It is because of lack of any priority upon spiritual and moral
factors that the majority of younger folk know so little about the true
meaning of Christmas Yes, about why angels singled out animal carers -
shepherds - to announce to them the birth of the Son of God Yes, why God
chose for His Son a manger as more fitting for Jesus birth than any
luscious palace. Indeed, how Jesus never forgot HIS infant upbringing
and chose to identify His Fathers care for us as being as deep and
caring as a past shepherd's care for his sheep Indeed, what an
indictment such a message is to modern intensive husbandry as we see it
today And how did husbandry and the abuse of farm animals and birds
deteriorate in to such appalling depths of cruelty and unspeakable
horror? I'll tell you: because clergy in the pulpits at a time ‘when
churches were always far more full than empty’ kept their mouths shut.
Such blatant hypocrites preferred to denounce instead the 'sins' of
bingo, booze, 'self abuse', the mini-skirt, or the coarse jokes we
equate with a music hall. 0' yes, and we mustn't forget the grave and
heinous sins of missing Mass, practising contraception, or of having a
flutter on the pools or of shopping on the Sabbath
Believe me, the churches are no better today in the year 2004! At
present I'm waging controversy in local and regional newspapers over the
evils of hunting. As 1 denounce these macabre practices 1 find that
certain bishops are supporting blood 'sports'. 1 tell you this that
these bishops are nothing less than downright hypocrites. Jesus would
undoubtedly have lashed at them with His tongue 'Whitened sepulchres
outwardly attractive but only a covering for decomposing flesh and
rotting bones. "How can you escape the judgments of hell?" I tell you on
first hand evidence: not one Diocesan bishop in office within the UK is
a vegetarian! Consequently, they'll all be tucking into their
intensively reared fowl for a way to celebrate our Blest Saviour's
birthday. Well, not quite accurate! The Bishop of Chester affirmed
earlier this year that he chooses organic fowl as an example ‘Well, good
for him!' But don't clap too soon He has since then come out in full
favour of hunting with hounds. So need one wonder that Christendom is
losing out. Like those in Laodicea, (Revelation 316) today's church is a
luke warm abomination 'to be spewed out‘
Yes, we are now having difficulty in procuring Christian Christmas
cards We are told by those who appear to have no Faith whatever, that
emphasising anything specifically Christian might offend minority groups
Have you ever known anything as ludicrous? Take this reasoning to its
logical conclusion and just imagine where such 'reasoning' would take
us! Mind you, one would have expected the leaders of our major Christian
denominations to have got the churches together in some united statement
For example, that a daily assembly be still the norm in each school, and
that RE remain a compulsory subject However, with a bearded archbishop
at the helm of the C Of E waffling, dithering and looking all ways so as
not to offend, what chance have we? As the Bible says 'If the trumpet
gives an uncertain note, who will rally to the call?’