The Archbishop of Dingleberry
November 25th, 2007 at 3:38 am by BrianPraise the Lord Allah and pass the opprobrium:
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday.
Rowan Williams claimed that America’s attempt to intervene overseas by “clearing the decks” with a “quick burst of violent action” had led to “the worst of all worlds”.
Survivors of Halabja might disagree (warning: profoundly graphic imagery and maudlin soundtrack). But worse than British imperialism? No offense Your Exalted Forgetfulness , but who do you think taught us? For the bad wrap the U.S. gets for Native Americans, from 1492 to 1776 people tend to forget that the French, English, and Spaniards were pitting tribes against one another long in advance of the Revolutionary War. Same goes for the slave trade which would not have even been possible without Britain’s key role.
I’ll digress on that point. But the world’s not all doom and gloom from the geopolitical exegesis of England’s Pompous Pilate:
In the interview in Emel, a Muslim lifestyle magazine, Williams makes only mild criticisms of the Islamic world. He said the Muslim world must acknowledge that its “political solutions were not the most impressive”.
He commends the Muslim practice of praying five times a day, which he says allows the remembrance of God to be “built in deeply in their daily rhythm”.
Meh. You were expecting maybe a Caliphate? They may execute the gays and dole out 200 lashes to rape victims but boy does that prayer have a nice beat and is such a welcome change of pace from that heretical Western Civ hegemony. Williams is little more than a celestial cat-herder with one faithful finger in the wind as his finicky flock disbands to the seven winds.
You won’t find me in church this Sunday morning. But after reading how this man who holds sway over some 80 million disjointed followers as he dispenses praise to practitioners of a false god yet sits in judgment of us – I can’t help but wonder why so many still do.
November 25th, 2007 at 7:28 am
Yawn. Typical arrogant & ignorant American. Mangina too.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:41 am
England’s Pompous Pilate
McMurphy’s Golden Nugget of the Day.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:48 am
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November 25th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Jesus said, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
The wacky archbishop says, “Let he who feels morally superior cast the first stone.”
Or maybe he was just trying to prove he’s worthy of a regular huffpo blog.
November 25th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
“He commends the Muslim practice of praying five times a day, which he says allows the remembrance of God to be “built in deeply in their daily rhythm”.
Not at all surprising. I grew up in the Episcopal church in the U.S. Man, could those people read through the Book of Prayer like droning zombies. But most had never read the Bible from cover to cover and most of them couldn’t tell you what criteria the Apostles had for considering someone to be a Christian.
November 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Jules Crittenden put a disclosure on his say so I will here in the comments. I’m a non-practicing atheist.
The modern day allegedly Christian church’s tolerance of intolerance is a moral abdication. They believe more in diversity and peace-at-any-price than their own god and that is an apostasy.
Williams’ comments in the UK Times were annoying but that Time article from several months ago was the impetus for this post.
Smash the false idols I say but that’s just the ignorant, typical American iconoclast in me. Same goes for Benedict.
I’d rather be a typical American than licking the boot heel of heresy.
November 28th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
The Halabja imagery you linked was very moving. Very well made piece. What a travesty that was.
November 28th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Yea, it was bad. Certainly not “the worst of all worlds” as the Archbishop of Dingleberry contended but surely the spiritual equivalent of a flat tire for but a brief moment in herstory.