Posted on 12/30/2020 5:28:27 PM PST by marshmallow
The Church in Wales is considering introducing same-sex marriage blessings in its services, after Bishops proposed radical changes to the Book of Common Prayer.
Presenting the change to its Governing Body, the Bench of Bishops said: “We believe that same-sex relationships can be understood in a radically different way, and that the teaching of Scripture should therefore be re-interrogated.”
Responding to the announcement, The Christian Institute’s Ciarán Kelly said the Bishops had got their decision-making “the wrong way round”.
Marriage change
If approved, same-sex couples who are already legally married or in a civil partnership will be able to receive a blessing from a willing Church in Wales minister.
The Bench said the decision was brought on by considering “new social, scientific and psychological understandings of sexuality in the last one and a half centuries”.
It added that it would affirm “loving and faithful” same-sex partnerships as “worthy of acceptance by the Church by asking God’s blessing upon their commitment”.
The Bench went on to say that the Governing Body would “have to consider whether it wishes to consider a change in the Church’s teaching concerning marriage” in the future.
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Also...from this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old!
From a comedy about a “freedom” fighter who goes insane once he gets power.
And that’s what this article is. Insane.
Are we all allowed to add new rules to the church?
I didn’t know it was so “living and breathing”
Why not?
They don’t follow God at all - they’re nothing more than a social club.
As usual, scripture “re-interrogation” will involve torture.
So this is another church that no longer adheres to the Bible. Turning the church into a social club.
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:17-20.
Utterly blasphemous.
Sex club, for deviants.
You are spot on Georgiana. This is what happens when you depart from Torah. The Law of God is not a buffet where you can pick and choose what commandments you like or understand. You can proceed with partial vision for years, even centuries, but you will eventually run out of spiritual capital.
That time has now come, and the historical structures of Christianity cannot withstand the endless attacks against them. They are falling and they will not rise up. But something better is coming; something so wonderful that people will marvel about it a thousand years from now. It is the Power of the Revelation of the Messiah in the life of Yeshua, and that life is the life of Torah.
Imp needs comedy material for week 17. We all anxiously await.
Is this an idea? Or marijuana RV bombs in Nashville? Vaccines for Commies?
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How green was my valley.
Let one king get a divorce, and the next thing you know ... /smirk
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