I
gather that the recent ban
on the Lord's Prayer (not John 17) in
the cinema has caused a great deal of upset! What a surprise!
Never mind anything else then! Is there nothing else we can talk
about these days? It should think that the handkerchief industry
could be boosted over night if the whole thing could only go viral!
For crying out loud?! Who says that religion is bad for the economy?!
By way of clarification, I am not referring to my comments, although
they may make some people cry!
As I
can neither recall my last visit to the pictures let alone reciting
the Lord's Prayer, a practise which, so it can be argued, in direct
contradiction to what Jesus Himself taught in Matthew 6:5ff., I am
probably not qualified to say anything, but as I am not a Trappist
monk, I might as well speak on!
It
is well-known that the Church of England, an institution rooted in
the 16th century, rather than in New Testament soil, is
desperate to swell its ranks by all sorts of means, mainly, though,
through hatches, matches and dispatches, or, if you prefer, yells,
bells and knells (click here
if you don't believe me). And now the Lord's Prayer, featuring the
archbishhop,
out of all people! Why was I not consulted on this?
It
is odd, to put it mildly, that Welby would encourage cinema goers to
pray when he himself has just most recently expressed doubts about
what God might be up to: 'Paris
attacks: Archbishop Justin Welby admits 'doubt' over God's presence
after tragedy'! His predecessor – according to Welby 'one
of our best ever Archbishops' - notoriously portrayed God as
'pretty
useless' on 9/11. Why anyone would wish to urge us to pray to
that kind of God in the first place has left be completely
bamboozled!
More
odd, still, why did the early church never think of that?! Oh, I see,
there were no archbishops then! But there was plenty of prayer – in
the places of public entertainment – when the early Christians were
thrown to the lions! If only I could pray like that myself!
Now
as I am not an Anglican, I might as well become a Trappist monk, in
my imagination, that is! For the time being! My Anglican friends may
perhaps express their thanks to their God in the usual manner!
If
any cinema wishes to advertise my comments, then this can be done –
for free!
P.S. With my apologies to uncle Richard - "Richard Dawkins says UK cinemas should screen the Lord's Prayer"
P.S. With my apologies to uncle Richard - "Richard Dawkins says UK cinemas should screen the Lord's Prayer"
