I don’t supposed it would garner much sympathy to complain about the Lutheran bashing on this thread.
I think it is more that this individual Bishop has very little understanding of the discussion, and also chose to use ...inappropriate language... to express herself. I certainly think most Lutherans have things a lot more together.
In addition, there are the subtle insults to looks that plague these forums.
Any Lutheran who would acknowledge the so-called bishop deserves a bit of bashing. The LCMS needs to send some missionaries to Germany.
You certainly have my sympathy and, I suspect, that of all the other posters. Though they may seem antagonistic, what one perceives as Lutheran bashing is actually great sympathy, generated by extreme frustration. Allow me to translate: 'How could the Lutheran Church have dropped this low in its selection of a bishop'. My guess is that those who elected her did so out of political correctness, just like the ECUSA members who elected Katharine Schori as their Presiding Bishop.
If anything, we Catholics sympathize with the Lutherans, Episcopalanians, Anglicans, etc. in the forum and wish we could do something positive to assist you in turning your churches around. Alas, what we do witness simply affirms the fact that Christ instituted only one Church against which the gates of hell would not prevail. In its 2000 year history, despite good and bad popes, not one has ever erred in doctrine. Sure, we have our assemblage of kooks - women who ordain themselves priests - but the Catholic Church cannot recognize them and never will. All we can do is pray for our fellow christians that they will find peace in their own churches.
God's blessings be on you, dear friend!