C.S. Lewis, in his essay The Weight of Glory, pointed out:
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit – immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.
The Anglican Church of Canada has been uncomfortable with this and other transcendent aspects of Christianity for years, so it has been labouring tirelessly to divert attention away from troubling ideas such as miracles, the final destination of man’s immortal soul, substitutionary atonement and so on, preferring, instead, to concentrate on social work, left-wing political agitation and, of course, sex.
Now, in what must be a major theological breakthrough for 2016, the Anglican Church of Canada has announced that it has found a way to reduce immortality – perhaps, eventually to banish it completely. As Fred Hiltz points out in his New Year’s Day sermon, the plan is to start with eroding the immortality of pregnant women:
This major initiative reflects a commitment to several of the Sustainable Development Goals including a lowering of the immortality rates among pregnant women.
Dear oh dear, what a sub-educated man!
Amen on that one Dr.
Please remember to pray for him and the other primates at the imminent London meeting.
Clearly a typo. But hilarious in a sad sort of way…
Shouldn’t a public figure always proofread his utterances before publication?
Nah, he contracts out to Trump.
I guess with words like he is speaking the ACoC is going to take a major role in the fight against abortion …..I am no holding my breath
Well, no. To lower the immortality rates is a double negative which presumably means to increase the worldliness among pregnant women. There have been studies in the US which indicate that a child raised Episcopalian (i.e. establishment Anglican) is less likely to be an adult Christian than the average of all children. So maybe the archbishop was inadvertently speaking truth.
It is January 5th and the ACoC still has not corrected Fred’s gaff on their website. There is not even 1 comment on his message. Fred, other than the devotees of Anglican Samizdat, nobody is listening to you. Keep that in mind at the Primates’ gathering!
The correction (if you will) has now been made. Happy Epiphany!
There is a wonderful site out there call the wayback machine where no deleted or corrected website can escape.