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... |