Tim asked "Shouldn't they be able to say no gay ministers?" My point is that it was a case where the church in question _is_ making the choice and it's to have a gay bishop. I was just pointing out that the Episcopalian Church is not part of the Catholic Church and thus isn't bound by Catholic dogma.
If you want to get into whether they are both Christian and thus must have the same rules about homosexuality, IIRC, while the old testament wasn't terribly kind towards homosexuals, the new testament is about forgiveness. And the majority of the Catholic doctrine against homosexuality is actually from the separate writings of St. Paul which are separate from the bible but canon to the catholics. If you want to take a step back and look at it from a sociological viewpoint, some of the teachings in the old testament/Torah appear to be reactionary to create a separation between the Jews and, say, the Egyptians or Romans. The lessons teach an opposition to things the Jews didn't care for in the people they were subjugated to. That's not to diminish the religion, just that every religion is in part a product of it's history. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > Episcopalians still follow the bible dont they? I am not sure > why you think Time thinks he is Catholic. > > Kevin Graeme writes: > > > In this particular case, it's the Episcopalian Church that > was about > > to explicitly say "yes" to a gay bishop. Different Church > than if he > > was Catholic. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:49 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > > > > > > > Wait. I have no problem with anyone based on sexual > > > preference, however, how can one claim to be a "Christian" > > > after the bible says sodomy is a no go, and god killed a > > > bunch of those that practiced it? Not to mention is the > > > church free to make whatever bylaws it wants? Shouldn't they > > > be able to say no gay ministers? I mean the military still > > > does and that's a government institution. > > > > > > Timothy Heald > > > Information Systems Specialist > > > Overseas Security Advisory Council > > > U.S. Department of State > > > 571.345.2235 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:40 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > > > > > > > Isn't that what's happening now, i.e., Laramie Wyoming and > > > the most recent > > > election fiasco with the Episcopalian Church. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > At 01:33 PM 8/5/2003 -0500, Doug White wrote: > > > > > > >If we decriminalized these so-called crimes what would be > > > left for the > > > >right-wing to do? Gang up on the homos? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
