The hierarchy of Church of England have been making some very bizarre pronouncements in recent times. It really isn't surprising that they now have so few followers, and that their churches are almost empty.
The new Archbishop of Canterbury (the C of E boss), The Right Reverend, The Right Honourable, Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, seems to go from one crazy controversy to another.
First it was her aim to hand-out £100 Million as recompense for slavery. I'm not sure who would receive this money, or even why; but I do know that the money put into the collection boxes on Sundays wasn't intended for that!
Just recently, on the anniversary of 9/11, she wanted to present Tahir Ashrafi (above with someone in disguise) with a 'Reconciliation and Interfaith Co-operation Award'. In the past, Ashrafi has praised Bin Laden, referred to the Hamas Oct 7th terrorists as 'Freedom Fighters', and claimed that all suicide attacks against NATO peace-keeping forces were 'Lawful'. He also says that all men should be allowed FOUR WIVES, without having to ask any permission. Regardless, our lovely new Wokey Archbishop thought him worthy of some Christian 'Award'.
She has since had her hand slapped, and has backed down. It was obvious to all except her and her Wokey chums, that his views were 'outrageous'.
Shouldn't someone in her position be concentrating on spreading her Mumbo-Jumbo, rather than back-slapping supporters of terrorism? One really wonders what this woman will get up to next!
It used to be the case that our Archbishops of Canterbury dealt in matters of Creed and Morality. These days it's all Politics and Wokery. A very sad sign of the times!
British slavery caused millions of victims, Germany is still paying for the Holocaust which is comprehensive. Slavery was a terrible thing and the British Empire was an active player.
ReplyDeleteWe know that only too well. The Barbary Pirates took hundreds of thousands of English and Irish slaves, but for some reason we aren't asking for recompence.
DeletePerhaps the native Africans who captured the 'slaves' before selling them to the traders, should also take some blame.
DeleteHow will they apportion the blame? Each present day descendent of the traders paying whatever the "going rate" is? This isn't practical and the horrors comitted then were deemed "acceptable" at the time. No-one had the foresight (or the inclination?) to stop before it became a world-wide scandal.
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It's very easy to say "We're going to give £100 Million to right the wrongs", but as you say, who would receive this money? If it was given to ruling political parties, it would end up elsewhere. Who will pay the UK for all our people who were taken as slaves? The whole idea is illogical, and just plain virtue signalling.
DeleteSlavery was endemic all over the world. It still is more widespread than normally acknowledged. The British did more than most to eliminate it at great expense in terms of cash and lives. The British owe nobody anything at all. The people asking for money are not motivated by anything except greed.
ReplyDeleteSomeone needs to tell Mullally that; she seems unaware of the true history of slavery.
DeleteOnly FOUR wives? SIX would suit me. One for each day of the week with a traditional day of rest on Sunday. Mrs Mullally would be better offer getting some overalls and a hard hat and taking an ecclesiastical stone masonry course. She'll never be out of work.
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