways

Posts: 7057
Gender: female
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #9 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:30pm
 
She may be an agnostic atheist...

Tongue
Back to top
 

I can't do this, but I'm doing it anyway.
 
IP Logged
 
freediver
Gold Member
*****
Online


www.ozpolitic.com

Posts: 47043
At my desk.
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #10 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 6:14pm
 
skippy. wrote on Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:14pm:
aikmann4 wrote on Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:06pm:
Awesome. This could mean no more Gillard.

Gillard just one of many
Curtin
Gorton
whitlam
Hawke
At least one third of Aussies are atheist, more atheists than Catholics, Anglicans and even Muslims,lol.
I'm pleased she's an atheist ,what really pizzed me off about Rudd was his fairy tale belief in a god.


What makes you think it was a fairy tale?
Back to top
 

I identify as Mail because all I do is SendIT!
WWW  
IP Logged
 
It_is_the_Darkness
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Australian Politics

Posts: 4000
in a ReTardis
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #11 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 8:27pm
 
Good on Gillard for being 'honest'.
Just goes to show, you don't have to be one of Gods/Allahs/Yalwehs children to be honest.
Good on Gillard for putting 'Politics' first in her life. Shows dedication and a 'belief' in what she does and what is in front of her, especially when it is a 'priority & majority' in her life.

I hope she understands that she is not an Atheist either ...she's just a Polititian  Wink
Back to top
 

SUCKING ON MY TITTIES, LIKE I KNOW YOU WANT TO.
 
IP Logged
 
Team Froggie
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Australian Politics

Posts: 7406
Sydney
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #12 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 8:35pm
 
Annie Anthrax wrote on Jun 29th, 2010 at 4:30pm:
She may be an agnostic atheist...

Tongue


Or an atheistic agnostic.

Shocked Shocked Shocked
Back to top
 

"What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?"-Jack Kerouac.
 
IP Logged
 
It_is_the_Darkness
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Australian Politics

Posts: 4000
in a ReTardis
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #13 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 8:41pm
 
...considering that READING & WRITING are two of the truest expressions of Religion (yes I know the Religious Industry has a 'gun' problem as if they were the Military ...like the Music Industry has a 'drug' problem as if they were the Medical), I found it ironic that I got banned from the Atheist Forum not so long ago for 'writing' so.
Wink
Back to top
 

SUCKING ON MY TITTIES, LIKE I KNOW YOU WANT TO.
 
IP Logged
 
Sprintcyclist
Gold Member
*****
Online


OzPolitic

Posts: 39429
Gender: male
Re: Gillard: Atheist
Reply #14 - Jun 29th, 2010 at 11:19pm
 

yes, if anything I would see it as a positive.
But it'ld be insignificant for votes, I'ld think.

makes no difference to me
Back to top
 

Modern Classic Right Wing
 
IP Logged
 
Pages: 1 2 3 ... 5
Send Topic Print