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Auckland's 'agnostic' bishop to retire
New Zealand Herald | February 02, 2007 | NZ Herald

Posted on 02/13/2007 4:51:55 AM PST by rogernz

The Anglican bishop who caused a furore by declaring himself an agnostic has announced he is to quit his job.

Richard Randerson, the Assistant Bishop of Auckland and dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, said he had told Auckland's senior bishop, John Paterson, a year ago that he planned to retire in the middle of 2007. ..........

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00065D77-CB8E-15C1-874683027AF1010F


TOPICS: Current Events; Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: anglican; newzealand

1 posted on 02/13/2007 4:51:58 AM PST by rogernz
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The bishop sparked the debate with an article in the Herald on January 8 welcoming a planned national statement on religious diversity and expressing discomfort at leading Christian prayers in public, "thus excluding people of other faiths".

We live in the fraud generation where you can be an official in the Christian church and renounce all Christian beliefs...and then be praised by men for being inclusive of all, the highest virtue evidently.

Imagine a Muslim cleric trying the same? ha ha ha!

"May Day! May Day! We are sinking!!!"

2 posted on 02/13/2007 5:19:38 AM PST by ThirstyMan
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To: rogernz
LINK to article.

"And now, dearly beloved....let us pray. Our Father....who might be in heaven......."

3 posted on 02/13/2007 5:40:30 AM PST by marshmallow
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hallowed be the possibilty of thy existence...


4 posted on 02/13/2007 5:41:58 AM PST by rogernz
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"We raise our voices in supplication "To Whom it May Concern"; Look upon us benignly, enlighten or not our ignorance and unconcern, etc, etc, etc..."
5 posted on 02/13/2007 11:53:36 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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6 posted on 02/14/2007 9:39:07 PM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com†|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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