Thursday, July 5, 2018

№ 371: Critical Mass?

WaPo: Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer (Paywall)
This week, the church is debating whether to overhaul that prayer book — in large part to make clear that God doesn’t have a gender.

WAIT! STOP THE PRESS! THIS IS JUST IN!
And you know it's important.
It's Episcopalian.
Church of England?
Established by royal decree?
To enforce first divorce
of eighth king named Henry?
Previously, Henry, ensconced on his throne,
'gainst protesting heretics sided with Rome,
later decreed C of E would go it alone,
telling pope's dagos to pack and go home.

With the world dissolving in problems confounding,
I find this discussion, frankly, astounding.
Pronoun obsession, Book Of Common Prayer?
DUH! HELL - O! Is anyone there?
Such extreme theological naval lint gazing,
even for heads-in-clouds preachers. . .A - MA - ZING!
Are refugee crises, environmental collapses
less important than grammar
if so perhaps, time's ripe to throw up
our hands and say what's the use
and admit god is Mammon. . .
and Hera and Zeus.