One News, NZ's State Broadcaster, spends $1 million to attack 4 billion Muslims & Christians Worldwide.

Congratulations to One News in New Zealand, which has just spent around $1 million of tax payers dollars in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, on a five part investigation into a Church - which it calls - shock, horror - "loud" and "fundamentalist". The Church in question is Destiny. It counts many Māori & Pasifika as members. What does One News discover? The Church holds an "active stance against the LGBTQI community" with women not enjoying equal rights. One News' Campbell discovered several women "who live in its shadows" and that the "premise" of Destiny’s support group for men, "Man Up", includes "family values" and "anti-drugs". He found "a culture of, at best, antiquated patriarchy". Journos at One News loathe such values, so decided to conduct their own Thought Police Investigation into Destiny Church. The question posed by this Blog is whether holding conservative beliefs about LGBTQI and gender matters is a feature of the world's Great Religions? Should seeking out "antiquated" and "patriarchal" beliefs warrant a One News Five Part Series costing up to $1 million of public money? Should they warrant getting you arrested?

Does the Islamic Faith hold easy-going views about being gay? It is strictly forbidden. What about the Catholic Church? Pretty much the same. Do these religions hold "antiquated" and "patriarchal" views about women? I'm no religious expert but understand that there is not one ordained priest in Catholicism to this day who is a woman. Similar rules apply in Islam, where women are not permitted to lead men in prayer. This Blog has nothing to do with defending or critiquing any church or religion, whether it be Catholic, Islam, or Destiny Church for that matter. Unlike One News, we respect people of faith. We are critiquing how NZ's State Broadcaster has launched a costly investigation into a Church only to discover it preaches conservative & traditional values. Why doesn't One News investigate Muslim and Catholic views about different sexual orientations and gender equality? Do the One News journos take the view that women who belong to those faiths live in "shadows"?

We all know what's behind the One News investigation. Its journos hold different values to devoutly religious Muslims and Catholics. Its journos think their views are superior to those folks views. By the way, such people comprise 1/2 of the world's population. One News considers the beliefs espoused by Destiny Church threaten the parties & politicians it wants elected in 2026. The reason its journos don't attack Muslims and Catholics for their beliefs is they don't have the guts - there'd be consequences for them personally. Destiny is an easy target. There's no place for a State Broadcaster to insult the views of religious folks as being "antiquated" and "patriarchal". Who is One News to play God? It should be wound up. It serves no purpose. It wastes money to create division in NZ society with dumb investigations into nothing to get its journos more clicks & help them sway elections.