http://peebs.net/exclusive-brethren-news/was-kevin-rudd-right-to-avoid-investigating-the-exclusive-brethren/ The Exclusive Brethren Information Blog by Peebs.Net Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://peebs.net/exclusive-brethren-news/was-kevin-rudd-right-to-avoid-investigating-the-exclusive-brethren/comment-page-1/#comment-79 John Kennard Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:30:23 +0000 http://peebs.net/blog/?p=43#comment-79 I fully agree with Kevin Rudd's decision not to investigate the Brethren. Once you lift the lid on one religious group, you are then morally obliged to do the same for all religious groups, thus creating a administrative and legal minefield. Whilst there is much about the Exclusive Brethren that is reprehensible and self serving, the same may be said about nearly all religious organisations. The sooner Christianity is seperated from organised religion, the better, as in practice most religion, is rarely Christian. I know of many people that have completely given up on Christianity, after the way they were treated by a Church, or induviduals from a Church, and these churches including the exclusive Brethren, have a lot to answer for. I fully agree with Kevin Rudd’s decision not to investigate the Brethren. Once you lift the lid on one religious group, you are then morally obliged to do the same for all religious groups, thus creating a administrative and legal minefield.
Whilst there is much about the Exclusive Brethren that is reprehensible and self serving, the same may be said about nearly all religious organisations.
The sooner Christianity is seperated from organised religion, the better, as in practice most religion, is rarely Christian.
I know of many people that have completely given up on Christianity, after the way they were treated by a Church, or induviduals from a Church, and these churches including the exclusive Brethren, have a lot to answer for.

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