Check your identity cards at the collection trays Christians. The CHURCH is complicit in war crimes around the globe, and you are supporting and funding it with your membership and tithes! ******************************************************************************************* Church House conference centre is owned by the Church of England. So why is it hosting events sponsored by BAE, Lockheed, Finmeccanica and MDBA Missiles? Sure the Church needs to make money, but theyve ruled out these companies on moral grounds so letting them in sends the wrong message. On 24th June they hosted a two-day conference for a military think tank, RUSI, on the theme of Land Warfare with sponsors including Saab, so we held a vigil outside. us6.campaign-archive1/?u=f749ebf424b3d7bba5e721c3a&id=bf7f7c73b3 So Church House conference centre is at it again: yet another arms-sponsored event. A venue in Westminster owned by the church and raising revenue for the CofE. The church investment policy rules out the majority of the sponsors, yet if they possibly can profit from these companies, they will. All this whilst ejecting disabled protesters from their land. Not much of a message of peace, huh? This time, BAE, Lockheed, Finmeccanica et al will fund a conference of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a military think tank. The “brains of the MoD” as someone put it. In an article in the Church Times (27 June) about FoR and Pax Christi’s recent vigil outside the last arms-sponsored conference held at Church House just last month, the CofE, in an act of very poor impartiality, said that, “The RUSI is a long-established and respected independent think tank. As a research body and policy forum, it provides independent thinking and objective analysis on issues relating primarily to security and defence.” This is not independent thought. This is facilitating better and more contracts for arms dealers. This is preparation for war. It is cause for concern when the church defends an institution which goes hand-in-hand with arms trade sponsorship. Saab sponsor their Land Warfare events. Thales fund the Sea Power conferences. Missile makers MBDA and drones manufacturers BAE sponsor Air Power conferences.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:39:32 +0000
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