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Winter Edition: 2004
With No Thanks To The Church, Hunting Is Outvoted. Hallelujah!
1 submitted a letter against hunting with hounds to the religious
newspapers. It appeared as if the Catholic Times, Universe and Christian
Herald were the only ones with sufficient sympathy to publish it.
Indeed, the copy of a similar one was shown to the League Against Cruel
Sports and the outcome was that they asked permission to publish the
same to all the local and regional papers in the country Well, what a
great honour for myself! But where, O where, I ask are all the other
clergy? Are they all either for blood sports or just too terrified to
oppose it that they remain voiceless and pen less? Have they all been
conditioned in to being good boys and girls only speaking when teacher
tells them to, and all agreeing to be their superior's pet? One might
have thought that with the influx of female clergy into the ranks that
some of them would be outspoken because of a maternal instinct to
protect helpless and vulnerable life. But, seemingly, it is not so Yet
very sadly I've known of quite a few who have gone out to make my
acquaintance. I tell you, any cleric can go through the daily motions of
the priesthood, but what today's churches need are fearless prophets
who, like John the Baptist, have given their heart to God and,
consequently, aren't all that bothered about the future of their head.
Indeed, if there is one thing I'm grateful to The Almighty for, it is my
early training and upbringing, which was unique and most unorthodox to
say the least. Otherwise - God forbid! - I would have been just one more
conditioned carbon copy, one more proverbial pea from a denominational
pod.
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Here's A Group Of Enthusiastic
Militants!
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