What does the
K o r a n

teach about attitudes to
secular government ?

So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour. (Sura 25:52)

And obey not the command of the prodigal
(Sura 26:151)

obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites 
(Sura 33:1)

Therefore obey not you the rejecters (Sura 68:8)

obey not of them any guilty one or disbeliever (Sura 76:24)

People who hold the Koran as authoritative in all areas are compelled to disobey secular governments, and to war against non-believers.

“Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you” (Sura 9:123)

Osama bin Laden and his followers are acting entirely consistently with the teachings of the Koran.

What does the
B i b l e

teach about attitudes to
secular government ?

Everyone must submit themselves to the governing authorities (Romans 13:1)

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities (Titus 3:1)

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors (1 Peter 2:13,14)

Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s. (Mark 12:17)

People who hold the Bible as authoritative in all areas are compelled to obey secular governments, and to love non-believers.

“Love your enemies” (Luke 6:27)

“Our laws, our whole system of jurisprudence, our Constitution ... are based upon and interwoven with our Christian belief” 
Henry Parkes, Australia’s ‘Father of Federation’.

Let’s not abandon our Christian Heritage.
VOTE  1  LAMB

       

2  HARDGRAVE, Gary	Liberal

1    LAMB, Andrew   Independent

6  TAYLOR, Lenore		Greens

5  BROOKES, Kathleen	Labor

4  COMANS, Tracy Anne	Democrats

3  WEEDON, Barry		One Nation

authorised by Andrew Lamb 41 Leah Ave Salisbury 
Refugees

Australia has a long and exceptionally generous tradition of accepting refugees and immigrants.  Let’s maintain that tradition.  But let’s not foolishly allow in people who are unable to obey our laws due to allegiance to the Koran.  Nor people who indicate unwillingness to respect our laws by declining to migrate via standard channels, and choosing instead to cross our borders in defiance of our laws.  Let’s not help people smugglers thrive.

Let’s welcome law-abiding migrants and genuine refugees, arriving legally through proper channels following health and identity checks.  “When a foreigner lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him.  The foreigner living with you must be treated as one of your native-born.  Love him as yourself” (Leviticus 17:33).

Law and Order

The first responsibility of any government is to maintain law and order.  To do this we must punish local crime promptly and appropriately (Ecclesiastes 8:11).  I support capital and corporal punishment.

Religious War

In Sudan and parts of Indonesia, Christians are being systematically exterminated <http://www.persecution.com>. Tens of thousands have been murdered in the last year.  In Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Egypt and many other Muslim countries, persecution of Christians is institutionalised and endemic.  

Christians are also being systematically murdered by the communist government of North Korea, and brutally suppressed in China, Vietnam, and other communist countries.  

Recent statements by world leaders saying there is no religious war are either naive or deceptive.  There is tremendous persecution being waged against Christians around the globe, and the mainstream media gives little attention to it.  Bible-based societies are tolerant, but Koranic and communist societies tend to be extremely intolerant, and to persecute Christian and other minorities.

Drugs

I am totally opposed to free heroin trials, legal shooting galleries, and decriminalisation of destructive drugs.  I stand for compulsory abstinence-based rehabilitation programs for drug addicts.  Sweden’s success with these methods is proof that this approach works.

In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

I oppose IVF for single women and lesbians.  The Bible teaches that a husband and wife is the God-ordained basis for families.

Immigration

If elected I will fight for the repeal of interdependency (i.e. homosexual) visas, which enable foreign consorts of Australian homosexuals to migrate here.

Anti-Christian media bias example 1

Queenslanders were shocked and appalled by the recent firebombing attack on Holland Park Mosque, and the burning down of the Kuraby Mosque.  These crimes were headline news for weeks.  The Kuraby culprit was found and charged, and since then the media has been quiet on the issue, not even publishing the name, physical description, or photo of the culprit (The Times 12 Oct 01).

Many of you might be surprised to learn that on the same weekend of 22-23 Sept when the Kuraby Mosque arson occurred, seven Sydney churches were fire-bombed!, including Glenacre Uniting Church, Bass Hill Uniting Church (attacked again on 1 Oct), St Thomas’s Anglican Church at Auburn, and Bankstown Baptist Church (Crossflow Oct 2001).  Why weren’t these attacks headline news in the mainstream media?

