Posted on 02/08/2008 10:57:19 PM PST by george76
The Archbishop of Canterbury will try to put aside the row over sharia law as he makes his first public appearance since the controversy erupted.
Dr Rowan Williams hit back on Friday night over criticism of his comments amid growing calls for his resignation.
He made no proposals for sharia, and "certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law...
his core aim was "to tease out some of the broader issues around the rights of religious groups within a secular state".
At least two Synod members have already called for Dr Williams to go ...
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."
And Alison Ruoff, a Synod member ...: "He is a disaster for the Church of England. He vacillates, he is a weak leader and he does not stand up for the Church. I would like to see him resign and go back to academia."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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.
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.
Although it might be particularly appropriate here.
or not, as is assuredly the case.
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.
Thanks george76.
>> Im really a Deist (whatever that is). I sure dont think Im an Episcopalian any more. <<
So you’re a 17th century piskie, no? Anopther three centuries, and you’ll make a fine apostatepalian! (JK)
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.
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.
Why does this idjit comb his eyebrows to horns?
Hah! Not likely.
Yes, thank god...
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.
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