You might want to take a look at the world-wide Anglican Communion.
Guess what? You'll find that "North America, Canada and Britain," for all they grab headlines in... "North America, Canada and Britain"... are a really small element, collectively a single-digit participant.
Of course, you didn't qualify your statement so it can also be interpreted in the sense of "I can't think of a single adverse impact to Christianity if [any group OTHER THAN MINE] was grounded." And we certainly see a lot of _that_ on Free Republic.
But then, most everyone on FR belongs to "The One Single True Church (and guess what? it's mine)."
It's standard routine on FR to cut everyone else down so YOUR church looks good. And that is my basis for saying I will NEVER to go the Roman Catholic church, much less the known Fundies' -- I have never seen such hatred and thorough ignorance expressed in this forum as I have by Catholics, even (surprisingly) over and above the Fundies', of (formerly) mainstream churches.
Keep it up folks! Jesus doen't shine on through the churches who obscure His message with your sectarian bias, hatred and ignorance. When I see any of these I see a "church" operating on thoroughly false pretenses -- I see a trap laid by Satan, offering hate of its "competition" as its raison d'etre, über alles in der Welt .
Granted I don't read everything in this forum, but the Catholics seem to be the worst haters I see in virulence, numbers and ignorance. (I will accept excuses from the last for poor and sectarian-biased education.)
I have no idea how you took that article about the Anglican church that believes it is a sin to fly, and came up with a comment that Catholics are haters. The only hate I see on this thread is your hate for Catholics. Glass houses and all that.
When was the last time you had your eyes checked? I think you need a new prescription./s
Interesting. I'll take your advice, only if you admit I did not write the first statement to which you responded. It would be hard to follow your advice knowing that you were wrong on the author of that statement.
The great irony about all of the folks ripping the good Archbish apart by saying that he is for homo sex but against air pollution is that this reflects an ignorance of the current situation.
This statement by Williams is precisely to cover his left flank because he *has* made moves to essentially cut the liberal homo lobby (i.e. most of the American Episcopal Church) out of the world-wide Anglican communion by telling them that they have to choose between their homosexual bishops and being a part of the Anglican communion. They are very mad at him right now, so he is throwing them a green bone and telling them to chew on it.
Granted, this is all pretty goofy, but then, England is a pretty goofy place these days, all in all.
I won't make any further comments other than to say that most churches have an awful lot to clean up in their own back-yards before they start in on someone else's. If anyone wants a list of problems in their church, they can contact me and give me the name of their church, and I'll be happy to help out -- either by myself providing a "to-do" list for them, or directing them to someone who can.
Until then, I'll primarily be tending to my own back yard.
Wow, replying to a comment about English and warm beer you feel the need to tell the world ...
"Granted I don't read everything in this forum, but the Catholics seem to be the worst haters I see in virulence, numbers and ignorance."
... speaking of hateful ignorant "virulence" and stereotyping, sheesh!
Anti-prejudice 101: Don't paint a whole group based on a actions of a few members.