A letter, from 43 Anglican bishops to The Sunday Telegraph, argues benefits cuts will have a “deeply disproportionate” effect on children. Although not signatories, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have endorsed the letter.
We are not concerned here with the arguments expressed in the letter (Atheism UK, by its constitution, holds no political positions); we are concerned about its complete absence of reference to “God”, “Christ”, “Jesus”, “Christianity” or “the Church”. So here we have 45 random individuals, who are granted a platform only because they happen to be leaders of the established church, expressing a political position which has nothing to do with that church or its doctrines. This is, perhaps, not surprising, since those doctrines are founded on a fallacy: “God exists”.
