“For the first time I agree with Putin”: British readers about the requirement of the Anglican Church to “gender-neutrally” address God

Military Review ^ | 2/21/23 | military review

[JonPreston]

This month, the Anglican Church announced that it was considering alternative ways to refer to God in the masculine form, “He.” This happened after the priests asked to be allowed to use "gender-neutral" terminology in relation to him. In Britain, they have not yet decided what they will replace the words "Our Father" in the main Christian prayer.

This fact was mentioned in his address to the Federal Assembly today, Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his opinion, such a decision indicates that the West does not know what it is doing and is moving towards a spiritual catastrophe.

British readers of the Mail Online on the issue of the requirement of the Anglican Church to "gender-neutrally" address God unexpectedly found themselves in solidarity with the Russian leader, as can be seen from their comments.

[JonPreston]

President Putin: ""See what they do with their own peoples—the destruction of the family, cultural and national identity, perversion, mockery of children, and pedophilia are declared the norm. The norm of their life."pic.twitter.com/6VVHSQv5za— Hassan Mafi ‏ (@thatdayin1992) February 21, 2023

The absolute highlight for me was his response to the Church of England's proposal for a gender-neutral God with the line, "God forgive them, they don't know what they're doing!"— Львiв Tyler (@LvivTyler) February 21, 2023

[Bayard]

Didn’t God himself tell us his pronouns?

Dead naming God.

[Krosan]

Stupid nonsense from some $10 dollar outlet again.

Do you suck Ayatollah Khomenei’s knob just as hard too because he isn’t likely to go along with some weird lib nonsense?

“Bin Laden truly opened my eyes because he said vegans are stupid. Now I believe everything he says!”

[libh8er]

I agree with Putin on some things too. But that does not make up for his crimes.

[Ciexyz]

My pastor preached on the Book of Esther recently, telling us that we as Christians may find ourselves in the place of persecuted Queen Vashti, and Esther and her Uncle Mordechai and the persecuted Jews of ancient Persia.

[dfwgator]

Just as I could agree with Hitler about The Treaty of Versailles, without excusing his crimes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So Orange Putin bad.

Check.

[shadowlands1960]

If the choice was as stark as ‘this guy wants to cut your sons cock off’ and ‘this guy doesn’t want to cut your son’s cock off’ would it still be an ‘iffy’ choice? I only ask that because we are close to that divide on cultural matters. Russia is actively opposing the new world order, America is not only surrendering to it, they are leading the charge.

[MeanWestTexan]

This is classic KGB style — point out a legitimate failing of the West — and then harp on it to hide bad acts.

American Inner Cities Are a Cesspool! Capitalism has failed!

The western churches are heretical! The invasion of Ukraine is justified!

[MeanWestTexan]

“Just as I could agree with Hitler about The Treaty of Versailles, without excusing his crimes.”

Exactly.

Hitler liked dogs, too. Was really good with them. Still a bad guy.

[dfwgator]

But he was also a Vegetarian.........EVIL!

[MeanWestTexan]

“f the choice was as stark as ‘this guy wants to cut your sons cock off’ and ‘this guy doesn’t want to cut your son’s cock off’ would it still be an ‘iffy’ choice? I only ask that because we are close to that divide on cultural matters. Russia is actively opposing the new world order, America is not only surrendering to it, they are leading the charge.”

So that makes a land grab in the Ukraine OK? Um, no.

[JonPreston]

The invasion of Ukraine is justified!

To ignore the the precipitating events of 2014, is to miss the boat.

[MeanWestTexan]

“But he was also a Vegetarian.........EVIL!”

Well, you kinda have a point there.

[shadowlands1960]

No... he’d justify that on the grounds of protecting Russian populations that fell out of geography of the Federation post-USSR. His views on that have never been hidden.

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

My ar15 says otherwise

[dfwgator]

No different than Hitler’s views on Germans who were in the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.

[Boogieman]

“Do you suck Ayatollah Khomenei’s knob just as hard too...”

Nah, Khameini doesn’t pay as good.

[shadowlands1960]

So the treaty of Versailles was all good because Hitler was a psycho? It is possible that Germany had legitimate grievances post WWI and that Hitler was a bad actor... they don’t necessarily exclude each other. It’s entirely possible that Russian populations are vulnerable outside the protection of Russia and also that Putin is too authoritarian... they don’t exclude each other.

[Boogieman]

“Russia is actively opposing the new world order...”

No, Russia is just promoting the Russian world order, as they always have.