Hi Rod,
Actually it is not really that difficult to acknowledge a variety of beliefs - the
trick is to
think beyond the word 'god'.
Just think, if we do well, we may be able to influence the elimination of the
contradictions (no,
I don't believe in Santa but I haven't made up my mind about the tooth fairy!).
I think if we touch on all the elements but imbue them with better values then we
can't go wrong.
Trudy
Rod Hagen wrote:
> At 03:22 PM 22/2/99, Trudy and Rod Bray wrote:
> >
> >
> >In case anyone needs them, here are the points agreed upon at ConCon as a
> >basis for writing the
> >preamble. I think Recoznetters can acquit themselves quite well at this.
> >Anyone who sends one in, could you post it to Recoznet2 after the closing
> >deadline? I'm sure we'd
> >all like to have a look.
> >Trudy
> >
> >"The Preamble to the Constitution should contain the following elements:
> >
> snip
> > Reference to "Almighty God";
> snip
> > Recognition of Australia's cultural diversity;
>
> In other words, its almost impossible to draft a preamble that isn't
> internally contradictory.
>
> The only solutions that cope with these two elements that aren't
> contradictory might be along the lines of either:
>
> "We recognise that some of our people believe in an almighty god and some
> do not,
> We recognise the cultural diversity of our people"
>
> OR
>
> "We recognise an almighty God,
> We recognise our cultural diversity, except in so far as many of our people
> fail to recognise an almighty god"
>
> You can't have it both ways.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rod
>
> Rod Hagen
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