Saturday, August 05, 2006

The United Church weighs in...

The United Church is one of those Christian organizations that disconnected itself from its Christian roots in the 1960s. Since then it has embraced homosexuality and a very inclusive view of who gets to go to heaven, and busied itself with do-gooding. In other words, it has become profoundly irrelevant.

The UC General Secretary has written a rather long and self-important letter to the National Post, responding to some intemperate remarks concerning Israel, made by a UC minion.

A letter-writer lamented that these remarks could harm Judeo-Christian relations.

Here's my take on that:

Citizens need not be overly concerned that pronouncements by the United Church may hurt Judeo-Christian relations. The United Church, in abandoning hard biblical revelation for feel-good doism, ceased being a Christian voice some time ago. As for the self-important response from the General Secretary, someone should let him in on a little secret: what the United Church thinks is profoundly irrelevant to all but itself.

2 comments:

Mitch said...

Heck,

My father in law is a UC minister - the latest fad is 'progressive Christianity" - which is essentially secular humanism. Christ is not devine - just feel good and be good to others and you'll be ok.

Mitch said...

Heck,

My father in law is a UC minister - the latest fad is 'progressive Christianity" - which is essentially secular humanism. Christ is not devine - just feel good and be good to others and you'll be ok.

"... nothing intellectually compelling or challenging.. bald assertions coupled to superstition... woefully pathetic"