tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post7504139509417473883..comments2023-09-13T13:47:47.106+01:00Comments on The Changing Attitude Blog: After a week of Big Questions – the Communion still survivesAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163737925142519555noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-3637158561829050222010-03-02T12:37:02.975+00:002010-03-02T12:37:02.975+00:00This is as clear as mud. (a) The issue is about pr...This is as clear as mud. (a) The issue is about practice more than doctrine, and it is to the actual practice of so-called sodomy that most of the exception has always been taken. (b) If one does not believe in aiming at purity of practice, then where does one draw the line? Christians have always been diametrically opposed to anything-goes merchants. And saying that because we have not 100% understanding we will just follow our preferences and instincts is more convenient than honest. <br />After all, if we see through a glass darkly, that suggests a high probability that your own position lacks a sound basis. Which has not stopped you voting with your feet. Which suggests that the 'glass darkly' thing is not an issue you actually take seriously (it does not issue in your taking a cautious approach) but rather an excuse. Best wishes, Christopher Shell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-41291234270557142142010-02-19T23:13:30.133+00:002010-02-19T23:13:30.133+00:00Gee this recurring trope of doctrinal purity fails...Gee this recurring trope of doctrinal purity fails to sound, an oxymoron, except for a certain stream of far right conservatives. Surely we see through a glass darkly in this realm, and need to be as responsible as possible, especially for our judgements too quickly elevated to being God's closed, eternal-wrathful truth. Meanwhile, I think the messy mix will probably continue, willy nilly. Far worse, far meaner things are yet to arrive from the farther rights of USA conservatism at least; and as those leaders forcefully link up with global others, we get the rotten fruits of stuff quite unthinkably akin to the pending Uganda legislation. Thanks, though, for pointing out how oddly the positive vote for equal partner benefits broke through ... a sign of how volatile the messy mix is and will be? drdanfee/USA/TECAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-85915850509940039582010-02-19T14:04:54.822+00:002010-02-19T14:04:54.822+00:00Colin, it's beyond me why you present doctrina...Colin, it's beyond me why you present doctrinal purity and modelling generous love as mutually exclusive alternatives. Surely not one person could be found who could or would wish to support this mutual-exclusivity view logically? Best wishes, Christopher ShellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-42278480977249265352010-02-16T10:14:30.938+00:002010-02-16T10:14:30.938+00:00Bradley, it may be that other members of the audie...Bradley, it may be that other members of the audience commented to the conservative Christians in equally positive support of their attitudes.<br /><br />No-one ever says to me, 'those conservatives are right, you know'. I only ever hear people experience them as frighteningly obsessed and judgmental. Conservatives have success in attracting people of a smililar fundamentalist mind set. They might, I suppose, grow and extend their reach into UK society but I hope and pray to God they don't.Colin Cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030093527945687306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-56813526872874159942010-02-15T18:35:31.049+00:002010-02-15T18:35:31.049+00:00The studio audience though[t] conservative Christi...The studio audience though[t] conservative Christian views were shocking.<br /><br />I would like to be as positive about this as you Colin, but I think time will tell. Overall, their views will surely eventually die out.Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878086886816560424noreply@blogger.com