It was unusual to hear Lord Harries of Pentregarth claiming Biblical endorsement for the European Union in Thought For The Day on BBC Radio 4 this morning.
Presumably he is unaware of what the scriptures have to say about the arrogance and pride that led to the construction of the Tower of Babel and how polyglot constructions of this kind have been specifically prohibited as being antithetical to how humanity should develop.
Writer and journalist Agnes Poirier appears to be intrigued by Lord Harries and his quasi-religious argument in favour of the EU. Does she not know her own history and how Joan of Arc (a canonised saint in the Roman Catholic church) claimed to be divinely ordered to restore the French kingdom rather than see it absorbed into a western European union? Or perhaps she thinks Joan of Arc was just a mad witch.
Unlike the former bishop Lord Harries I have not had any training in divinity.
I cannot tell you whether the EU is divinely endorsed or not.
But I do know that the scriptures advise us "by their works ye shall know them". If you are unsure whether an organisation is good or evil look at what they do. Unfortunately the behaviour of the European Union and its servants does not bear scrutiny - corrupt, dishonest, undemocratic, bullying, wasteful, avaricious.
Presumably he is unaware of what the scriptures have to say about the arrogance and pride that led to the construction of the Tower of Babel and how polyglot constructions of this kind have been specifically prohibited as being antithetical to how humanity should develop.
Writer and journalist Agnes Poirier appears to be intrigued by Lord Harries and his quasi-religious argument in favour of the EU. Does she not know her own history and how Joan of Arc (a canonised saint in the Roman Catholic church) claimed to be divinely ordered to restore the French kingdom rather than see it absorbed into a western European union? Or perhaps she thinks Joan of Arc was just a mad witch.
Unlike the former bishop Lord Harries I have not had any training in divinity.
I cannot tell you whether the EU is divinely endorsed or not.
But I do know that the scriptures advise us "by their works ye shall know them". If you are unsure whether an organisation is good or evil look at what they do. Unfortunately the behaviour of the European Union and its servants does not bear scrutiny - corrupt, dishonest, undemocratic, bullying, wasteful, avaricious.
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