Neo-colonialism disguised as religion!
Aug 11, 2008
EDITOR—In your story “Canterbury hits back at Archbishop Orombi†published on August 7, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reportedly claimed that “the issue of a gay man being consecrated as a bishop in the US means very little to Africans living in far-flung parts of the cont
EDITOR—In your story “Canterbury hits back at Archbishop Orombi†published on August 7, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reportedly claimed that “the issue of a gay man being consecrated as a bishop in the US means very little to Africans living in far-flung parts of the continent.
Citing Zimbabwe, Williams said the overwhelming concern of most Africans was “clean water, adequate food, employment and transparent governanceâ€. Someone should draw Williams’ attention to the passage in the Bible, which says, “And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he [Jesus] answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:3-4.â€. Genesis 19:1-24, sates,“Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.†Then the Lord rained down burning sulphur (chemical and biological weapons) on Sodom and Gomorrahâ€.
And, according to Leviticus 20:13, “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.†Yet, according
to a report in the Daily Telegraph of August 7, the Archbishop of Canterbury compares gay relationships to marriageâ€, has refuted the Anglican Communion’s traditional teaching that homosexuality is sinful
because “the Bible does not address the matter of appropriate behaviour for those who are, for whatever reason, homosexual by instinct or natureâ€.
To ignore passages from the holy Bible that “proceedeth out of the mouth
of God†and start bashing Zimbabwe as the British government have consistently done, is to provide a definitive proof, as Archbishop Orombi stated in his letter in The London Times last week, that the “spiritual leadership of a global communion should not be reduced to one man appointed by a secular government.
This is a remnant of British colonialism.†Archbishop Orombi is not alone in equating Canterbury to colonialism. The Archbishop of Sydney,
Peter Jensen, who also boycotted the recent Lambeth Conference has said, “The time has come to turn the Anglican Communion from being an extension of the British Empire, and accept that its leadership will also come from elsewhere.â€
And, the Church of Nigeria, led by Archbishop Peter Akinola, wants to delete the word “Anglican†from their identity because the origin of “Anglicanism†is adulterous (the Pope had refused to grant divorce to King Henry VIII). They also want to revise the Book of Common Prayer that asks the faithful to pray for the British Queen. It is true, as Dr Rowan Williams has said, that Ugandans and “most Africans want clean water, adequate food, employment and transparent governanceâ€.
But “Man shall not live by bread alone†and Africans are not going to accept neo-colonialism disguised as religion, even if it did not also
Citing Zimbabwe, Williams said the overwhelming concern of most Africans was “clean water, adequate food, employment and transparent governanceâ€. Someone should draw Williams’ attention to the passage in the Bible, which says, “And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he [Jesus] answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:3-4.â€. Genesis 19:1-24, sates,“Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.†Then the Lord rained down burning sulphur (chemical and biological weapons) on Sodom and Gomorrahâ€.
And, according to Leviticus 20:13, “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.†Yet, according
to a report in the Daily Telegraph of August 7, the Archbishop of Canterbury compares gay relationships to marriageâ€, has refuted the Anglican Communion’s traditional teaching that homosexuality is sinful
because “the Bible does not address the matter of appropriate behaviour for those who are, for whatever reason, homosexual by instinct or natureâ€.
To ignore passages from the holy Bible that “proceedeth out of the mouth
of God†and start bashing Zimbabwe as the British government have consistently done, is to provide a definitive proof, as Archbishop Orombi stated in his letter in The London Times last week, that the “spiritual leadership of a global communion should not be reduced to one man appointed by a secular government.
This is a remnant of British colonialism.†Archbishop Orombi is not alone in equating Canterbury to colonialism. The Archbishop of Sydney,
Peter Jensen, who also boycotted the recent Lambeth Conference has said, “The time has come to turn the Anglican Communion from being an extension of the British Empire, and accept that its leadership will also come from elsewhere.â€
And, the Church of Nigeria, led by Archbishop Peter Akinola, wants to delete the word “Anglican†from their identity because the origin of “Anglicanism†is adulterous (the Pope had refused to grant divorce to King Henry VIII). They also want to revise the Book of Common Prayer that asks the faithful to pray for the British Queen. It is true, as Dr Rowan Williams has said, that Ugandans and “most Africans want clean water, adequate food, employment and transparent governanceâ€.
But “Man shall not live by bread alone†and Africans are not going to accept neo-colonialism disguised as religion, even if it did not also