Votes for Heaven
Firstly, Carol - thanks for your rousing encouragement to keep some interest going here. I found something while reading yesterday's Age on the plane (no, I didn't read my BSF notes!). It was an article about today's Malaysian election. One of the parties (the Parti Islam SeMalaysia or PAS of Nik Aziz Nik Mat) has been warned by the Malaysian Electoral Commission that anyone promising eternity in today's elections faces fines and possible disqualification.
Water off a duck's back for Nik Aziz, it seems, who still has heaven on his election menu - despite the warnings of electoral authorities. "Only PAS stands for Islam. If you vote for Islam, the probability is great that you will go to heaven. It's the road to heaven, God willing" says Nik Aziz.
Clever way to buy a few (or perhaps a lot of) votes. But can't see it working in Oz - "a vote for Johnny Howard will likely get you your ticket to heaven" somehow doesn't compute! However, J. Howard just might use Aziz's next line on Latham's opposition "On the contrary, what the other side is doing will lead the public to the fires of hell". Who says politics and religion can't work together??
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