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His statements have become so offensive, on so many levels, to so many people, that I'm beginning to suspect his agenda here. The only thing he has achieved is the antagonism of 60 million people in one go. He should be fired, and given a new posting to the Sudan, or Indonesia, to get some first hand experience of the damage he has inflicted on Christians.
His statements have become so offensive, on so many levels, to so many people, that I'm beginning to suspect his agenda here.
Nah - I reckon he's just one of these spaced-out donnish types with near to zero diplomacy skills. And there are few people more spaced-out than academics with a background in theology.
I think his agenda is to be a unifying force in this society that we are always being told is fragmented. The unanimous "oh fuck off" that came from everyone, whatever their colour or creed or age or social class must have been a seraphic choir to his ears.
The unanimous "oh fuck off" that came from everyone, whatever their colour or creed or age or social class must have been a seraphic choir to his ears.
That's very funny. Amen, if you'll pardon the expression.
'Nah - I reckon he's just one of these spaced-out donnish types with near to zero diplomacy skills'
Perhaps, but I suspect this was a deliberate attempt to send in a little Trojan horse.
He wants more influence on the law from the religious in general as opposed to the rest of us. After all, our morality is uninformed...
What's your views on the Beth Din ?
He certainly seriously misjudged what sort of response he would get..
It is also doubtful the old fool thought about how Islamicists might interpret his comments as encouragement.
It did rather sound as if he was angling for more religious (particularly Anglican or at least Christian) influence over the law and was playing the ‘I am being objective on behalf of everyone’ card, probably rightly thinking no one would give him the time of day if he pushed on his own behalf.
He will no doubt have had to have been in contact with Moslem scholars over this. A likely candidate is Dr Suhaib Hasan, General Secretary of the Islamic Sharia Council and spokesperson on Sharia Law for the Muslim Council of Britain.
This particular ‘scholar’ recently publicly enthusiastically extolled the virtues of the UK adopting Sharia Law. Saying - and I quote: “Once, just only once, if an adulterer is stoned nobody is going to commit this crime at all.”
One wonders if Dr Carey shares Dr Hasan’s view that adultery is a crime - let alone one punishable by death. Ah the beauties of multiculturalism…
It did rather sound as if he was angling for more religious (particularly Anglican or at least Christian) influence over the law and was playing the ‘I am being objective on behalf of everyone’ card, probably rightly thinking no one would give him the time of day if he pushed on his own behalf.
I think you're right. He knows that in the long run, the Anglican Church's privileges can't be maintained indefinitely so he's seeking to preserve what's left of them by arguing for their extension to other religious groups. This is what was behind his argument for banning 'cruel forms of speeking'.
Exactly!
What's your views on the Beth Din ?
I've got another one up that deals with this. I don't know enough about them but I don't understand why everyone's assuming the Archbishop's critics support the status quo. Perhaps you could fill me in about them?
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