Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
... In the absence of any information of that sort, it seems to me that what they and some amongst us are prepared to maintain is this, that the Government are under an obligation to support neither truth nor falsehood, but to be entirely neutral in regard to these in so far as Ireland is concerned. This is a thoroughly indefensible position, and yet this is your ground, as far as I can understand it; and if this be not your ground, I am very anxious that some one should rise up and clearly explain what your doctrine, and that of your allies, is; for there is an immense amount of ambiguity in the statements that are made on the subject. If this be the ground that is taken, I maintain that it is utterly untenable ground, and in a Christian Church, monstrous. ...
For more, see James Begg on Irish disestablishment and the error of state neutrality concerning religion.
For more, see James Begg on Irish disestablishment and the error of state neutrality concerning religion.