Complaint to NZ Herald

Why don't you put an anti-Islamic diatribe on your website. But you couldn't because that would be intellectually consistent and even-handed, since you have singled out Christianity for denunciation and excoriation. Atheists and humanist progressives like the entire news-board at NZHERALD are a minority. Your inordinate progressive monopoly over the media is disturbing. You don't represent the people, you assert your emotional and ideological ideals over everyone. ALL we want is an impartial account of current events, not illiberal opinion pieces castigating religious people. You have essentially turned yourself into a propaganda machine, espousing the secular humanist ideology, when the majority of Kiwis believe in some form of god.

If you can censor yourself to paint a picture of other religions in a non-negative fashion then you can do the same with Christianity, but unfortunately you just reveal yourself as partial and prejudicial against Christianity, which is effectively a double-standard. If this is some form of affirmative action, because of the trite, narrow-minded platitude about perennial Christian oppressors, get a life and read some real history. But clearly I don't think many people, particularly in this newsroom, actually have any legitimate historical knowledge, besides the usual a-historical tripe peddled by the new-atheist movement these-days, for the express purpose of demonising religious adherents.

Think about eminent figures like, Locke, Descartes, Copernicus, Galileo, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Wilberforce, Newton.... and how indispensable they have been to science, human rights and the Western tradition. Also remember you can't extricate modern society from its historical roots. Attacking your ancestors is asinine. It's great we have improved but we should never patronise our ancestors. That is self-defeating. The gay movement shouldn't celebrate its accomplishments while at the same time disparaging another minority of people who disagree with gay-marriage, on grounds of moral principle. Many people can hardly choose to change the fact that they are different with respect to their deeply held moral convictions. Attacking their belief *system* doesn't accomplish anything but, rather further entrenches divisiveness.

Because I subscribe to a world-view that differs to the mainstream, and feel attacked by the mainstream, I would retaliate. You should be grateful that Christianity proscribes violence, and mandates pacified and gentle response to its vociferous dissenters.