Anglicans repent for slavery
At the moment London is playing host to a march to apologise for the anglican church’s role in the slave trade, which was abolished in the UK two hundred years ago on Sunday. The march is being led by Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, and John Sentamu, the archbishop of York.
Last year, the church issued an apology for its part in enabling and perpetuating slavery in its plantations in the West Indies and elsewhere. Williams is quoted as saying that it was a way in which anglicans could try to heal historic injustices inflicted in the name of the Church
. Although, it wasn’t in the name of the church, it was by the church: a subtly worded but very distinct difference.
I find it astonishing that, not only has the church taken 200 years to make this apology after having been a major contributor to slavery for a period of around 100 years, but that it feels that it has to apologise when it is written within the pages of its own scripture that slavery is justified.
1) the bible says slavery is ok
2) christians say the bible is true
3) christians say the bible is moral
4) christians say slavery is immoral
I find this whole contradiction and how they can rationalise it completely baffling. And I also find the church’s publicity stunt of wearing their heart on their sleeves quite nauseating.
BBC news article and history, The Church: Enslaver or Liberator?
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