Is it possible that most of the discussion about UCA Assembley Res 84 is about saving the church rather than following Jesus? To be honest, I don't give a damn about the saving the church as it is, but I do care about saving the world from falling into despair and self destruction. It seems to me that such issues as third-world debt, trade injustices, environmental polution, slavery (yes, it still exists and there are now estimated to be more people in slavery than there were in the seventeenth century) and all those other issues where some people use and abuse others for their own satisfaction. It does seem that Jesus' concern was for the poor and oppressed, not Judaism - and as for the idea that He started Christianity, let's get real, eh! If some people in the church don't believe they can stay in a church that accepts gays and lesbians into leadership positions in the Uniting Church, OK, I'll go with that. Do they want to leave or do they want me to leave because I hold a different position to them? Perhaps Ross Kingham has a point. I think I've lost interest in the debate because it's only a very small part of the big picture. Are there others out there who want to focus on the real issue - helping to set free the oppressed and downtrodden, helping the blind to see? Peter
Peter & Jan Elliott 26 Crowe Place Cootamundra NSW 2590 Phone: 02 6942 1212
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