Lefty Churches Denounce Iraq War

The World Council of Churches, an coalition of churches which probably has as much to do with true religion has pigs have to do with bicycles, has released a letter condemning the Iraq war and the United States:

A coalition of American churches sharply denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Saturday, accusing Washington of "raining down terror" and apologizing to other nations for "the violence, degradation and poverty our nation has sown."

The statement, issued at the largest gathering of Christian churches in nearly a decade, also warned the United States was pushing the world toward environmental catastrophe with a "culture of consumption" and its refusal to back international accords seeking to battle global warming.

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The World Council of Churches includes more than 350 mainstream Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches; the Roman Catholic Church is not a member. The U.S. groups in the WCC include the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the United Methodist Church, several Orthodox churches and Baptist denominations, among others.

The statement is part of widening religious pressure on the Bush administration, which still counts on the support of evangelical churches and other conservative denominations but is widely unpopular with liberal-minded Protestant congregations.

The Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, the moderator for the U.S. group of WCC members, said the letter was backed by the leaders of the churches but was not cleared by lower-level bodies. He predicted friction within congregations about the tone of the message.

And what message of faith and hope did these "holy" men and women offer?

"Our country responded (to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks) by seeking to reclaim a privileged and secure place in the world, raining down terror on the truly vulnerable among our global neighbors ... entering into imperial projects that seek to dominate and control for the sake of national interests," said the statement. "Nations have been demonized and God has been enlisted in national agendas that are nothing short of idolatrous."

They even tried to tie Hurricane Katrina to their message:

"Hurricane Katrina revealed to the world those left behind in our own nation by the rupture of our social contract," said the statement.

The question is, will any local congregations whose denomination belongs to this leftist organization denounce the letter and the harm it potentially does to the country? And will any denominations withdraw from the World Council of Churches?

Not likely. The lefties really believe this nonsense. Is it any wonder that the churches represented by the WCC are dying?