Posted on 09/17/2014 6:42:29 PM PDT by marshmallow
Justin Welby says he asks himself is there a God? and says Christians cannot explain why there is suffering in the world
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, has disclosed that he questions whether God exists.
Britains most senior churchman, who is effectively the leader of almost 80 million Anglicans worldwide, admitted that there are moments when he asks himself Is there a God? and Where is God?
He also said that Christians cannot explain why suffering exists in the world but that the answer was faith.
His remarks came in an interview conducted as part of a service at Bristol Cathedral, during a visit to the diocese.
Asked whether, despite his high profile as a religious leader, he ever struggles with doubt, he said: Yes I do.
I mean there are moments, sure, where you think is there a God?, Where is God?
He added that there were moments when he was struck with doubts even while praying, including during his regular morning jogs near Lambeth Palace.
I love the Psalms, if you look at Psalm 88, thats full of doubt, he told the congregation.
I go, well I call it running, the dog calls it holding her back, in the morning.
The other day I was praying over something as I was running and I ended up saying to God Look this is all very well but isnt it about time you did something if youre there which is probably not what the Archbishop of Canterbury should say.
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Rowan Williams? Finally retired I suppose.
He was just about as apostate as this clown as well.
Clearly the journalists got this all wrong.
Where it says “Archbishop of Canterbury” they must have intended to write “high school sophomore.”
why would a Christian want to be in charge of the CoE?
the Anglo-Catholics all converted to Catholicism in the 19th century and the calvinists died out while the Methodists went their own way
Also, neither Anglicans nor Catholics (nor for that matter Lutherans who also have apostolic succession) say anything about rejecting the priesthood of all believers
As per orthodoxy, all Christians are part of the universal priesthood -- just as all Israelites were a nation of priests with some ministerial priests with them
Interesting answer. Thanks.
The Calvinists didn’t die out in South Africa. We still exist, known until recently as The Church of England in South Africa, now REACH-SA (Reformed, Evangelical, Anglican Church of South Africa. The split happened in the 19th century when the Reformed separated from the Anglo-Catholic (Desmond Tutu) version.
Interestingly, even within the high church, there are many maverick congregations in Cape Town which are solidly Gospel orientated, and vehemently oppose the likes of abortion and homosexuality, unlike Tutu. The rest of the high church probably gets its best theology from its hymnology.
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