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July 09, 2004
Are Evangelicals Extremists?
That seems to be the prevailing opinion at the moment. And some New Zealand Bishops agree!
New proposed "hate laws", were introduced into the Bristish Parliament this week by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett. In his speech to the house he linked conservative Evangelicals with Islamic Extremists who "would take our lives because they reject our faithâ. Has Blunkett not noticed the tomb of William Wilberforce in Westminister Abbey? His ignorance of the social and religious history of his own country is astounding.
Bishop Desmond Tutu, meanwhile, links "homophobia" with "apartheid" and calls those who oppose the gay agenda as uttering the "ultimate basphemy".
I'm not sure what he means by "homophobia", but usually that is code for "anyone who disagrees with me!" I presume that in Tutu's opinion, such is the logic of his position, that only those who are somehow psychologically derranged (i.e. homophobic) could possibly disagree with him!
Finally Stephen Bates, Religious Report for the Guardian, in a new book entitled "A church at War" accuses evangelicals within the Anglican Church as having "Taliban tendency". The quote can be found on the Church Times website and has already been quoted with approval by one Diocesan Bishop here in New Zealand. An extract from the book can be found at the Guardian Book Website.
Rev Malcolm Falloon
Warden
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