tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post7528590693354395614..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Conservatives Push For Rival U.S. Anglican ChurchSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-7872630823518126392009-06-29T21:53:59.853-07:002009-06-29T21:53:59.853-07:00Hank: "i must be confewsed"
Best misspe...Hank: "i must be con<i>few</i>sed"<br /><br />Best misspelling ever!JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-71396596361150658982009-06-25T02:53:49.036-07:002009-06-25T02:53:49.036-07:00Pitcher says "TEC welcomes conservative views...Pitcher says "TEC welcomes conservative views.." Really? Not when it comes to the "LGBT" community- ask the former bishops who were deposed- read the records-let's be honest-TEC censors those views-<br />LGBT "rights" are certainly appropriate in the constitutional sense- in the laws of man and the world-no doubt- you win conservatives loose- but "rights&Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104371641207350995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-45192433964995776832009-06-22T21:08:00.393-07:002009-06-22T21:08:00.393-07:00Why is LG Marshall here, spinning frantically, wit...Why is LG Marshall here, spinning frantically, with ever more insulting language? What does he/she hope to achieve by snapping at the people here?<br /><br />THe Episcopal community we are visiting is growing visibly with many new members (offical members, not just part timers like us) being welcomed. Many of these are former-RC like my wife, but the demographic is wide and the community is IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-41655817604545631812009-06-21T22:33:15.815-07:002009-06-21T22:33:15.815-07:00In these end times.... aren't True Seekers loo...In these end times.... aren't True Seekers looking for something different than what the World has to offer? --- but currently, TEC matches up directly with the prevailing American Culture.... Demanding Abortion Rights, Demanding Gay Marriage, constantly disrespecting Christians (i.e., Sarah Palin)and their Bible beliefs. <br /><br />True Seekers will continue to leave TEC, and join LGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-7872098550536402462009-06-21T18:51:44.473-07:002009-06-21T18:51:44.473-07:00Hmmm, interesting quote regarding the decline in t...Hmmm, interesting quote regarding the decline in the Episcopal Church and the increase in conservative churchs. I believe the Pew report indicated the RC church recently lost 400,000 in the U.S. and but for the hispanic immigrants to the US they would be down even more in numbers. As a recovering RC that has gratefully found the Episcopal Church, I think the Episcopal Church could make a run atUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872708810368476399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-36277244207040941682009-06-21T16:58:53.944-07:002009-06-21T16:58:53.944-07:00“Reed says the Episcopal Church is following cultu...“Reed says the Episcopal Church is following culture, not the Bible.”<br /><br />How demeaning - to the LGBT community, to progressives, to centuries of Biblical scholars, i.e., those of us who don’t view Cecil B. DeMille’s versions of “The Ten Commandments” and “Kings of Kings” as documentaries. <br /><br />As for “radically not Christian in terms of their understanding of the cross, the uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-55381214461246245782009-06-21T15:42:55.752-07:002009-06-21T15:42:55.752-07:00The Sarah Palin zing was brilliant. We'll have...The Sarah Palin zing was brilliant. We'll have to check back in in about, oh, say, another 100 years and see how their "new" church is doing. Bets, anyone?Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-43999171211770196922009-06-21T11:01:40.344-07:002009-06-21T11:01:40.344-07:00IT ... they don't read the polls?
Thanks for ...IT ... they don't read the polls?<br /><br />Thanks for all the nice feedback ... and yes, as soon as the "Sarah Palin" analogy was out of my mouth, I thought "She's SO going to use that!" :)SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-37211319419869006912009-06-21T09:50:39.591-07:002009-06-21T09:50:39.591-07:00HOw can they believe "demographics are on the...HOw can they believe "demographics are on their side" when polls show that acceptance of gay people is highest in the young?IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-22854664057577285562009-06-21T08:54:32.505-07:002009-06-21T08:54:32.505-07:00So if I'm following this correctly, Marty chos...So if I'm following this correctly, Marty chose the church of the past.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701224049914946896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-22131457976967245562009-06-21T08:41:17.385-07:002009-06-21T08:41:17.385-07:00From the article, Mimms:
"So for me it was a...From the article, Mimms:<br /><br />"So for me it was a matter of, 'Do I want the church of the future, or the church of the past?'"<br /><br />Kind of sums it up. Do we believe in Living God or a God that was around thousands of years ago, gave us a set a rule (as ambiguous and contradictory as they are) and walked away to let us decide with to worship HIM?Neil Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576094575777076225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-4396830325929643012009-06-21T08:34:07.013-07:002009-06-21T08:34:07.013-07:00Ah, yes. Nothing says "Jesus" more than ...Ah, yes. Nothing says "Jesus" more than schism. Methinks that this is addition by subtraction.esJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574483490655576692noreply@blogger.com