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| Church leaders speak against 'wicked' war |
| 2002-09-05 |
| Britain's two most senior churchmen have launched separate impassioned initiatives aimed at preventing war against Iraq. In an article in The Times today the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, writes that a war would have grave consequences, possibly setting the Arab world against the West. What the hell are they now? What have I missed? The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has also raised his concerns in a private letter to the Prime Minister. "Cuz we're against war and stuff, huh huh." Their interventions are the latest in a number by bishops opposed to action against Iraq — and their comments are increasingly irritating the Government and its advisers. One official said that remarks from some senior clerics suggested they regarded Saddam Hussein as liberal-minded. If I were to become religious, I'd probably become a Zoroastrian. They believe in good and evil, light and dark. Christians — especially those of the Archbishops' stripe — don't believe in that anymore. Protestantism arose when Luther got cheezed at the Church for selling indulgences; these suckers give them away for free, without even being asked. Maybe that's why there's not much difference between them and druids anymore... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 As Napoleon remarked (when told thet the Pope opposed his plans for conquest): "The Pope? How many divisions does *he* have?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-09-06 08:49:43 |
| #6 OK, they're professional bureaucrats with no accountability in systems where advancement is based on raising money. Anybody offended now? |
| Posted by: Mark Morris 2002-09-05 18:51:48 |
| #5 Well, us potential Zoroastrians don't want them! Maybe the Hindoos have room... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-05 17:10:18 |
| #4 Hey, neither us athiests or secular humanists want these morons. Stupidity like theirs knows no religious affiliation. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-05 16:51:50 |
| #3 Bear in mind, these people aren't really Christians. They're basically atheists who just like the whole church concept for some reason I can't fathom. They basically have taken the whole religious aspect out of it, turning it into more of a secular humanist sort of thing. With a large dash of marxism, since it's in Europe. So you end up with people not thinking that people are evil, only governments/capitalists are (specifically the US) |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-05 15:55:41 |
| #2 Don't get the idea that all us Christians believe this twaddle. I certainly don't. The guys here are basically the secular world's house clergy, extremely pliable and around to give moral cover to whatever the secular folks wanted to do. I've always felt that clergymen like these would find nice things to say about National Socialism if they thought the world wanted them to. |
| Posted by: Chris 2002-09-05 14:29:54 |
| #1 By 1978 the time had come for Maha Ghosananda to help his people. The `walking skeletons', as they were called at the time, who had survived the killing fields were streaming across the border into refugee camps in Thailand. Maha Ghosananda went to set up Buddhist temples in the camps. And as he walked among the refugees he would offer each one, with a bow of his head, a piece of paper with the teaching of the Buddha: Hatred is not overcome by hatred; hatred is overcome by love. This is a law eternal. |
| Posted by: sassafrass 2002-09-06 19:26:20 |