tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post114805378290020372..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: The Gospel According to Nigeria: Partners in PrejudiceSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148245937072901802006-05-21T14:12:00.000-07:002006-05-21T14:12:00.000-07:00Akinola is missing his chance to witness Christ's ...Akinola is missing his chance to witness Christ's amazing love and grace to Iran's regime of true and horrible hate and persecution of gays and lesbians. All one has to do is read the accounts of prolonged torture, gang rapes of gay men and lesbian women while in custody and then their eventual murders, all in the name of "religion". Instead, Akinola is not far behind Iran's extreme persecutionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148159407302691212006-05-20T14:10:00.000-07:002006-05-20T14:10:00.000-07:00"Why is he so busy trying to remove the 'speck of ..."Why is he so busy trying to remove the 'speck of sawdust' from the eyes of the ECUSA and Anglican Communion of what he considers to be our 'issues' before removing his 'plank' in his own eye of violence, poverty, disease, and general hopelessness?"<BR/><BR/>"Violence, poverty, disease, and general hopelessness" are not "planks" in the archbishop's eyes. In the scriptural context, the "plank" Chip Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055858187692162039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148148072398753812006-05-20T11:01:00.000-07:002006-05-20T11:01:00.000-07:00To anonymous of 8:20, the last thing I intended to...To anonymous of 8:20, the last thing I intended to convey was you "serving" over there, much less anywhere. What I intended and you apparently missed was that if you like Akinola's policies of hate and discrimination so much then you are living in the wrong country. My intent was that you should live there instead of here; you would be much happier...and frankly, so would we.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148144392812183872006-05-20T09:59:00.000-07:002006-05-20T09:59:00.000-07:00"doesn't mean I am called to serve over there."Oh ..."doesn't mean I am called to serve over there."<BR/><BR/>Oh give me a break! More likely, it means you wouldn't live in Nigeria if someone held a gun to your head! Spare us the pomposity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148138404053970562006-05-20T08:20:00.000-07:002006-05-20T08:20:00.000-07:00That was helpful and mature commenting, anon of 9:...That was helpful and mature commenting, anon of 9:52. <BR/><BR/>Just because I am not blasting him, doesn't mean I am called to serve over there. But it does mean that those that are called to serve in countries that are hostile and dangerous to the Christian Movement have my respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148122328562586652006-05-20T03:52:00.000-07:002006-05-20T03:52:00.000-07:00Refresh my recollection, Susan. Did Akinola hang ...Refresh my recollection, Susan. Did Akinola hang around to hear what you had to say in England last year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148122225945941192006-05-20T03:50:00.000-07:002006-05-20T03:50:00.000-07:00Tell us, aatw and hg, how much do you know of the ...Tell us, aatw and hg, how much do you know of the history of this country? What do you have to say in favor of the hundreds of thousands of white Christians and the hundreds of white Christian ministers who not only condoned segregation and racism, but in some instances participated in the expression of its most vicious manifestations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148100776534779862006-05-19T21:52:00.000-07:002006-05-19T21:52:00.000-07:00To Anonymous of 7pm, if you think that Nigeria is ...To Anonymous of 7pm, if you think that Nigeria is such a great place to be a Christian and like what and how Akinola dictates, why don't you just move there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148091108918685962006-05-19T19:11:00.000-07:002006-05-19T19:11:00.000-07:00There ARE bigger concerns facing the world-wide ch...There ARE bigger concerns facing the world-wide church than the gay issue ... and if the Archbishop would like to help us focus on those concerns instead of scapegoating gay and lesbian Christians for all the problems in Christendom then I'm all over it. <BR/><BR/>Until then I'm not holding my breath ... and the offer to pour the tea stands. <BR/><BR/>Oh ... and we're not "an issue" -- we're SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148090402578957092006-05-19T19:00:00.000-07:002006-05-19T19:00:00.000-07:00I can not speak from anything other than my opinio...I can not speak from anything other than my opinion, but I have to believe that the Archbishop has greater concerns than whether a group of individuals feel accepted in his country where I know that they must go to bed each night thankful that they survived another day of spreading the Gospel. We are so full of ourselves if we think that he is doing anything other than worrying about the overallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148076388018473262006-05-19T15:06:00.000-07:002006-05-19T15:06:00.000-07:00People in the Communion and in the Episcopal Churc...People in the Communion and in the Episcopal Church keep trying to get to know Akinola better but he keeps refusing to have anything to do with anybody but who he says is ok enough to meet with. Problem? Could be.<BR/><BR/>As for trying to make Akinola be something that he's not, he is doing this all by himself. <BR/><BR/>He has repeatedly trumpeted his positions about gays and lesbians. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148075536314502282006-05-19T14:52:00.000-07:002006-05-19T14:52:00.000-07:00Great ... let's set up a meeting and have some tea...Great ... let's set up a meeting and have some tea. I'd love to learn more from the Archbishop about the challenges he faces proclaiming the Good News of Jesus in Nigeria -- and I'd love to tell him about the hard work we're doing trying to do the same thing here in Southern California -- the hotbed of secular hedonism. <BR/><BR/>Likely we'd have a lot to learn from each other -- but in order toSUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148073641251293852006-05-19T14:20:00.000-07:002006-05-19T14:20:00.000-07:00The Archbishop Akinola that you paint with your en...The Archbishop Akinola that you paint with your entries on this blog, Susan, and that John Chane has painted with his long-winded statement of several weeks ago, is simply not the courageous loving man of God known by those of us who have actually met, prayed, and celebrated the eucharist with him. I have to agree with "aatw" that it seems that most attacks on Archbishop Akinola from within ECUSAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1148071335670306332006-05-19T13:42:00.000-07:002006-05-19T13:42:00.000-07:00I will say it once, I will say it a million time u...I will say it once, I will say it a million time until this trashing of an Anglican Archbishop of the Anglican Communion's largest providence stops.<BR/><BR/>Peter Akinola does not hate homosexuals. I will say it again - Peter Akinola does not hate homosexuals. <BR/><BR/>Peter Akinola does not hate homosexuals. He knows - as we all do - that Jesus loves and died for homosexuals as he loves andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com