Posted on 06/22/2006 10:48:45 AM PDT by Caleb1411
The new leader of the Episcopal Church in America, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, says she does not believe homosexuality is a sin and that homosexuals were created by God to love people of the same gender.
As the Episcopal leadership continues to huff and puff to catch up with the world, it would be helpful if it could tell its members what it regards as sinful behavior, or will the very concept of sin soon be up for negotiation in order to avoid giving offense to anyone?
Truly what Paul, the Apostle, warned would happen in the "end times" is coming true in our day: "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine, instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn away from the truth and turn aside to myths." (2 Timothy 4:3-4 NIV).
Meeting at the Episcopal General Convention in Columbus, Ohio, the denomination passed a resolution expressing "regret" for consecrating a homosexual bishop three years ago, but it declined to repent of its action. On Tuesday, they voted to continue consecrating homosexual bishops and to permit same-sex unions. But, just 24 hours later, they reversed themselves yet again and adopted a resolution to avoid consecrating additional gay bishops. Apparently, they are so wishy-washy; they are even wishy-washy about their wishy-washiness.
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Actually, no -- it's much easier (and far more fuzzy) than that.
Specifically, it is sinful to "be mean," which is probably best defined as saying "no" to somebody feels very strongly about something.
Note that this is not isolated to the Episcopal Church, nor even churches in general. It is, in fact, the moral standard by which the left operates in all facets of life.
That's why it is a mistake to treat these denominational church dust-ups as isolated events -- they're not. Rather, they're just particular examples of a far larger leftist political movement.
Uh-oh. Jesus is in BIG trouble.
Here's a scarier article:
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4311
The Epicsopalian voted against affirming that Salvation is through Jesus alone.
Your implication is that there is a two way street. A Conservative saying NO to a leftist is sinful, and a Leftist saying NO to a Conservative is sinful. I really doubt that this is the case.
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori must be using Clintoon's personal Bible, the one still in shrink wrap.
Religion was never meant to keep up with the world's views.. these people need to stop perverting Christianity to suit their own sicknesses.
Sounds like the church of humanism to me.
Seems rather contradictory ... but then so is refusing to endorse John 14:6
It's the EpiscoPAGAN Church, now.
Nah -- it's a one-way street. Conservatives tend to be wretchedly bad at playing the victim card, so it doesn't really work for us. ;-)
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