Please put the Church of England out of my misery

Midwest Conservative Journal ^ | 7/06/2006 | Christopher Johnson

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Somebody please put the Church of England out of my misery:

His dragon-slaying heroics have kept his legend alive through the centuries.

But the Church of England is considering rejecting England’s patron saint St George on the grounds that his image is

ALL TOGETHER NOW!!

too warlike and may offend Muslims.

Who does the C of E want to replace him with?

Clergy have started a campaign to replace George with St Alban, a Christian martyr in Roman Britain.

Apparently this blinkered philistine pig ignorance plan has some support.

The scheme, to be considered by the Church’s parliament, the General Synod, has met a cautious but sympathetic response from senior bishops.

The proposal has been put forward by the Rev Philip Chester, vicar of St Matthew’s, Westminster, who has called the use of St George as patron saint ’dotty’.

Pot?  This is kettle.  You're really black, you know that?  While this pinheadedness idea may have backing among certain of the Few, the Spineless bishops, the comments following this story seem to indicate that if this goes through, Wells Cathedral will be on the market late next year.  Dr. Williams got all Laodicean Anglican.

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams indicated support for an upgrade for Alban, although he is said to be cautious about relegation for George.

He told the Sunday Times: ’I think St Alban is irreplaceable in the history of English Christianity. Perhaps we ought to raise his profile because it’s the beginning of the church in this country with martyrdom, wisdom and courage.’

This is one reason for this gutless, politically correct stupidity proposal.

The image of St George was used to foster patriotism in 1940, when King George VI inaugurated the George Cross for civilian acts of the greatest bravery. The medal bears a depiction of the saint slaying the dragon.

Which is apparently a bad thing in modern Europe.

However, George has become unfashionable among politicians and bureaucrats. His saint’s day, April 23, has no official celebration in England, and councils have banned the St George flag from their buildings and vehicles during the World Cup.

But this is what really hurts George's standing with the clueless pseudo Christian jellyfish bishops who run the C of E.

The saint became an English hero during the crusades against the Muslim armies that captured Jerusalem in the 11th century.

An apparition of George is said to have appeared to the crusader army at the Battle of Antioch in 1098.

And whatever they claim to pray to these days knows, the C of E won't defend the faith once delivered to the saints since they stopped believing it a long time ago.  Consequently, they REALLY do like to grovel some.

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I have no personal knowledge of the leanings of the CofE clergy; I would hope that the vast majority of them are exactly as you describe.

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Oh well. I'm probably preaching to the choir, but thanks for listening.

Thanks for speaking. The one fellow I know personally who speaks against Islam the most strongly (though not often) is a former Muslim, now Christian. Yet I have some Muslim friends, varying from not-very-observant to quite observant, who are *nothing* like the stereotype extremists. (These are also all Iranians, btw.)

Then again, some members of the local CAIR I do not trust.