Back to the Dark Ages

I see that the anti-Jewish semi-official Methodist blog connexions is delighted that some Roman Catholic bishops have jumped on the anti-Israel bandwagon. Having failed to generate a hate campaign against those of us who question the current Methodist stance a return to "mother church" was inevitable.

I don't see similar delighted coverage on connexions of the Catholic church's  recent pronouncements on homosexuality, the ordination of women and the failure to address child abuse!

Should we really be surprised that  sections of the Catholic Church has taken this position?

For 2,000 years various Christians have been saying that Christ "nullified" the claims of Jews to have a special place in G-d's kingdom. Sections of the Catholic church, together with some enthusiastic assistance from us Protestants, have sought to diminish the Jewish people. Too often it has ended in hatred and violence, some of it very close to home for us Methodists, a story incidentally that connexions refused point blank to carry - very interesting, given that connexions has carried comments ridiculing the Holocaust.

There is a first class response to the Catholic bishops here. It reminds us that Jews have an historic claim to live in the Holy Land.

In the present climate Europeans are running scared of the wave of militant Islam which now threatens our security. Not for the first time some Christians point to the most convenient scapegoat. We truly are returning to the Dark Ages.