Gospel of Inclusion? Its Episcopal disciples leave little room for Scripture.

WSJ's Opinion Journal ^ | 8 August 2003 | KATHERINE KERSTEN

[ahadams2]

Gospel of Inclusion? Its Episcopal disciples leave little room for Scripture.

MINNEAPOLIS--This week, the Episcopal Church's triennial Convention was the site of a media frenzy. On Tuesday, church leaders meeting here took the unprecedented step of approving as bishop a practicing homosexual, the Rev. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. At press time, they seemed poised to give local communities permission to bless same-sex unions.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[secret garden]

INTREP???

[LiteKeeper]

I am a retired Army officer (artillery, MI, and chaplain). I have the privilege of teaching several classes in Colorado Springs to high school, college, and adults on comparative worldviews (biblical vs secular). As I read the various threads, some impress me as good for illustrating different worldviews. So, using some Army terminology, I mark "incidents" as "SPOTREPS" (spot report) and "descriptions of the current world scene" as "SITREPs" (situation reports). INTREP (Intelligence Report) provides information of an event involving those of the "opposition;" INTSUM (Intelligence Summary) provides more general information. When I get home, I download these SPOTREPs and SITREPs to a database for future use.

Does that help?

[NYer]

Already posted here .....

GOSPEL OF INCLUSION

[secret garden]

It helps bunches! Thank you for the explanation and for your service to our country. :-)

[LiteKeeper]

I have seen you explain yourself so many times. Wouldn't it be easier to type "bump for later read" or "place marker"? Freepers are inquisitive by nature, you know. :)

Not really. For a couple of reasons...

• I file threads according to that code.
• Some times the response after I have explained sparks further discussion.
• Some times the explanation sparks people to think about what I am doing, and maybe do something similar
• I have made new friends by giving the explanation

Bottom Line: I don't mind explaining at all. I have stored the explanation in another database, and all I have to do is copy and paste,

But thanks for asking and for the suggestion.

[saint]

Excellent! I learned something today, and it's still early.

Thank you sir for the explanation, and for your service to our country, past and present.