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Primate Fred Hiltz goes on carbon fast for Lent

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From here:

Notable leaders who agreed to fast one day during this period include the Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (March 6); Rev. Susan Johnson, National Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (February 14); Rev. Mark MacDonald, the National Indigenous Bishop, Anglican Church of Canada (March 16); Mardi Tindal, Immediate Past Moderator, The United Church of Canada (March 19); Joe Gunn, Executive Director, Citizens for Public Justice (February 1); Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (March 12); and Bill McKibben, author and co-founder of 350.org (March 30). Connie Sorio, KAIROS’ Ecological Justice Partnership Coordinator, will join the fast on February 28.

We don’t know what, exactly, these paradigms of piety have chosen to give up to reduce their carbon footprint.

Even the rarefied atmosphere that is home to this illustrious company is routinely contaminated by the demon Co2, since even they breathe in oxygen only to convert it to carbon dioxide, exhaling the filthy pollutant 28800 times per day. Here’s my suggestion for their carbon fast: hold your breath for an entire day.

One can only hope.

Jesus’ true nature finally revealed

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He was mostly water.

From here (page 9):

In her reflection, Jennifer Henry, executive director of KAIROS, reminded those present that, through his incarnation, Jesus was “a child who, like other babies, was mostly water – 75 per cent water, so they say.” Like the rest of humanity, Jesus depended on water for his daily needs, she said.

These ladies, despite all appearances to the contrary, are not suffering from a bout of severe constipation, but are thumping vigorously on their drums to convince us that we all have a role in protecting the waters of the Earth. Just looking at them convinces me, I don’t know about you.

Constipation

Diocese of New Westminster’s eco-quackery unit stirs up debate

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As well it might. It wants to increase sales tax in order to improve the well-being of “those who really struggle financially”. I’m surprised this hasn’t occurred to anyone before: take more money away from the impoverished to improve their lot; a lie so audaciously brazen everyone thinks it clever.

The increase in sales tax is to be used to fund more public transport – a worthy endeavour, no doubt, but one which the poor will not enjoy because their taxes have gone up and they won’t be able to afford it.

This is known as eco-justice, the latest Anglican replacement for the long outmoded pie-in-the-sky, fundamentalist fantasy of eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Who needs that when there is public transit?

Still, there’s probably no sales tax in hell, so it could be an improvement over living in Vancouver.

From here:

As Metro Vancouver residents prepare to vote in an upcoming transit referendum, members of the Diocese of New Westminster Eco-Justice Unit are hoping to promote discussion on wider issues of social and ecological justice.

Starting on March 16 and running through May 29, Elections B.C. will administer a plebiscite through a mail-in ballot in which voters will be asked to approve a 0.5 per cent increase to the Provincial Sales Tax in order to fund new transit projects.

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“Metro Vancouver Alliance is committed to a Yes [vote],” Marquardt said. “But let’s talk about it. Let’s think about it. Let’s engage people. Let’s think about what our role is as Anglicans in terms of reflecting ecologically, theologically and [on] the well-being [of] those who really struggle financially…being able to get where they need to go.”

So there you have it: Anglicans are still helping people get where they need to go. The only difference is that the destination used to be heaven, now it is a stop on the Millennium Line Skytrain.

Churches turning green

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When I was growing up in Wales, a sacred space becoming green would mean that moss was thriving on the local church roof. Today, Greening Sacred Spaces is an invitation to, among other things, prevent draughts in church buildings – a tragic mistake for many parishes, since that is the only breath of fresh air the congregation will ever experience – in order to focus on the cliché du jour: mission. No-one seems to have noticed that the mission of most mainline denominations is the greening of their sacred space: promising a false gospel of eco-redemption to carbon addicted sinners.

From here:

Do you want to make your church building a safer and more hospitable space for worship and fellowship? Are drafty windows and leaking taps drawing time and money away from mission and outreach? Does your parish need support in reducing ecological footprints and improving sustainability? If you answered yes to any of the above, then Creation Matters has an affordable and effective program to help get you started.

Creation Matters, the environmental working group of the Anglican Church of Canada, is partnering with Greening Sacred Spaces, a service offered through Faith & the Common Good, to offer Green Building Audits.

If you are not yet convinced that you should take a green audit, there is a Greening Sacred Spaces youtube channel where you can listen to an imam – who sounds uncannily like a common or garden Anglican bishop – explain that mankind’s problems are all caused by our failing to live in harmony with nature; that, he tells us, is the central message of all “sacred” texts. He didn’t get around to singing “All you Need is Love”, but I know he wanted to.

If Anglicans won’t listen to an imam, who will they listen to?