Common Ground Cafe

[GlastoAwe]

A few years ago I picked up a hitch hiker on the M5 who had just 'escaped' from the Twelve Tribes place just up the hill from us on The Blackdowns. He seemed pretty traumatised and although I don't remember the exact details, he said it was a pretty rum setup.

The twelve Tribes do run the CG cafe.

This was reported last autumn.

From the article below. Those kids are beaten for anything and everything; they are taught to be 100 per cent obedient. If that means a child is told to sit still and they move then, by the communitys standard you then have to take that child out and beat it, she said.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/twelve-tribes-community-nspcc-demands-police-inquiry-into-christian-sect-that-canes-children-8847622.html?origin=internalSearch

I do hope they are not back at Glastonbury this year.

[sparkythetortoise]

And Jesus called his disciples to him and said:

"I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way."

His disciples answered:

"Where could we get enough pancakes in this remote place to feed such a crowd?"

"How many pancakes do you have?" Jesus asked.

"Seven," they replied, "and a few cans of scrumpy."

[Octave Doctor]

Definitely the last time I mention pancakes on any Internet message boards

[CaledonianGonzo]

This must be a myth - you can't put proper scrumpy in cans

[Sawdusty surfer]

Hi James

Thanks for your email. The common Ground Café is not at the Festival this year.

Kindest regards

Glastonbury Festival Office

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Well that's that settled then.

[Mr.Tease]

Hi James

Thanks for your email. The common Ground Café is not at the Festival this year.

Kindest regards

Glastonbury Festival Office

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Well that's that settled then.

[Spliffman]

Oh that's just feckin wonderful!

What am I going to do with all these bags of stones now?

Not to mention all the beards ;-)>

[Boopickledaddy]

If it's pancakes people are after, I highly recommend going to the Beat Hotel, I had them last year and they were amazing! That way people are getting great pancakes without supporting the people who run Common Ground Cafe, win win for all I'd say

[kingjamma]

Which field is the Beat Hotel in ? I think I might need some of these pancakes :-)

[rexclark]

Hi James

Thanks for your email. The common Ground Café is not at the Festival this year.

Kindest regards

Glastonbury Festival Office

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Well that's that settled then.

[AutumnGirl]

Glorious mix of personal abuse, theological discussion and pancake recommendations on this thread. Great work.

[Pink_Tequila]

Yes it bothers me too, that so much of the world is dictated and oppressed by made-up fairy stories.

They have been "currently debating" for months and months and months.

I trust you are aware that the Methodist church itself admits to 200 years of institutional racism and discrimination?

"Racism has lived like a malignancy in the bone marrow of this church for years''

That seems fairly clear to me.

[russycarps]

Methodism should not be placed in the same hat as a weirdo sect with outrageous views.

[Pink_Tequila]

Because it is not a sect. Christianity may have a belief system that you cannot believe in, or a belief in god is not for you. It's not my bag either. However, Christianity does not preach hate and discrimination even.if people use it to as people use many things. As a sect this twelve tribes malarkey misinterprets biblical teaching and twists it to a hateful racist message. Methodism does not do this.

[russycarps]

Christianity does not preach hate and discrimination

[Pink_Tequila]

But poor to quote Leviticus. Surely you can do better than quote a book of the Old Testament written 550BC. Particularly out of context with the history of the time. Maybe you could try again and find some hate in the teachings of Christianity?

[neilloggie]

why not? that seems to be a perfectly accurate description of christianity to me

[neilloggie]

A food company we use at work used to leave a refrigerated of food truck at The Common Ground every year, then collect it on the following Monday. He said he came out counted the stock, miussed what they had used, then paid what he owed out of a suitcase full of cash.