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Anglican civil war

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From here:

I’m sorry if this seems melodramatic, but the anger of the majority of bishops and clergy who supported this move ensures that the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, faces the prospect of an Anglican civil war. I won’t pretend that the decision makes much sense to me: a situation in which women can be bishops in most parts of the Anglican Communion but not its spiritual home is weird enough, but when you consider that the C of E allows women to be deacons, priests but not bishops… it’s an ecclesial mess of the most peculiar variety. Not just Archbishop-designate Welby but the majority of the Church’s bishops have had their authority diminished by this vote. Traditionalists and evangelicals have won a victory, of sorts, tonight, but I very much doubt that they will be allowed to enjoy it.

If the CofE bishops have had their authority diminished by this vote – and I really hope they have – it serves them right for being a bunch of out-of-touch, effete, stuck-up, ivory-tower panjandrums.

Another Cuban hunger striker about to die

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From the BBC:

A Cuban political dissident who is on hunger strike is in danger of dying, doctors treating him say.

Guillermo Farinas, 48, has been refusing food since February to demand the release of ill political prisoners.

Anyone in doubt about the fact that Castro is a despot, thug, murderer, torturer and demonically possessed paranoid madman should read the harrowing account of Armando Valladares’ 22 years as a guest in Castro’s gulag, Against all Hope.

Just like Stalin, Castro has duped half-witted Western liberals for decades with Anglican Church of Canada bishops being at the forefront of the dimwit contingent.

Fake Olympics

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We know that the fireworks were faked, the little girl singing actually wasn’t and the ethnic minorities on display weren’t – ethnic minorities, that is. The smiles are fake, the ages of the Chinese athletes are fake, the audience is fake, freedom of reporting is fake and the Internet access is fake.

I am half expecting to wake up to the morning headline that the whole thing was computer generated; no such luck, I fear. Instead, we have given one of the most repressive, societies on earth a means of trumpeting forth its sordid and transparently ridiculous propaganda.

Much of the government hatred is directed against Christians:

China’s human rights record is one of the worst in the world, with a system of “re-education through labour” which detains hundreds of thousands each year in work camps without even a court hearing. There are more Christians in prison in China than any other country in the world. The only legal churches are those strictly controlled by the government of China. Those who do not wish to follow government policies on religious practice and beliefs must meet in homes and risk being labeled as “evil cults.” Such a designation can result in closing down the church, confiscation of property, and charges against the leadership, often resulting in torture, imprisonment and death.

When was the last time you heard one of our illustrious Western Anglican bishops express his concern over this? Do they find it Deeply Troubling™, I wonder? We will probably never know.