Culture is Downstream From Spirituality

What to make of a massive Hindu statue unveiled in Western Sydney this week?

I suppose it’s better than a mosque.

Are we even allowed to say that?

The 15m statue of religious guru Bhagwan Swaminarayan is the highest metal statue in Australia.

The image, part of a Hindu temple and cultural precinct that takes up the equivalent of 14 football fields, was unveiled with federal ministers Chris Bowen and Michelle Rowland quietly nodding their approval.

This is what is meant by multiculturalism. The idea that immigrants are supposed to integrate into Australian culture is, by now, obviously a complete furphy.

The Hindu statue is a taste of Indian religion and culture to go with the butter chicken we were all led to believe was the extent of multiculturalism.

Personally, I think we should put Christ the Redeemer at the entrance to Sydney Harbour.

Can you imagine the outcry?

The same people fawning over the exotic Hindu statue would be screeching like crazy Karens, with veins popping out of their necks: ‘Christian nationalism!’ and ‘theocracy!’ and ‘separation of church and state!’

The great irony of Christianity is that it contains, within itself, the seeds of its own destruction …