Christian Chaff
Carbon Fasting
by Clay Staggs
Sometimes, you read something in the news that is so stupid, so insipid, so completely and utterly ridiculous, that you wonder whether you’ve stumbled onto the Onion, or some such. Although, when I tell you that this story involves the intersection of the Church of England, Global Warming, and Lent, perhaps it will seem less like parody.
Two bishops in the Church of England are suggesting that people fast from carbon for the next 40 days. Read it here. Quoth Bishop of Liverpool James Jones:
For example, on the first day, people can take out one of their light bulbs and whenever they go to turn that light on, and it doesnÂt work, they can remember why they are fasting from carbon — to help the poor of the world. At the end of the fast they can replace it with an energy-saving light bulb.
How does anyone’s stumbling around in the dark help the poor of the world? What absolute nonsense. No wonder the pews are empty in the CoE.
HT: Captain’s Quarters.
Posted by Clay Staggs at February 5, 2008 10:24 AM