ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY DENOUNCES GIBSON FILM AS PRO-CHRISTIAN

Iconoclast ^ | 3-22-04 | William Grim

[FlyLow]

(London)-In his homily yesterday during a memorial service for Palestinian suicide bombers, the Right Reverend Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, denounced Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" as being "overtly pro-Christian."

"This film is going to have a devastating effect on Anglicanism worldwide," said Reverend Williams. "Impressionable persons may be unduly influenced and actually begin attending church. And it would be a great tragedy if the Church had to divert its precious resources away from protesting against capitalism and democracy and use them instead for religious purposes." The Archbishop became angry at this point and interjected," I didn't enter the ministry to promote the so-called Gospel of someone who allegedly lived 2000 years ago. I became a priest in order to empower gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, heathens and persons with a fondness for sheep!"

In related news, the Right reverend Percy Bigglesworth, Bishop Co-Adjutor for the Diocese of Provincetown and Fire Island, yesterday denounced Gibson's film for having no clearly identifiable gay or lesbian characters and for showing Mary Magdalene's former profession as sex worker in a negative light.

[Sweet Land]

This is a JOKE... right????

Yes. But it's getting harder and harder to tell.

[Poohbah]

One of my favorite priests often jokes, "Let us pray for the Jesuits, that they may become Catholic."

[dc-zoo]

The Bible is "Pro-Christian" as well. Does this idiot denounce the Bible too?

[xkaydet65]

If you had left out the sheep this would have been too believable.ROTFLMAO

[Cronos]

I've some Roman blood somewhere in me (those old folks were always roman' around), so I say this movie will cause folks to start with that ole anti-Romanism. They'll try to get revenge against us for the deeds of some ancestors... No fair.

[Cronos]

You mean in EnglishSTAN?

[Clemenza]

Fun with Anglicans!

[NeoCaveman]

I didn't enter the ministry to promote the so-called Gospel of someone who allegedly lived 2000 years ago. I became a priest in order to empower gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, heathens and persons with a fondness for sheep!"

LOL.

He forgot Druids, or does he just lump them in with the rest of the heathens.

[NeoCaveman]

Fun with Anglicans!

Anglicans are fun, you just can't play chess with them
As they confuse their queens for bishops.

[goldstategop]

The Archbishop of Canterbury denouncing The Passion as pro-Christian? That's like the Chinese Communist Party denouncing Mao for being too pro-Communist!

[r9etb]

No Rowan Williams-related thread is complete without the obligatory picture -- autosarcasm at its best.

[Clemenza]

Anglicans are fun, you just can't play chess with them As they confuse their queens for bishops.

LOL! When will Elton John be made Archbishop of Canterbury?

[goldstategop]

I trust its satire. If it actually turns out to be real one day, it be the day Christianity REALLY expired and I'm not just talking about Anglicanism either!

[Quix]

Had me going until I looked at source.

HOW ABOUT someone coming up with the ArchHypocrite's email and mailing addresses so we can snow his locale with copies of this?

I'd love for him to have to dig through 12 foot piles to see light.

[Quix]

Ooooorrrrrrrrrrr,

they might, just

SHOCKINGLY

start taking Scripture at face value

and talking to Christ directly;

going to The Father righteous in faith in Christ's Blood alone;

calling only Almighty God Father . . .

etc.

[Gman]

http://www.iconoclast.ca/MainPage.asp?page=/TopFiveHeadlines.asp

Although, as an Anglican Priest; I must admit that you had me going...LOL

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

Be fair, you need a "satire" in the title.

[N. Theknow]

This is satire only because Archdruid Williams and other Anglican/Episcopalian Bishops have not said the words for the record, but their actions have given every indication that this satire is all too true.

[Consort]