If you look at what topics was Margot Käßmann, (freshly retired) Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany and Lutheran Bishop of Hanover in recent weeks in the headlines, one could know that they are on the "Red List" of those who did publicly distribute through the media "grades" and to hunt for blow disgraced persons; Margot Käßmann had to be extra careful from now on. Obviously, she was not aware enough ...
A church that does not interfere and zeitgeist pious a custom wallflower leads, politics kisses the feet and everywhere keeps itself incompetent in the evaluation of current events, people no longer need. She goes even their otherwise important function to set the party state at least a certain counterbalance. Such tame, rückratgebrochene, despondent church is certainly not in the following of Christ and falls to the right more and more into insignificance. What not least indicates leave the church.
It was a sigh of relief by Germany, as it for the first time in years, was a high-ranking church representative, the verfranste for Christmas not only feel bliss, but with a few words also to Afghanistan a - nudged social discussion - long overdue.
Typical representative of a politically correct, docile churches (a) direction is a certain Mr. Klose (SPD), the good news do not know God is written on his face.
Of course, he complained in FIG sharp Käßmann of what she had said to Christmas in their much-discussed Christmas sermon and asked her to be confined to the proclamation of the Word of God.
Limit? Limit? How limited you have to be to refer to something as Comprehensive restriction? How about times with this word of God: "Thou shalt not kill," Mr. Klose. Can they limited significance? Woe to the policy if the churches suddenly it seriously would take what is written in the Gospels! (more ...)
