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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
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02/13/2007 4:51:58 AM PST
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rogernz
To: rogernz
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!
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To: rogernz
LINK to article.
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02/13/2007 5:41:58 AM PST
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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..."
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02/14/2007 9:39:07 PM PST
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