{"id":3586,"date":"2008-07-29T08:14:04","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2008-07-29T08:14:04","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T16:14:04","slug":"chief-rabbi-addresses-anglicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3586","title":{"rendered":"Chief Rabbi Addresses Anglicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

FROM THE TIMES OF LONDON<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Almost all of Britain’s social problems are caused by a loss of religion, the Chief Rabbi told Anglican bishops last night.<\/p>\n

Societies without religion disintegrated and people succumbed to depression, stress, eating disorders and alcohol and drug abuse, Sir Jonathan Sacks told 650 bishops and their spouses in Canterbury.<\/p>\n

Sir Jonathan, the first Chief Rabbi to address the Lambeth Conference, said that a society that lost its religion lost “graciousness”. “Relationships break down. Marriage grows weak. Families become fragile. Communities atrophy. And the result is that people feel vulnerable and alone.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “That is where we are.” He said that mankind was “living through one of the most fateful ages of change since Homo sapiens first set foot on Earth”.<\/p>\n

Globalisation and the new information technologies were fragmenting the world “into ever smaller sects of the like-minded”. At the same time, the fast flow of information was forcing people together as never before.<\/p>\n

The conference is struggling to find a way to prevent the fragmentation of the worldwide Anglican Communion over such issues as biblical authority and the place of gay people in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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