Sorry Yanks. Our Baptists and Methodists are much better than yours. (Well, there had to be at least one thing we could crow about.)<\/p>\n

While American baptists include people like Pat Robertson. some of OUR baptists seem to be more sane – wise and admirable, even<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The baptists, methodist and united reformed churches in the UK haven’t just got together to speak out against the condem government’s massive cuts in public spending and welfare, they’ve even had the grace to challenge the made-up statistics that the condem government is using to support the cuts:<\/p>\n

The Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and the Baptist Union, said the \u00a35bn figure Mr Osborne quoted in his spending review speech wrongly depicted the poorest and most vulnerable in society as thieves.
\nPresident of the Methodist Conference, Alison Tomlin, said it was a question of fairness.
\n“Exaggerating benefit fraud points the finger of blame at the poor” she said. “Let us be clear this recession was not caused by the poor, those on benefits, or even benefit cheats.” (from the BBC)<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Moderator of the United Reformed Church has described her organisation as “concerned”<\/a> about the cuts. Although. they actually put it a bit more strongly than “concern”.<\/p>\n

Mrs Val Morrison, moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, warns about the long term effects of yesterday\u2019s comprehensive spending review (CSR) on the UK\u2019s infrastructure. She says: “I worry about the futures of communities across the UK \u2013 these cuts could undo years of constructive effort to build community cohesion and tolerance in the UK. And, on an individual level, the stark reality is that most households will be badly affected by the CSR and the ideological shift – from Big State to Big Society – that it represents.”…<\/p>\n

…. Addressing the disproportionate impact that the cuts to welfare spending will have on the poor and vulnerable in the UK, Mr Simon Loveitt, public issues spokesperson for the URC, commented: ….. \u201cAs Christians we reject the rhetoric which seeks to revive a disciplinary approach to welfare, only concerned with controlling, rather than supporting, individuals; and sees poverty as an issue about personal behaviour and dependency, rather than economic inequality and justice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(What a great name that spokesperson has. Don’t you just, etc?)<\/p>\n

In your faces, raptard baptists. <\/p>\n

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