In the interests of evenhandedness ...

I found the BBC had some agreeable quotes from the Archboshup. (not a spelling error)

Dr Rowan Williams: In his own words


ON THE MANCHESTER SUPERCASINO
It's quite clear from all the research figures that gambling is a more and more popular form of addiction in this country; and we must not underrate the seriousness of that.

I'm concerned that although, indeed, this development has been greeted in Manchester as a contribution to regeneration... we can't think of better ways of regenerating deprived areas than by developing within them institutions which may well contribute to the material and spiritual deprivation of the area in the long term.
30 January 2007 News conference



ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Despite constant talk about recycling and thinking 'green', we're still a society that produces fantastic quantities of waste.

God doesn't do waste.

A culture of vast material waste and emotional short-termism is a culture that is a lot more fragile than it knows. How much investment are we going to put in towards a safer and more balanced future?

A big question. But too big to avoid.
31 January 2007 Archbishop's New Year message



ON THE THREE WISE MEN AT THE NATIVITY
Matthew's gospel doesn't tell us that there were three of them, doesn't tell us they were kings, doesn't tell us where they came from, it says they're astrologers, wise men, priests from somewhere outside the Roman Empire.

That's all we're really told so, yes, 'the three kings with the one from Africa' - that's legend; it works quite well as legend.

You're dealing there with a world in which people watched the stars in order to get a sort of heads up on significant matters and astrologers were quite a growth industry; people who were respected and had a kind of professional technical skill and were respected as such.

The thing here of course is what's the skill about? Well it's all bringing them to Jesus.
19 December 2007 Interview with Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 5 Live