Anglican Gay Feud Widens

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/02/021608lamb.htm

Leaders from five Anglican provinces said Friday they will boycott a once-a-decade world Anglican summit because the U.S. Episcopal Church ordained a gay bishop.

The five leaders from Africa and South America said they could not share communion with Episcopal bishops who in 2003 consecrated V. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire.

The Episcopal Church is the Anglican body in the U.S.

Friday's announcement came from Archbishops Peter Akinola of Nigeria, Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda, Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya, Henry Orombi of Uganda and Gregory Venables of the Southern Cone, which is in South America.

WILL YOU PEOPLE JUST SPLIT AWAY FROM THE CHURCH ALREADY???????

[whistle]

1. oops...wrong thread

...self-delete

[angstlessk]

2. they should just join the westborough baptist church and be done with it

glad they cannot take any church assets with them! (read your next post too)

[Fenris]

3. I think we should boycott because Akinola supports legislation in Nigeria

that makes same-sex activity (which he deems "cancerous") punishable by five years' imprisonment.

And because Venables violated the rules of the communion by poaching the San Joaquin diocese and declaring part of the Southern Cone.

And because the Province of Rwanda was complicit in government war crimes during the genocide.

And because Orombi appointed two dissident Episcopal priests bishops under his control although he has no authority to do so.

And because Nzimbi associates with such bigots and power-mad swine.

Sometimes I think maybe we should split away from the church just to let these assholes wallow in their own shit for a while. And then when they start hanging homosexuals we can at least say we got out of the Communion before it was too late.

Grr.

[theredpen]

4. Splitting

It's getting weird... the Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth Texas split with the US communion and is now officially under Bishop Akinola.

The so-called conservative (read: gay-hating) "Christians" are clearly unhinged because they are losing their war to spread hate in Jesus' name.

Before He departed for Heaven, Jesus told Peter that the #1 rule was "love one another." He said this 3 times, which means it's going to be on the test.

[Meeker Morgan]

5. Instead of arguing about the details ...

... why not bag Jesus-ventriloquism altogether?

[Beregond2]

6. "Why not bag..."

Whether you like it or not, Meeker, the Judaeo-Christian tradition is the foundation of western culture, including all the humanist values you probably admire. It's images, stories, histories and philosophical and ethical writings permeate our society from top to bottom. To throw all that away would be impossible, and disastrous anyway. No society can last that lacks such a superstructure. You don't have to believe any of it literally if you don't want to; but you can no more get rid of it than you can get rid of gravity. Such traditions evolve, but they don't vanish. The gay issue is forcing just such an adaptation now, and it's a very good thing.

What will happen is that the conservatives will break off, and over the next few generations die out, as society comes to view their beliefs as absurd.

[Meeker Morgan]

7. Absurd triumphalism.

What an hideous apologetic for corrupt institutions. It's not as if homophobia were the only problem with religion.

What will happen is that the conservatives will break off, and over the next few generations die out, as society comes to view their beliefs as absurd.

So you believe that GOD is on our side?

There is no timetable or inevitability.