From the London Times - (You got to love the hat!)
"In the British Constitution, Church and State are joined. The Queen is head of both. There are 26 Anglican bishops in Parliament.
Anglicanism used to mean Cranmer and Hooker and Tillotson and Warburton and Paley. Malthus and Sydney Smith were Anglican priests. These were men who combined distinction in theological and secular learning with a broadly tolerant outlook.
Nowadays, priests and bishops seem to be less interested in preaching the Gospel than in preaching an embarrassingly naïve socialism.
It may be arguable that the true message of Christ is socialist. It may also be argued that the laws of supply and demand are as much part of the Divine Order as the laws of motion – and that Christians cannot validly pronounce on either without some study of the secular sciences that have uncovered them. If this is true, it is not enough for an Anglican priest to read The Guardian, announce that “God is love” and then make other than embarrassing pronouncements on interest rates and distribution of property.
The rest is here-
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article5003179.ece
1 comment:
No! I guess for a liberal I'm a bit conservative on this issue. With the world moving to a global society it's nice to have some things stay the same. It doesn't hurt the country and tradition can be a good thing.
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