{"id":24360,"date":"2016-09-05T13:36:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24360"},"modified":"2016-09-05T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:36:47","slug":"world-day-of-prayer-for-a-minute-part-of-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/world-day-of-prayer-for-a-minute-part-of-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"World Day of Prayer for a minute part of Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The size of the earth is 0.000000000000000000019% of that of the entire universe, a fact that goes to show that mainline denominations are not nearly as inclusive as they would have us think. They are only praying for the earth, leaving the rest of Creation to fend for itself.<\/p>\n<p>No matter; much as I dislike pollution as much as the next man, it seems fairly obvious to me that the church has made an idol out of environmentalism, the catchphrase used to conceal the real agenda of wealth redistribution, an activity near and dear to the hearts of liberals in every denomination.<\/p>\n<p>No right-thinking liberal believes that God actually answers prayer, of course \u2013 that\u2019s why we needed the Paris get-together on climate change last year, when the world\u2019s elite flew their private jets across half the world to tell the rest of us we are using too much gas in our cars.<\/p>\n<p>Entropy is causing the universe to run down. Eventually all activity will end \u2013 even Anglican clergy having conversations, hard to believe, I know \u2013 and the universe will end up motionless and dead in thermodynamic equilibrium at a few degrees above absolute zero. In spite of the combined best efforts of Al Gore, the Pope and Fred Hiltz.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, to take up the slack left by the negligent environmental department of the World Council of Churches, I suggest we all start praying for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natureworldnews.com\/articles\/17038\/20150926\/black-hole-big-galaxy.htm\" target=\"_blank\">black hole over-population<\/a> in the vicinity of SAGE0536AGN. It&#8217;s very worrying.<\/p>\n<p>To end on a positive note: according to Revelation 21, God will reverse entropy and remake the universe. The only problem is, mainline churches no longer believe the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/articles\/christians-unite-in-world-day-of-prayer-for-creation\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Christians around the globe are uniting in a World Day of Prayer for Creation September 1 \u2013 a move which was started by the spiritual leader of the Orthodox churches. The day of prayer \u2013 and the Season of Creation that runs from today to the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (4 October) \u2013 was launched by the Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios in 1989. Last year Pope Francis called on Catholics to join in; and the Anglican Consultative Council \u2013 while not specifying any particular period \u2013 has repeatedly called on Anglican Provinces to set aside a liturgical season of prayer for creation and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, said: \u201cAs Christians, we have hope. We believe God does not abandon creation and that we ourselves can become beacons of that hope by sowing the seeds of a different future.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Christians worldwide to pray together for \u201cGod\u2019s beautiful work\u201d and also to take practical action, by calling on governments to ratify the last year\u2019s Paris agreement on climate change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The size of the earth is 0.000000000000000000019% of that of the entire universe, a fact that goes to show that mainline denominations are not nearly as inclusive as they would have us think. 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