Pictures of Three
Clerics in Collars each have a
caption. See no evil, Hear no evil and Speak no Evil, they are the headline of
the article. The author asks why
don’t clergy today stand publicly against the moral evils of our time? Issues
like the ruination of God’s creation “this fragile earth our island home” by
pollution of the air and water; big banks manipulation of mortgages which have
made millions of Americans lose their home; and the wars our nation have waged
in the last decade are just three of those issues?
Why
don’t we speak publicly about these and other controversial issues?
What
stops us from making individual public statements?
Do
we think it is unwise to preach about such issues on Sunday?
Are
these not spiritual issues?
Do
we fear business and military people and their families in our congregation
will be offended and leave?
Are
we afraid loss of those members will mean they will withdraw their money?
Is
the gospel of Jesus not relevant to these issues?
These
issues are not the business of the Christian religion!
Are
we not sure of our own positions of these social issues?
Others-
I would love to hear from my
brother and sister clergy about these issues. No one’s name will be used in any
response I make to the information I am gathering.
Robert
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