I say I say – you can watch and listen to the archbishop of Canterbury telling the House of Lords why bishops should go on being there, live, right now. Andrew Copson of the BHA is also there and I think either going to talk or finished talking – or maybe both.
One gem from the ABC so far -
Nobody is looking for theocracy, nobody wants to turn the UK into Iran – but – the role of faith in asking questions is a very significant one.
And the difference is…?
Ah – and now he’s admitting that women aren’t in the picture much.
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newenglandbob
November 28, 2011 at 11:51 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
There is no need of the entire House of Lords. Replace them with a deck of cards or a game of pick-up-sticks.
roger
November 28, 2011 at 12:36 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Surely goddists usually claim that the role of faith is answering questions, especially the Big Questions.
Deepak Shetty
November 28, 2011 at 3:24 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
the role of faith in asking questions is a very significant one.
ABC seems confused – doesn’t faith answer the unanswerables?
Hamilton Jacobi
November 28, 2011 at 3:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
No no no, you guys haven’t been paying attention. Faith is a silent waiting on the truth, pure sitting and breathing in the presence of the question mark. Answering questions is so twentieth century.
Ophelia Benson
November 28, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yep – what Hamilton said. The archbish isn’t going to go telling Parliament that “faith” can answer questions. That would be very bad PR! No, his job is to talk dignified bafflegab, and he did it admirably. They gave him extra time to do it, which meant that the BHA got cut off early. Fucking typical.
dirigible
November 29, 2011 at 5:15 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It astonishes me how the UK press and even people who should know better online assure us that the archbishop has great wisdom that quotes taken out of context cannot capture.
That he might be combining dissembling waffle with evil specifics doesn’t seem to be a possibility many of my fellow Brits are willing to consider.
Moggie
November 29, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
“The role of science in asking questions is a very significant one. Therefore, the president and council of the Royal Society should all sit in the House of Lords”.
“The role of the press in asking questions is a very significant one. Therefore, the editors of the Daily Mail etc should sit in the House of Lords”.
“The role of bloggers…”
If there’s any merit to the archbish’s argument (hint: there’s not), we’re going to need a bigger House.
Deepak Shetty
November 29, 2011 at 11:28 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hmm. I have lot of questions then – can I be archbishop?