If elected I will fight to remove anti-Christian bias from the ABC.

Anti-Christian media bias example 2

In America there were 3,007 media stories on the bashing to death of homosexual Matthew Shephard in the month following his murder.  But when 13 year-old schoolboy Jesse Dirkhising was sodomised to death over a period of hours by homosexual ‘couple’ Joshua Brown and Davis Carpenter, only 46 media stories on his murder appeared in the following month.  The major US newspapers and TV news shows virtually ignored his murder (Life News, April 2001).  Similar bias occurs in our media here.

Our Christian Heritage

Why is our country prosperous and peaceful, while other countries are poor, strife-ridden, and full of oppression?  The state of a society reflects the principles on which it was founded.  Our forebears were predominantly Christian, and built our society and institutions on Christian principles such as hard work, marriage, and respect for authority, and our nation has been greatly blessed as a result.  Most societies based on Koranic teachings have not been blessed the way we have. As Jesus said, “By their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7:20).  The Bible is a book of hope, life, and Salvation.  The Koran is a book of war, death, and destruction.  It contains over 300 verses exhorting violence. 

The whole western heritage of freedom, tolerance, science etc is firmly based upon our Biblical heritage.  The rise of modern science was due to the Biblical world-view of its Christian founders - great men of God such as Sir Isaac Newton, who wrote more books and papers on theology than he ever did on science.  

Such men believed the Creator God of the Bible was a God of order, and so they believed there were laws under which the physical world operated, and they sought out those laws.  The stable, orderly societies resulting from widespread adherence to Biblical standards enabled the accumulation and dissemination of the scientific and technological knowledge they gained.

Economics

I advocate protection of and support for local industries by various means.  I oppose National Competition Policy.  I support the setting up of a new low-interest-long-term-loans Commonwealth style bank to support new industry.  I oppose foreign ‘dumping’ of underpriced goods in Australia.

Abortion and Embryonic Stem Cell Research

I oppose embryonic stem cell research.  So far, no research work with stem cells from embryos has been successful.  But there have been lots of successes with stem cells from non-embryonic sources, such as liposuctioned fat, hair follicles, bone marrow, and other tissues.  However, even if it wasn’t the case that far better sources of stem cells are available, cloning human embryos so they can be destroyed and used as a source of organs or tissues would still be wrong.  

The Bible teaches that life begins at conception, and science supports this.  A fertilised egg has its own completely unique human DNA, different to their mother and different to their father.  All humans are made in the image of God, and to destroy human beings for convenience or for research is murder.  If elected I will oppose Medicare abortion funding.

Homosexuality

I am totally opposed to legal recognition of same sex marriages.  The Bible says homosexuality is an abomination.  Does this mean I hate homosexuals?  No.  Really caring means wanting to help people achieve the best they can with their lives, not leaving them wallowing in a degrading health-destroying addiction.  Homosexual behaviour is learned, and so it can be unlearned.  Let’s not pretend they’re ‘born that way’.  That type of thinking leaves them with no hope of escape from their predicament.  

According to the Bible we are all sinners.  No doubt each of us have some sin or other to which we are particularly susceptible.  But having a predisposition to sin does not excuse it, nor does it make it inevitable.  Jesus showed compassion to even the most wretched social outcasts, and he cares about homosexuals too.  In His strength people can overcome addictions and unlearn destructive behaviours.

  Exodus International                http://www.exodus-international.org
  Exodus Global Alliance            http://www.exodusglobalalliance.org  
  Homosexuals Anonymous       http://members.aol.com/hawebpage
  Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays http://www.pfox.org

Education

150 years ago, when western governments introduced compulsory mass schooling, there was a great need for it.  Few households could educate their children themselves due to the expense of books and materials, and the lack of literate adults.  In those days, if families wanted their children to be literate and numerate, most needed to use these schools.  

Nowadays, information and books etc. are cheap, and most households have a literate, numerate adult, so many families have the capacity to educate their children at home. 

I think schooling should not be compulsory (education - yes, but not schooling) and that the option of corporal punishment must be included in school discipline codes.  Implementation of these two reforms could go a long way to removing the frustration and stresses suffered by teachers and students alike in existing school systems.  ‘The rod of correction imparts wisdom: but a child left to himself disgraces his mother’ (Proverbs 29:15).