tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010097642487578958.post6411000429555361362..comments2020-03-06T11:22:31.840+00:00Comments on Simon Says: Pragmatism - is that all?Simon Oxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345355071966763370noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010097642487578958.post-14874512418241546532009-08-20T13:28:00.025+01:002009-08-20T13:28:00.025+01:00Or possibly a lack of confidence in the Gospel tha...Or possibly a lack of confidence in the Gospel that has the power to change lives?JBBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010097642487578958.post-50282602994893927512009-07-09T11:12:09.556+01:002009-07-09T11:12:09.556+01:00In some ways I wish it was only a failure to remem...In some ways I wish it was only a failure to remember. I fear it may be more a fear of robust discourse both between the churches and with the rest of the world.Simon Oxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345355071966763370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010097642487578958.post-22502146112157864082009-07-09T10:31:04.640+01:002009-07-09T10:31:04.640+01:00It was surprising that a WCC statement on nuclear ...It was surprising that a WCC statement on nuclear weapons should be<br />quite so unexciting - here's anther example of overwhelming blandness<br />- "Agreement by the two major powers to cooperate in limiting nuclear<br />arms, which will enhance and improve international relations in the<br />21st Century, would be widely welcomed among member churches of the<br />World Council of Churches".<br /><br />Does no one over there in Geneva remember that in 1983 the WCC in<br />Vancouver <a href="http://www.oikoumene.net/eng.home/eng.global/eng.vancouver83/eng.vancou.5/index.html" rel="nofollow">stated</a> (in the teeth of the opposition of some Church of England delegates it is said) that "the production and<br />deployment of nuclear weapons as well as their use constitute a crime<br />against humanity", and that "such a position supports the struggle to<br />cause one's own nation to commit itself never to own or use nuclear<br />weapons, despite the period of nuclear vulnerability".An observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010097642487578958.post-87062315395503642822009-07-09T04:38:04.367+01:002009-07-09T04:38:04.367+01:00Totally agree. I like to see churches (and WCC of ...Totally agree. I like to see churches (and WCC of course) which are brave to have strong oppinion, to choose a side.Gustavo Bonatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476556912454805782noreply@blogger.com