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PSf« i, Tht towH. January IS, JM5
POLITICS.
Bishop discusses religion in politics
the Hifht fUvtw* mtLam £
5»ifljr « prtirruly Mr ftiArf "r*rAr
^Jiropu/ fXtxrte o/ Ciiitjtinnt.
With relijfintt pluytng such an influmtUxl
ntir in the recent r/rrtio*!.
ift* 1 pittitici edit on, Jessica teuiif;
and Qvia Nc*mrytr. sjxtkf in
Bisltop S*int concerning uturi
fl X"l,t from pru\e--tt-tchool to
fundamentalism to the wparatitm of
church anJ ilute.
WJart Is the fc'pbcopal Church'*
stand on the separation of church
and stitt?
Of the lirvt 13 colonies, seven lad
an cstaclishcd church — a-d it happened
to N~ our church, the church
of England. If you lived in ow of
thotc seven nates, you * have time set
a*ide for every ooc to pr*y.
medilale. be ceruc:cd. *-r j*ivt be
i|«iic;. This acknowledges ihc
ipinnial rcali;y of the human hemp,
without which * person's upbringinj
unuld be ooc-dunenstoniil.
Pwvcr goes on all the tb.c on a
firuwul lescl. Inra 5nod cradc on a
math IcM. for a date, or fur a clear
kOmpicaion. But Having a religious
club will not help on a math test tf a
person d In i study for it. Education
it ihc uvial and communal
understanding of life.
U there a danger In -.ll.,wlnfi
religious activity In publk schools
— I* It • vtrp In Ihc direction wa,"
frum wparatlon uf church and
There ate ail linj* of dinger in
t*Mi world. A student can be nutTted
playing football. The
on the cffoj.tvcncn of religion.
In Ireland, people are murdering
each other in the name of ChriH —
but ih: primary reason for the
fighting iv »ver jobs. Tl»e l*rotcstantsown
nrnxtof the larger companics,
and the ->orken arc mostly
Cath«flic. Su il»e r;al problem u one
of economic* and noi idealism
Wfilt the kdtc of multlmillionaire
tckvhl.m es-aa&elUts,
doo Ihr tax citrnpt itatm of
churcho need in be changed?
The people wih targe television
*txm» male between SI4 and 524
million a >c-r. These pe.>p!c arc
one-man bands — itngle units, and
not pan of any deiKjminat'on
In California, the Fpivr-yal
Church hav seven horrc^ for the
rcuidcd; it feed* 1.300 people t* roc
m-iU a day; hoasts 1.000
ntntielns; belp* the elderly arj
worker*; opcraics night mumiiie*.
"I'll bet you
thai under the
white sheets of
the KKK you'd
find members of
the Moral Majority."
rurtv hotp.ul.. and supports gavi
who ha*c AIDS
Falwcll uvr\ hiv Mi nillton to
keep political pow?r going, n*»t funding
!hc labovet — he's just .-n>;
thc-.c helping people on the street.
f ik^.'l thiiA. »c OMIUUI be Used u>
the tame «.ay fc" cruriLiblr work. I
•Sink he tFalwell) should be uxed
severely on the money he eamv tt;
maintain hiv Cfs> and pohtu'j^ ,*J*CI
which gets him inviuiinr.v to the
White HoukC.
Ho* h the K°*wnnicnl icotox '"
dfMlnguUh between charitable
profitable rcllRlou*
k
Dntinguivhing w lp:d — that's
where ihc challenge ^uiues in.
The prevent yJrpiri'trauon has u\
in :> kind. Fini, n'i cutting scrvtc^s
to the poor, and, tcTind, n ci{vcts
the churrhr. t" pick up UV ;1;;L.
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