Payman decision expected as caucus colleagues express concern over claims she was being guided by 'God'
www.abc.net.au
The West Australian senator has told colleagues she is seeking religious guidance on her next move but is expected to make a decision on quitting her party today.

This is fucked reporting right? The quote they use as evidence is her saying something is “in God’s hands”. Elsewhere articles are run using quotes of her praying to god.

This is like, extremely normal lexicon for even casually religious people right? I’m an atheist with a pretty negative view of religion and to me this looks like pearl clutching.

Lots of extremely normal people say “I am praying for guidance” when they’re reflecting on something. That in isolation doesn’t mean they expect a hedge to catch fire and tell them what to do…

If our standard is pollies never mention religion then we might want to do some stuff about the Lord’s prayer, the oaths, and the magical mace of the Royal cult.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    yeah nah. My grandmother was religious as fuck and she never said shit like “it’s in gods hands” she just made a decision and if questioned said “Because it’s the right thing to do you bloody drongo”

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      9 days ago

      Really? I got kicked out of Christian Education in highschool for eating a bible and I’ve said “It’s in God’s hand’s now”. Admittedly as a humourous way to sum up “I’ve done what I can, now we see how it shaked out” but all the same.

      It’s just an idiom. No doubt sometimes people literally mean it as handing off responsibility to a supernatural, interventionist entity but I would not assume that without seeing evidence someone was a fundie.