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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday January 1991 Religion Is wartime ordinary time Third Sunday In Ordinary Time Jan 1991 Every School girl Knows Is Wartime Ordinary Time This question was asked of high school girls in Baghdad by a Western journalist on January 15 The girls were preparing for ex ams Yes was the answer delivered bravely but only a few hours before a desert storm began rolling through the city at 00am on January 16 For these students the or of exam time and night time would be brutally disrupted Perhaps for some of them the ordinariness of being alive would be disrupted But I believe the answer of those schoolgirls They have already lived through eight years of wartime a wartime in which they found time for exams and sleep How could they anticipate the storm that would descend on them from the desert that night Id this country high school girls are also preparing for ex ams Ask them the same question and some will give the same answer They have watched wars on the Peter Show for years and they ve always been able to write their exams and then go to sleep at night Others are not so sure They re afraid of terrorist attacks But school girls whether in Iraq or Ontario are too much like the rest of us convinced of the inevitability of war Perhaps they heard of theories that say we are a naturally aggressive animal We have the killer instinct They may have heard that war is a way to regulate the social system Whenever society is pressured by a too rapid increase in population war will provide a solution either reduce the population or increase the amount of land They may have done dent studies on the wars of the Manng tribe in New Guinea These people engage in a war with neighboring tribes every 12 or years War is started when Bible Digest It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man Psalm Your confidence in the Lord can be one of the greatest assets of your life Lean on Him He loves you Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and it not to him it is sin James Neglecting to do the will of God is sin too Give your best for the Lord today A Store FRESH COD FILLETS 39 lb MUSSELS 89 LB LIVE LOBSTER lb MOORE PARK PLAZA Georgetown Passive Reducing Salon EXCLUSIVE IH HILLS European Seaweed Body Treatment 8734907 116GuelphSt Roar Entrance Georgetown the relationships between people pigs and land are no longer sym biotic They may have considered wars of the recent past using the criteria of the Just War Theory Is there right intention does the evil done outweigh the good an tiapated But every schoolgirl has also watched movies about nuclear war on T V Every schoolgirl knows that nuclear war could disrupt life altogether instead of making life cleaner and meaner as the func tionalists would say Anthropologist Marvin Harris says With nuclear weapons war can now be escalated to the point of total mutual annihilation So we have arrive at a phase in the evolution of our species when the next great adaptive advance must be the elimination of nuclear weapons or the ehmina tion of war itself Fathers and Sons Personally I was surprised by my own reaction to the news of the start of hostilities I started to cry I can pinpoint two reasons for this response l A letter from a young boy in Cold Lake Alberta to his father who is serving in the Armed Forces in the Gulf The boy read his letter over the CBC a few minutes before on Jan The sight of my own two- weekold son sleeping on the floor I m not alone Other men love their sons These men may live in Baghdad or in Jerusalem they may be flying CF over the desert or launching Tomahawk cruise missiles from ships the Gulf Surely there are other ways to solve our problems War and Religion All of us rationalize behaviour that makes us uncomfortable This is especially true in the case of the official exercise of violence Unfortunately religion has often been used as a legitima tion of the violence of war Religion is used to fit the madness of wartime into the overall plan of divinesanctioned ordinary time Saddam Hussein a secular man is using religion for this purpose So is George Bush An Example of Irony The CTV morning show Canada A M reported on the morning of January that George Bush had declared Sun day Jan 20 Sanctity of Life Day Endnote Marvin Harris is quoted from Cannibals and Kings Toronto 1977 Question Box The Rev Kenneth Galhnger feature column Question Box appears in every issue of the United Church Observer will be on hand this Wednesday at atSt Andrew United Church Rev Gallmgers column Question Box answers questions from relating to policies and practices of the United Church and sometimes his answers can be controversial So bnng along your concerns and questions for an informative night of Question Box hosted by the St Andrew s United Church Sinclair and BBSS CORPORATION OF THE wn of H ills 1 Halton H II P Box HALTON HILLS Goof PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION Hills residents are invited to attend a Public Information Session concerning Park Development Plans for Park Sites at Ontario and Streets Georgetown and at Confederation and Main Streets Glen Williams The Public Information Session be held as follows SESSION DATE February 5 1991 TIME 4 to 7 30 LOCATION General Committee Room Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre 1 Halton Hills Drive Halton Hills Georgetown Ontario The Public is encouraged to attend the Session to review the development plans fortwo park sites at the following locations Ontario and Streets on the Silver Creek Valley Georgetown The plan provides for the development of a creative playground a minor softball field and a pathway system TTVPJiire Confederation and Main Streets on the Credit River Glen Williams The plan provides for the development of a pathway system landscape for purposes and park furniture for passive recreational uses pARK -axe- GEORGETOWN OPTICAL NO ONE EVER REGRETTED BUYING QUALITY MARKET PLACE PLAZA 8773562 HOURS CLOSED MONDAY lues Saturday 005 DENOMINATIONAL PENTECOSTAL ALL PEOPLES CHURCH DELIVERANCE CENTRE S W Corner FfnchgateHwy 7 Bible Study Worship Deliverance Sunday 10 30 am 7 Wednesday 8 We Provide Children s Church Nursery Service Translation Pastor George A LeRoy IS 792 2176 CHURCH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR of Canada Main St MounUlnaHalnSu NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH WHERE APOSTLES ARE ACTIVE SERVICES Sunday School 00 a Worsh p Services 30am Wednesdays 8 00 HILLS CONGREGATION South Aclort Racier fey A HEARTY TO All WHAT DO YOU THINK About Your Regional Government What are your ideas on the structure of Regional Government Should Council remain the same size Should Regional Councillors serve on both Local and Regional Council Should the Regional Chairman be elected by the public Your comments on these and other questions relating to accountability representation and services are vital to this review of Regional Government To assist in gathering information a questionnaire is available or written submissions will be accepted To obtain a copy of the questionnaire Call Region at Ext BurlmgtonOakvilleMilton 827 2151 Burlington Aldershot 639 HillsGeorgetown 87881 1 3 Halton Hills Acton 853 0501 Questionnaires can also be picked up at the Clerks Depart in the City of Burlington and Towns of Oakville Milton and Halton Hills Completed questionnaires and submissions should be forwarded no later than March 1 991 to Halton Region Review Committee Region of Halton PO Box 1 1 51 Bronte Road Oakville Ontario L6J 6E1 J Louise Temple Regional Clerk