The Archbishop of Canterbury used his Christmas Day sermon to warn of the social damage and breach of trust caused by the summer rioters and the bankers who brought the country to the brink of financial catastrophe.
Who are these people who lecture us about moral values?
Today we learnt that Christian priests also like to indulge in a little rioting:
Jesus told us "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone". I don't think he meant that as an excuse for priests to use broom handles to attack each other at the site of his birth.
What social damage does it do when the people who are supposed to tell us the meaning of God indulge in violence against each other?
I have already talked about how the leaders of the Church of England have no right to lecture us about the sins of the rich when they pay a salary of £300,000 + benefits.
Nor should they lecture the bankers when they themselves run a financial institution that takes from the poor instead of giving to them and avoids paying taxes on the profits.
Neither does the Christian church have the moral right to lecture us when their own report detailed 10,667 allegations against 4,392 priests accused of engaging in sexual abuse of a minor between 1950 and 2002 and yet they tried to cover up the scandal rather than punishing those involved.
Jesus also said "... go, and sin no more". If there are any Christians reading then please forward his message to your priests because they have lost their way.
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