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Our Father Who Art in Coventry

Kevin Donnelly

Feb 06 2024

4 mins

As demonstrated by the vandalism that brought down Captain Cook’s statue in Melbourne, the campaign to cancel Australia Day, along with the broader push to condemn and reject Western civilisation as racist and oppressive, there’s no doubt society is under attack.  Christianity is especially threatened. Instead of seeing anything beneficial or worthwhile about Christianity, ALP and Greens MPs across the nation, from local councils to Canberra, want to banish the Lord’s Prayer as it’s no longer considered relevant to our multi-ethnic, multicultural society.

Worse, while seeking to banish the Lord’s Prayer, activists want to make Welcomes to Country mandatory.  While one ritual is condemned as divisive and obsolete the other is to be endorsed and made compulsory.

No amount of fake history pushing indigenous culture can escape the fact Christianity is Australia’s largest religion and our institutions, culture and way of life are underpinned and imbued with Christian beliefs…

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