Why not come back this Sunday

ANGLICAN CHURCHES

I HOPE those voices denouncing the Anglican Church’s intention to dispose of redundant church properties and buildings are those who actively support the church, keeping it relevant and financially viable. Given some churches dating from colonial times are architectural gems, and are used from time to time by their diminishing congregations, this is not the purpose for which they were built.

Those who have drifted away from across the generations might like to drift back again. They might accept Christ either as their redeemer or as their culture hero, as long as they play their part in keeping the church viable and active. Try it! Come back to Church on Sunday morning. The services generally only last an hour, and most are followed by a welcoming cuppa, a biscuit or a scone. This may prove the best way to secure your ancestral burial places and to revive the faith your ancestors adhered to. against my will and at the age of 15 in that same church. One look at that picture tells its own story of each brick being laid by devoted artisans. The work is as perfect today as when it was opened in December 1909. There are many facets to true justice and it is hoped a legal challenge by our municipal communities will reflect right outcomes in the courts of law. All churches were intended at the time of building to belong to the people. There has been little public consultation and even many folk like myself with no religion feel blatantly affronted by the decision to sell buildings that have, in the past, meant so much to so many devoted Tasmanians.

New ministry questions

THE plan to contribute $8 million from the Anglican Church in Tasmania to the victims of abuse within churches deserves full support. However, the remaining $12 million designated for a new ministry has little chance of attracting new followers into the Anglican Church. The church is in the process of alienating much of the Tasmanian public by the removal of historic buildings from communities with strong family links to those buildings.

Lack of respect

IF the proponents of this unfair and morally wrong scheme would like to study an example of how those affected are feeling because of this unacceptable plan, they could do well to obtain a copy of Regina Lane’s book, Saving St Brigid’s. This church Wilderness Society highlights swift parrot fears as East Coast dam deadline nears The Swift Parrot (a beautiful creature) V a concrete dam (fish farms and a “tourism development “) was built in Crossley in Western Victoria by Irish potato farmers and opened in 1914. The church was suddenly closed down in 2006 and put up for sale. The descendants of these Irish settlers rightly were outraged at a decision to attempt to wipe out more than 100 years of their history and tradition. The simple and obvious fact is that the church hierarchy in Tasmania does not have the right to behave in such a reprehensible manner by treating these churches and people with such a lack of respect.

Sell the schools

I AM not a religious person but I can fully understand people’s angst over the sale of their beloved local churches and cemeteries. The church has many other assets that it can offload to raise funds to pay for their criminal past. Take all the manses including that of the Bishop that could be sold then leased back if needed.

The jewels in the portfolio would have to be Hutchins and Collegiate schools. Both are on prime real estate as are other church-run schools in the state. Sell them and lease them back. This is a common commercial arrangement and makes sound fiscal sense. Alternatively privatise the lot with a share issue. Trying to raise $8 million would be a cinch with that asset backing guaranteeing a good return to investors. The church could retain 51 per cent with the option of buying back shares at a future date. This would not compromise education of their students because the church would still run the schools.

Differently biased

FOR the State Government and Mount Wellington Cableway Company, the accusation of bias seems to apply to anyone with a different opinion from their own.

Windy and expensive

A SUM of $160 for a couple to get to an often cloud-obscured view and vicious wind with an expensive restaurant. If I want a view, the Signal Tower view is nearly as good and much more reliable, free and has easier walks around it. It’s going to need an awful lot of tourist and cruise liner suckers to turn a profit on the venture.

Thwarted on mountain trips

WHY are the people of Hobart so anti-everything. The cable car will be a great asset for Tasmania. I have been to Hobart countless times over my life and could only get to the top of the mountain once. The other times the road was closed. If the cable car was going I would have been to the top more times than I have been.

Trampled underfoot

I’M a 75-old-male and I’ve seen a lot. I feel that unfettered capitalism aided and abetted by complying governments worldwide is the biggest danger to the world and humanity, even before global warming and nuclear weapons. You see the capitalist has no mercy, no soul. All they think about is money and anyone and anything will be trampled underfoot and destroyed in their one goal, to get as much money as they can.