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Christopher Luxon, in his interview with Mike Hosking, has had a whinge and a sook about how his faith has been “misrepresented”. It’s a fairly black-and-white matter, either you are a Christian or you are not, you are either a Hindu or you are not, you are either a Muslim or you are not. There is no grey position that he can take, and yet here he is moaning about it.
National Party leader Christopher Luxon is frustrated his religious views continue to be misrepresented while he is standing by his position of being in favour of accepting investment from China for large-scale infrastructure projects.
Luxon made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB’s Leaders Breakfast.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins will be interviewed for the series next week. Some of the minor party leaders will also be appearing.
Luxon, speaking for two hours this morning, said it had been frustrating to see his faith being misrepresented, saying his religion was based on treating people well.
He did not elaborate on how his faith had been misrepresented.
Luxon had struggled to shake previous comments he’d made on abortion, comparing it to murder. Luxon had already ruled out reforming New Zealand’s abortion laws – something he had been quizzed about by members of the public during his public appearances.
NZ Herald
Well, Christopher, perhaps your religious views, whatever they may be because I can’t fathom them, are misrepresented because you are misrepresenting them yourself by failing to elucidate them sufficiently.
No one is going to die wondering if I am a Christian. I am very clear that I am. I’m not trying to hide my faith from unsuspecting voters or readers, or listeners on my radio show. I am open and upfront about my faith.
It is a shame that Christopher Luxon isn’t brave enough to actually stand for something, especially as important as faith, where you find the foundation of your principles.
That’s the rub though, isn’t it. Christopher Luxon defines his faith as treating people well. That’s nice, but that’s not faith, that’s being a decent human being. Luxon clearly has no faith, and no principles, and the consequence of that is that he sounds weak and wishy-washy, trying to please everyone and in the end pleasing no one.
If you ever needed a reason to explain why National isn’t higher in the polls despite opposing the worst Government in living memory, then this is it. Their leader has no principles, no guiding light, and no faith.
Why should we vote for a faithless person?
If you are an atheist then say so. Maurice Williamson does, out loud. Plenty of others do. If you are a person of faith, then let’s hear it. Stand on the foundations of that faith.
But what Luxon is trying to do is say he has faith, but not say he has faith. That is the middle ground, that is a cop-out, that is weak, that is unprincipled, and that is why no one trusts him.
He may as well be an atheist, or at the very least that hopeless middle ground of agnosticism, where people exist because they either won’t say, aren’t sure or are too afraid to choose.
You can’t claim faith, and then keep details of that a secret. That’s not what Christianity is about, and it’s high time Christopher Luxon was honest about his faith.
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