My OperaLord rid us of this turbulent priest...
Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:50:47 PM
There are times when some people manage to be so daft it almost leaves you speechless.
Now is one of those times, and the person is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Now I'm no great fan of the man, and I am writing from the position of an outsider looking in, being neither a christian or a member of the Church of England. I had (naively) some hopes about him when he was appointed, largely on the basis that the fundamentalists hated him so he coudn't be all bad. But then he failed to appoint a bishop on the basis that he was gay, then he sat on the fence in the teeth of appalling homophobic bigotry from a bunch of African bishops instead of supporting the US church. Now he suggests incorporating elements of sharia law into our legal system.
You wonder what he was on at the time...
And I'm left wondering how I ended up in the same camp as the fundies wanting his resignation. Erk...
Now is one of those times, and the person is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Now I'm no great fan of the man, and I am writing from the position of an outsider looking in, being neither a christian or a member of the Church of England. I had (naively) some hopes about him when he was appointed, largely on the basis that the fundamentalists hated him so he coudn't be all bad. But then he failed to appoint a bishop on the basis that he was gay, then he sat on the fence in the teeth of appalling homophobic bigotry from a bunch of African bishops instead of supporting the US church. Now he suggests incorporating elements of sharia law into our legal system.
You wonder what he was on at the time...
And I'm left wondering how I ended up in the same camp as the fundies wanting his resignation. Erk...
Nigel CliffCaptainPenguin # Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:16:06 PM
In church this morning our vicar (who I know is not a fan of Williams) gave a rather half hearted defence of Williams and when I asked him at the end if it was just toeing the party line I got a very non committal answer.
Sounds live the C of E is becoming like New labour and keeping the troops in line