Women’s right to be pompous windbags

It is not the role of the State to discriminate against any of its subjects. Read more

The Church is “Frustrated”…Apparently!

The ABofC has warned that the CofE is “frustrated” over the issue of women Bishops, the BBC reports.

So there are splits over the appointment of women bishops, gay marriage, calls for disestablishment…how much can this edifice take? Hopefully not much more!

 

Church Warns about Gay Marriage AGAIN!

The BBC has reported (amongst other news sites) that the Church of England is ‘warning’ Read more

Let’s Pull The Plug

Story from the Telegraph

A new report by the Church of England states that it is in danger of being “wiped out” and that the Church is currently “on life support”. This is good news and I have to ask, is there anything we can do to help pull the plug?

However a few comments on some items in the report:

The Church needs to recruit more believers: it seems (and this is admittedly anecdotal) the best way to recruit is indocrination at an early age as relatively few adults convert. We must keep vigilant about this and continue our campaigns on RE and faith schools.

“This decline in membership, and the accompanying rise in average age, means that fewer people are becoming disciples of Jesus Christ, and that the Church is able to have less impact and influence in the public realm, both nationally and in the transformation of local communities”

Maybe this is because people are waking up and realising it’s fiction!

“…do we dare to believe a different future, that God might want his Church to grow, in holiness and in numbers?”

..or maybe you should realise that your imaginary friend in the sky doesn’t exist, get on with your lives, and build communities based on rationality!

The General Synod will also hear a call for an emergency debate on homosexuality. Church officials will be accused of “woeful” failure to protect the institution of marriage from erosion by the rise of civil partnerships and Coalition plans to allow same-sex couples to register their partnerships in religious settings.

..in other words the CofE has not been effective at being homphobic bigots. Although bearing in mind wider society is much more accepting of homosexuality and gay marriage, if they want to improve numbers why don’t they drop the bigotry and accept homosexualty and gay marriage fully?

The CofE Are At It As Well…

It’s not just the Catholics!

The gentle and respectful (sic) Church of England have also been found to have mishandled the cases of two paedophile priests in Suffolk!

But I suppose that unlike the Evil Empire they are willing to admit it! Oh well so much for moral authority…which they never had to start with!

Church of England to target children

The Church of England are intending to launch a new campaign which may target children as young as two years old. Read more