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Anglican Church splits in two over gay issue! Is the Presbyterian Church next?


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A new church representing almost half of the world's 80 million Anglicans has been officially formed, posing a serious challenge to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The organisation created by traditionalists - called the Gafcon movement after the Global Anglican Future Conference which led to its creation - will retain ties with Dr Rowan Williams and will technically remain within the global Anglican Communion.

But it is also likely to lead to orthodox Anglicans severing all links with the main churches in America and Canada, whose liberal leaders are blamed for sparking the current crisis by breaking with the Bible's teaching and by consecrating openly gay clergy and blessing gay "marriages".

The movement's leaders will include at least two Church of England bishops as well as the heads of leading African, South American and Australian churches, and it is said to represent 35 million worshippers worldwide and so spell an end to the "colonial" domination of Canterbury
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23 responses // Anglican Church splits in two over gay issue! Is the Presbyterian Church next?

  • It's God's blessing that is bring this about. For if it were right there wouldn't be a such a difference of opinion within something that is supposedly sanctioned by God.

    He may work in mysterious ways, but he's not cryptic.
    J_Jammer
  • Jammer, you have to concede that reading of the Bible, even by this new conservative facion, is already pretty selective.

    Genocide, Stonings etc... They're all in the Bible, and you don't, I'm sure, accept these as 'god's word'. I should also refer you to a recent study which suggests that the brains of homosexuals "look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex".

    See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7456588.stm

    I assume that your own objection to homosexuality is based on the idea that it is a choice, when most people now see that it is not.
    rwylie
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  • Jammer, I think this is just the beginning. Oil will not mix with water.

    Satan has always tried to destroy God's family from the beginning.
    soleil10
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  • By your 'Oil will not mix with water' comment, do you mean that you believe that absolutely everything in the Bible, Old and New Testaments, is God's word, and therefore okay with you?
    rwylie
  • Good try !!!

    What I meant is that + and + will not mix with + and -

    It is like electricity, or the atomic bomb, you will get a short or an explosion.

    All I am saying is that throughout the whole bible from the beginning in Genesis, God makes it clear why he created men and women and the purpose of the family.
    All major faiths , inspired by Godl also support this.

    Please do not be a lawyer and try to dissect every word in the bible for argument sake.
    soleil10
  • First point: You simply cannot reduce questions of humanity to simple concepts like positive and negative; I haven't seen many Gay couples explode walking down the street.

    Secondly, if God valued heterosexual families so much, why did he even give us the ability to be homosexual?! Or is that beyond is power, which I though was meant to be absolute? I mean he created the universe right, so why not this relatively simple matter of human behaviour?
    rwylie
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  • I must agree with your point about Studies: many so called 'studies' should be checked very carefully.

    But surely you cannot suggest that because some studies are dubious, that this one I referenced, which comes from a reputable source, is definetly wrong.

    The good thing about studies is that they can be tested, and retested again and again: If this same result came out, can you honestly say you would put them all down to propaganda. Please, give me an honest answer.
    rwylie
  • No, not all studies are propaganda.

    From what I read about this study, the information was very limited. My first question was: Did they test the same people while they were small babies, young children, adolescents, young adults etc..

    The pro gay media came up with sensational news reports about this and I became suspicious wihtout further information.

    Just a month ago, we were brainwashed that a man can be pregnant and have a baby.

    Even Oprah made money on that one.

    Please understand that I have to protect my sanity
    soleil10
  • I didn't see that about the pregnant man, that does sound hillarious I admit.

    I did actually think about that: If scans were made on a significant number of infants, and a link could be found between sexual preference then that would be compelling evidence indeed. However I must raise the moral issue of treating humans like lab rats.
    rwylie
  • religion == lol. Hopefully it will destroy itself before it takes out the rest of humanity and life.

    XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.
    aquamammal
  • United States Exports good bad and urgly. I don't really blame Canada, they are helpless, maybe there are not enough oposite sex to prevent acute cold
    chike
  • soul ill- for someone who dislikes gays so much, you seem to post about them an awful lot. Is there something you're not telling us? Or rather, is there something you're not telling yourself?
    VitaminB2
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