To the Editor:

For John Kerr and Karl Landstrom, who were understandably put off by the ridiculous and unsupportable "mantras" spouted at the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship's event on Memorial Day Weekend, you ain't seen nutin' yet!

Get a load of what we hear from the World Council of Churches, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (of which our very own stated clerk, Clifton Kirkpatrick, is the proud president), and the Council for World Mission. Having met in Cuba and rhapsodized about its "revolutionary successes," they turn their thoughts toward the United States: "The [Cuban] people's suffering is acute because of the U.S.-imposed blockade and the general forces of empire. By 'empire' we mean the complex and dynamic international regime of power anchored by the United States, with its military power, neoliberal globalization, racist and patriarchal ideologies and policies of environmental degradation."

That's only the start. Not only is their praise reserved for Marxist regimes and their wrath turned toward America, but tied to this, their sharp rebuke is aimed at Christian faith and their fond gaze is turned toward "the full multiplicity of spiritualities," instead. "Religious groups and all peoples of conscience should recognize a leading role for indigenous peoples, honouring especially their earth-centered spirituality, focusing on interdependencies of body, mind, land, community, and spirit, as resources for a liberating justice for all creation," they wrote. Forget Jesus, evidently, and embrace Mother Earth.

Part of the statement reads, "We affirm that the problems of empire, amid which justice movements struggle, are not only political problems but also spiritual challenges. Empire spawns its own destructive spiritualities, such as the 'religious right,' and thus it seeks always to co-opt the powers of religion for imperial aims. New spiritualities are coming forth to oppose imperial spiritualities, and these should be supported."

The whole statement can be read here. Read it and weep! Is this something our Stated Clerk believes and promotes, too?

It makes one wonder about over a million dollars going out from our per capita giving in order to prop up such political and heretical nonsense, doesn't it?