( Archbishop of Canterbury ) Williams hits back in sharia row

Press Association ^ | Feb 8, 2008

[hinckley buzzard]

I've heard that this man is brilliant.

Having read some of his equivocations on the TEC/ECUSA meltdown, I can say he elevates obfuscation into a fine art. If that's brilliance, then he's a genuine egghead.

[Fred Nerks]

from your link: He said the Church of England was allowed to operate its own courts, as were Orthodox Jews, and the anti-abortion views of Roman Catholics and other Christians were taken account of within the law.

so lets' be fair to muslims and allow homosexuals to be thrown off the roof of tall buildings...women to be buried up to their shoulders and stoned to death for adultery (attested to by four male witnesses!)

This jerk isn't a human being, he's a walking talking dickwit. I'll take bets on it - he's never read the koran or any of the hadith and he's certainly never read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD written by Edward, Canon Sell.

[expatguy]

Hey Thanks!

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[PAR35]

I'm not too fond of that particular figure of speech.

Although it might be particularly appropriate here.

[the invisib1e hand]

Although it might be particularly appropriate here.

or not, as is assuredly the case.

[PAR35]

Needless to say, you won’t find me agreeing with your characterization of the Druid High Priest. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2172918.stm

[AnAmericanMother]

I've heard that this man is brilliant.

Well . . . that depends on how you define 'brilliant'. If by that you mean 'academic with pointy head full of obscure useless knowledge with which he can obfuscate at will', I'll agree with you.

He's a typical intellectual who knows more and more about less and less. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way he abandoned common sense and even the human instinct for mere survival. He's a hothouse plant that can only flourish where others do the heavy lifting.

I can live without that sort of 'brilliant'. That's why I am no longer an Anglican.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks george76.

[dangus]

>> I’m really a Deist (whatever that is). I sure don’t think I’m an Episcopalian any more. <<

So you’re a 17th century piskie, no? Anopther three centuries, and you’ll make a fine apostatepalian! (JK)

[dangus]

Don’t kid yourself. Henry was appeasing the noblemen of his day who resented the fact that Rome actually owned England. He was no religious reformer.

[Zero Sum]

Colonel Edward Armitstead, a Synod member ..."One wants to be charitable, but I sense that he would be far happier in a university where he can kick around these sorts of ideas."

Indeed. It's the duty of a bishop to stand for the truth, and Williams is either incapable or unwilling to do that. A university is the perfect venue to kick ideas around. Unfortunately, they never seem to kick around any sane ones anymore, so this one would fit right in.

[decimon]

Why does this idjit comb his eyebrows to horns?

[rhombus]

Hah! Not likely.

[dangus]

Yes, thank god...

[Convert from ECUSA]

The more I look at the Head Druid of my former denomination, the more I’m glad I left it. Bozo the Clown would have been a better Archbishop of Canterbury.