Ed West—The Church of England needs to be cut free of the state and its perverse religion

Posted by Kendall Harmon

It seems strange that the Church of England seems intent on embracing perverse disincentives just as everyone else has woken up to their destructive effects.

These perverse disincentives are what wrecked the welfare system, ruining social housing by encouraging pathological behaviour. They have promoted long-term unemployment by making low-paid work less rewarding than idleness. They have countered and reversed the financial pressures that traditionally encouraged marriage and male parental investment.

Even the Labour Party realises what has gone wrong – but not the Anglicans.

Read it all.

Filed under: * Anglican - EpiscopalAnglican ProvincesChurch of England (CoE)* Culture-WatchLaw & Legal IssuesReligion & Culture* Economics, PoliticsPolitics in General* International News & CommentaryEngland / UK

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Posted June 30, 2011 at 7:19 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. MichaelA wrote:

I like the final paragraph:

“That illustrates why the Church of England should be cut loose from the state: not to save British citizens from the influence of religion, but to save the Church from the influence of the state religion.”

June 30, 8:45 pm | [comment link]
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