If you read my posts you will see that I have plainly stated that I am not wanting to curtail the chaplaincy service in any way and it's blindingly obvious that that it is an essential service, something else I've said or referred to previously.
Why do some of you think I want to do away with the chaplaincy service, or that I don't think that they are a bunch of really good eggs?
They are a very necessary and and usually a great bunch of dedicated people and I am greatfull for the service they render on a daily basis.
Right,I hope that misunderstanding is cleared up now; it's mostly the C of E supplying these chaplains and of course it's a good thing they do, supply them, but the C of E doesn't miss any oportuinity to get it's hands on government money where ever it can and although in relative terms, as pointed out by Torri and he's right, the funding is small beer in the overall figures of running the NHS.
If you stand back and look at all of these little sums, I have allready described just a few of them in my previous posts on this thread, there are a lot more of places where this religious bunch have got their fingers in the pie and when you start to add them together including the small sum from the NHS among them it no longer can be considered a small sum, that's the point I'm trying to make.
Don't think for one moment think these pies the church has it's fingers into are not seen as many, all be it individually small sums, subscriptions to the perpetuation of this rapidly becoming defunct organisation and as it goes further and further down the tubes they will be clinging on to this, as they se it, funding, as though their lives depend on them and it does, so why not deny them and help them on their well deserved way out?
By the way Rose, prejudice; I have made due consideration, about how the NHS chaplaincy should be funded, so tecnically my view of this isn't a prejudiced pov.
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The c of e also maintain many ancient and beautiful churches, part of our heritage.
So many of them are being closed down or turned into homes.
You might be glad to see the back of them, but I won't.
It's part of our history.
I don't begrudge them the small amount they get for doing the chaplaincy bit.
We tend to take it for granted that they maintain our heritage.
It probably costs the c of e far more to keep up buildings, so those of us interested in architecture can wander in.
Chaplaincy has got to be peanuts in comparison.
They could just leave the building to rot and worship in a field at less expense, but we'd all be worse off for that, heritage wise. IMO.
Historically the c of e holds a unique place, heritage wise, in the uk.
It's not even all about religion really, but about its special place in history,
destroy that and you are destroying our heritage.
Of course they have their fingers in lots of pies, it's because they played a central role in our unique history.
Our heritage is something we have, which others don't. Like the pound, it is uniquely British.
The queen is uniquely British as are many of the traditions.
Lose it, and it's gone forever, buried in the scrabble for us all to become clones of each other and like everyone else.
I like our eccentric bits, it's what makes us..... Well us!
Heaven forbid we should ever find ourselves with an opportunity for a president like Donald Trump!
God help us all, if he gets in.
