Well, the armpit, at least. In the “News From our Partners” section of its web site, the Anglican Church of Canada has a pointer – actually, like so much else in the ACoC, the pointer is screwed up – to a document called Cochabamba – Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. In it you will find a Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, including:
Article 1. Mother Earth
(1) Mother Earth is a living being.
(2) Mother Earth is a unique, indivisible, self-regulating community of interrelated beings that sustains, contains and reproduces all beings.
(3) Each being is defined by its relationships as an integral part of Mother Earth……Article 2. Inherent Rights of Mother Earth
(1) Mother Earth and all beings of which she is composed have the following inherent rights:
(a) the right to life and to exist;
(b) the right to be respected;
(c) the right to regenerate its bio-capacity and to continue its vital cycles and processes free from human disruptions;
(d) the right to maintain its identity and integrity as a distinct, self-regulating and interrelated being…….Article 3. Obligations of human beings to Mother Earth
(1) Every human being is responsible for respecting and living in harmony with Mother Earth…..
(d) ensure that the pursuit of human wellbeing contributes to the wellbeing of Mother Earth, now and in the future;
The ACoC is a member church of Kairos, the organisation peddling this twaddle; I was surprised not to see “I am Fred Hiltz and I approve this message” at the end of the document.
And did you happen to notice in “What’s New and Updated” box a link stating “BCP now downloadable”.
But…
When I click on this link I end up at a page that mostly references the bas, including the following statement:
“The Book of Alternative Services, despite its name “alternative,” has become the primary worship text for Sunday services and other major liturgical celebrations of the Anglican Church of Canada. 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of its publication.”
The only reference that I saw to the BDP was at the bottom of the page, which states:
“The Book of Common Prayer, 1962 version, is a revision of the 1918 Canadian Book of Common Prayer.”
Following this link takes me to a pdf of the BCP. Haven’t had time to give it a proper review, but am prepared to assume that this pdf is an accurate version of the true BCP. Perhaps someone with some spare time can confirm this.
Point is, that the ACoC is once again placing the bas ahead of what is to this day still the only Official Service Book, that being the Book of Common Prayer.
all life???
What about their lack of participation in the Pro-Life movement then? Some glaring irregularities there.
Yes, I naturally assume that people who are likely to write about the “rights” of “mother earth” to exist are quite happy with denying humans the right to be born and live.
I remember the Anglican Church of Canada when it was like a bunch of little kids playing with matches in a room full of dynamite. It has gone so much further than that now. Indeed the fuses are burning brightly and the smart ones have fled whilst the banks wait to pick up the debris.
BTW 2040 is not the day the last Anglican shuffles out the door. Its the date the last ember dies out in some dusty courtroom when some judge declares the corporation of the ACoC dead.