Sunday, June 02, 2002
Does God exist in England?
Was checking out this article and was stunned about half-way down when I read:
Avoid a clash? Can afford to be flexible? Soccer-related hymns and prayers? A big screen television so people did not have to choose between God and country?
And people think we have it bad here? Forget about it!
Was checking out this article and was stunned about half-way down when I read:
In a move unthinkable in more God-fearing times when the queen took the throne in 1952, the Church of England gave its blessing for clergy to change service times to avoid a clash.
“Worship comes first, of course, but this [the World Cup] comes round only every four years so we can afford to be flexible,” said the Church’s soccer-loving leader, Archbishop George Carey, a fan of English league champions Arsenal.
Some clergy wrote special soccer-related hymns and prayers, while at least one hired a big screen for the vicarage lawn so parishioners did not have to choose between God and country.
Avoid a clash? Can afford to be flexible? Soccer-related hymns and prayers? A big screen television so people did not have to choose between God and country?
And people think we have it bad here? Forget about it!
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