The decision of Christchurch Methodist Church to exclude members of the British National Party from their Church's membership, on the grounds that the party is allegedly a racist party, is both extreme and extremely muddled.
There is nothing racist about wanting to say "no" to further immigration and to removing illegal immigrants, who should not be in Britain in the first place.
Moreover, people's political views should not be "policed" by the pastor of a church. His job is to support what the Bible teaches and to drive away from his parish what the Bible is against.
But the Bible is not against nations, nor are nations (such as the children/descendents of Israel) racist. Jesus said that we are to take the gospel to the nations, not that every nation should come here. And if the Methodist pastor thinks that distinct and identifiable nations are racist, then whatever will he make of the concept of the "chosen Nation" through whom our Lord came by God's most holy will?
Do I detect the rise of anti-Semitism here? Only the Biblically-muddled Methodists can answer that one; but that is where they are heading!
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Surely God ordained Biodiversity, because all forms of life depend on it. And Biodiversity in its turn depends on distinction or discrimination between species, sub-species, and genera. It would be unnatural and anti-biotic (against life) for life forms to merge so that only the major divisions between the species remain.
ReplyDeleteBoth plants and animals survive thanks to biodiversity. There are at least 100 varieties of potato for instance - but the potato is endangered as a whole by the failure to preserve this amount of variety outside the highlands of Peru.
Instead of criticising attempts to preserve biodiversity amongst homo sapiens, the churches ought to railing against the wicked attack on Life itself mounted for profit by the large seed companies and biocide manufacturers right round the planet (GM is also a full-frontal attack on biodiversity and therefore on Life).
Now this really is a sin - a mortal one. I thought God told us to choose Life, not Death. Could the churches please address agribusiness on this, instead of attacking powerless humans trying in a small way to preserve God's myriad species, sub-species and genera by preserving the distinctions between them?