tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post5222921535085363026..comments2023-09-13T13:47:47.106+01:00Comments on The Changing Attitude Blog: Archbishop accused of abrogation of responsibility in gay debateAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163737925142519555noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-3901073858296851762009-10-16T23:51:15.410+01:002009-10-16T23:51:15.410+01:00Good for PSGood for PSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-60619259260600645392009-10-14T23:20:05.997+01:002009-10-14T23:20:05.997+01:00It was a while ago when I pointed out that the obs...It was a while ago when I pointed out that the obsession with 'keeping the instution together' and achieving equality within the Church were not likely to be compatible given the visceral loathing of some conservatives - and so a mutually agreed dicision made most sense<br /><br />The division will still happen, though the beast may stagger on for a good few years yet. In the meantime many of us have decided that we have better things to do with our lives than waste it within an institution which hates us at worst and regards us as a problem at best<br /><br />Whilst I understand why CA wanted to see both unity and progressive change, I think my fears have been entirely realised, and it has displayed that the strategy of rejecting all calls for an agreed and mutual divide was mistaken.Merseymikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231364271812168188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-10319571030359552262009-10-13T10:21:23.751+01:002009-10-13T10:21:23.751+01:00Thanks for posting Bishop Peter's reflections ...Thanks for posting Bishop Peter's reflections Colin - they are really helpful. We need the more progressive voices in the House of Bishops to be a bit more vocal - conservatives like ex Rochester, Winchester, Exeter, Chichester, Durham, Lewes, Willesden are more than happy to criticise ABC publicly. I am sure there are far more Bishops on our side in this debate. We all know about their pastoral sensitivity and support for gay clergy in their own Areas and Dioceses but so much of what they do and say is 'in private' or 'in confidence'. Thank God for rare bishops like John Gladwin - let's hope he's not replaced by some dreadful neo-conservative.father johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-42713049505030724232009-10-13T01:49:07.841+01:002009-10-13T01:49:07.841+01:00What is it about episcopal (male)clergy and beards...What is it about episcopal (male)clergy and beards? Overaged hippies? Trying to reach out to the Orthodox? Too lazy to shave? Trying to show that they're not in business, not "bourgeois", "uptight, middle class"?<br /> Whatever it is, it looks stupid.Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-65715428823508796702009-10-12T16:31:48.258+01:002009-10-12T16:31:48.258+01:00That spells out the ongoing and spiteful abuse dir...That spells out the ongoing and spiteful abuse directed toward LGBT Anglicans/others nicely...odd, our lofty/block headed Archbishop of Canterbury ends up being a initiator of crimes of hate, marginalizing and exclusion by simply excluding the thought of their REALITY...presto/changeo GONE from his views on ¨honesty and attentiveness in the present¨ Church. Dr. Williams doesn´t even have his feet on the ground and has little interest in the bothersome, vile and dangerous spewings (to fellow Christians) of +Orombi, +Akinola, PB Venables and the rest of the pro-active hatemongering Episcopate intrusive/vicious thieving group...irresponsible, ignorant, and greedily puffed up bishops who gladly walk right over the feckless, yet somehow deeply pondering about ¨difficulties¨ Archbishop of Zip!<br /><br />With the ABC´s kind of humility who needs a spiritual leader at all?Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.com