admin October 4th, 2006
I give up on the Anglicans
All this time I thought Rowan Williams was a reasonable man, despite his heading up one of the most bizarre ecclesiastical arrangements in the common era. However, either he is a complete loon, or he has been overruled by a militant committee and forced to give assent to what is possibly the most ludicrous Anglican act yet: declaring that calling God “Father” encourages wife-beating. And frankly, if it’s the latter, he’s a coward.
Maybe Dr. Williams thinks about smacking his wife around because of being the leader of the Anglican Communion, though honestly I doubt it. I think this is one of those nauseatingly patronizing “those poor men just don’t know any better” things: I mean, OBVIOUSLY some ignorant Englishman will hear the Our Father and think “Blimey, God’s a man, therefore I as a man am superior to my wife and must beat her.” Whatever.
Several bloggers have already treated this subject far better than I ever could. In the order I found them, here they are:
- The Waffling Anglican has a great treatment of it. Scroll down (you may want to enjoy the subsequent post as well, on Canterbury Cathedral’s decay) to the post that begins “WARNING…Barking Moonbat Alert…WARNING”
- Mark Shea said the following:
“The Church of England continues to make my job hard by being funnier than anything I can think of to write.
“Latest on the agenda: panic in the streets of London as “Clergy say calling God ‘He’ or ‘Lord’ encourages wife-beating”
“Where to begin? Where to begin?
“I’m stumped. I think I’ll go beat Jan for a while and try to clear my mind. (Jan, meanwhile, asks “If you call God ’she’ does it lead directly to extreme husband-nagging?”) I’ll hit her a biff for that uppity remark.”
I love Mark Shea. By the way, it’s still worth your while to hit the link to his blog; not only is it generally excellent, but he also included a brilliant PC rendering of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Check it out!
- Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate, to whom Shea tipped his hat, has an even better comment:
“You know, because only traditional Christians beat their wives.
“That reminds me … I fully intended to smack Sarah across the mouth after the Kyrie this past Sunday. All that “Lord have mercy” stuff just makes me feel so superior.”
That blog is also well worth a periodic peek. I think I may blogroll him.
I’m disappointed that Dr. Mabuse of Kraalspace has not yet posted on this, but it’s early yet…
