tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post6425197796743271120..comments2023-04-22T04:38:17.566-04:00Comments on The King's View: Episcopal Church: Is it becoming a safe haven for gay activists?The Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424320367220769137noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post-35594025591303016352007-06-07T12:51:00.000-04:002007-06-07T12:51:00.000-04:00You'd needed apologize. Controlling atmosphere? Ar...You'd needed apologize. Controlling atmosphere? Are you anti-institution? Institutions are the basis for civilized society.<BR/><BR/>"Modern" Communities? You might hope for that (particularly if you are justifying a unique position or perhaps - your own), but most of us hope for a common set of standards that govern what is right and what is wrong or moral and immoral. And the natural order of The Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424320367220769137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post-60673823526751815232007-06-07T09:26:00.000-04:002007-06-07T09:26:00.000-04:00***had my views not been learned in Church, it wou...***had my views not been learned in Church, it would have been learned in school, community, politics and other places***<BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry. I expect institutions to reflect a narrow, controlling atmosphere, but I had hoped that modern communitites and schools would be more inclusive.<BR/><BR/>I read some of your other posts and found that you have two young children. I hope that they will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post-71350433288506000702007-05-27T07:33:00.000-04:002007-05-27T07:33:00.000-04:00I didn't say anyone in the Church should be preach...I didn't say anyone in the Church should be preaching the Bible. As for what you ask here, would take much longer than a few paragraphs to address.<BR/><BR/>But since God isn't going to send a rainbow with such a message, its not even a hypothetical worth considering. God sets the "laws" and we are meant to follow; Christ sets the example in the NT and we are meant to follow.<BR/><BR/>And by theThe Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424320367220769137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post-24493689494379399342007-05-26T20:22:00.000-04:002007-05-26T20:22:00.000-04:00I understand clearly that you have religious reaso...I understand clearly that you have religious reasons for your opinion. I understand that you feel anyone IN the church should be preaching the bible, as it stands. (until the next revision, or course.) <BR/>I was asking you to consider what your thoughts might be if they were not dependent upon the idea that a group of men had divine inspiration thousands of years ago. <BR/>If God suddenly sentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post-44431469704281346132007-05-26T15:30:00.000-04:002007-05-26T15:30:00.000-04:00I most certainly attend church and have read the b...I most certainly attend church and have read the bible often which is clearly WHY my stance is what is is. I'm going to assume you've not read it or you wouldn't be asking. Church attendance means nothing if they aren't preaching what is IN the bible. Convenient high ground? More like the moral high ground.The Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424320367220769137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631224513505926756.post-23508369518649210992007-05-26T11:11:00.000-04:002007-05-26T11:11:00.000-04:00Out of sheer curiosity, if you had never read the ...Out of sheer curiosity, if you had never read the bible or gone to church, what would your stance be on homosexuality? Are you so very against it because of a religious stance, or is that a convienient high ground from which to do battle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com