That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard considering it is almost totally Jewish to begin with! What is wrong with these people????
This is satire, right?
Are these idiots referring to the TaNa"Kh as "anti-Jewish?"
This is from The Onion....right?
This is nothing but a placement of the camel's note under the tent. If Scripture can be disregarded or marginalized because it is "anti-semitic," it's a small leap to disregard and marginalize the sections of Scripture that speak against homosexuality, divorce, and other sins. It's appalling that the delegates to this Convention were so dumb to fall for this!
This is all so distressing. An Episcopal church brought me to Christ, but I cannot countenance what this Church is doing now. It is rapidly losing its right to even call itself a Church, in my opinion.
The Bible is not anti-Semitic if correctly understood. This was the problem with the critique of the movie the Passion (actually a critique of the Gospels themselves) as anti-Semitic.
Hmmmm....one has to wonder what they're going to use to preach from now that they've condemned the scripture and their own liturgy. Hallmark greeting cards perhaps?
As is often the case, issues of sexuality are mere smokescreens that the Enemy uses to distract us from the deeper problems. This occurs to us both individually and collectively. Hence the person who thinks their real problem is an addiction to pornography may really be struggling, on a much deeper level, with issues of trust and obedience to the Lord. Collectively we find the titillation of discussing same-sex marriages and gay bishops to be more interesting than what are, without question, far more serious and foreboding concerns.
So it is with the Episcopal Church. We are riveted on the information coming out of Columbus and keep waiting for a decision on the homosexuality issue. In the meantime, bigger problems receive far less attention.
52% of the House of Bishops believe the Bible is "anti-Jewish" (at least the New Testament). But it is worse in the House of Deputies where the resolution passed by 68%. The bottom line here is that the problems of the ECUSA have little or nothing to do with anti-Semitism or homosexuality. The bottom line is that more than half of the leadership of the Episcopal church believes that the Bible is subject to man's judgement and not the other way around. They have turned Biblical authority on its head, placing themselves on God's throne. As it says in Romans, "professing themselves to be wise they have become fools". It is only then that, as Chapter 1 continues, that the issue of homosexuality is raised. Homsexuality follows the real problem, it does not precede it.
If the ECUSA chooses to pay lip service to the Windsor Report (and at this point I fear it will be only lip service) it will only be because collectively they do not have the courage to stand apart from the Anglican Communion and form their own non-Christian denomination. At this point I wish they would simply allow the ECUSA to dissolve, the orthodox remaining in communion with world-wide Anglicans and the rest joining the pagans. It is heartbreaking, but that is the choice the progressives are making.
There are some Religion Forum regulars who believe the same thing. If they haven't already posted to this thread, I'm sure they will be along shortly.
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. I cannot help but think that the candlestick will soon be removed.
The pro-Palestinian leftists running the Episcopal church, who were recently pushing hard for divestment from Israel, are now prepared to chuck the Bible into the garbage. Because it's "anti-Jewish", and they care so much about Jews.
Riiiiight...
I wonder what world, and what century, these yokels live in. We heard this drivel when "Passion" was screening, and of course it turned out basically that this accusation is a slander against present day Christianity. Not that that surprises me, considering the source.
Get a load of this latest episcopagan "resolution" - ping!
They elect a presiding bishopress, declare the Bible is "anti-Jewish", and will soon be passing a resolution that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese (brie only, if you please).
These heathens are as wacked out in the head as the average Jihadstinian.
What do they think of the Q'uran?
I wonder what their position is on the anti-Israeli, pro-Arab terrorist bigotry of their own leadership? IS that anti-Jewish?
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold your house is left unto you desolate.” (Matthew 23.37,38) Then answered all the people (Jews) and said, “His blood be on us and on our children” (Matthew 27:25). 1 “But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you to councils, and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten” (Mark 13.9)
“Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And I say the truth, why do you not believe me? He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God” (John 8.43-47)
“Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so you do. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers” (Acts 7.51-53)
“It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you and judge yourself unworthy of everlasting life, we turn to the Gentiles” (Acts 13.45-51)
“For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake ... wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.” (Titus 1.10-14).
“The Jews, who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God and are contrary to all men: forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.” (l Thessalonians 2.14-16)
“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is an antichrist, that denieth the father and the son. Whoever denieth the son, the same hath not the father” (l John 2.22,23)
“I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan ...” (Revelation 2.9,10)
“Behold I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews and are not but do lie; behold I will make them to come and worship before thy feet...” (Revelation 3.9)