he weird thing is...
i had hoped that the assembly resolution of allowing the presbytery to state their sexual ethic and to base decisions on a case by case basis AND noting that there are people in the church who have come to different points of view on the issue was a step forward and would allow us as a church to live together for a little while longer so we could actually continue to search through the issues. unfortunately there continues to be a push towards having ONE stated view. reminds me of the big ASCM/EU split back 100 years ago with one group coming to internal disputes over whether or not they should have a "statement of faith" some said yes and went to EU and some went no and stayed with the ASCM. im starting to come to the idea that as people we are inherintly silly, we continue to battle these types of issues together until we do split... maybe a split is inevitable, perhaps we are just silly... i wonder what the rest of the un-churched world makes of a Church which has to exist in different forms to please others, whether it be Roman Catholic, Anglican, UCA, Church of Christ, AOG.... if i were an un-churched person im sure that all i'd see is a whole pile of people that apparently believe in the same god that just can't get along, so much so they have to have different names, liturgy, process... wouldn't really fill me with a great lot of confidence in the Church (big C) that is for sure. i'm happy to live with people like my father and others who dont agree with me, but that is not the issue... are we ALL able to live with one another? if not, im pretty sure all we'll see is a split followed by another split followed by another...all because other issues come up that people dont agree with. sounds like a community that i really am starting to doubt that i want to belong to. we MUST live together. we MUST survive together. we MUST continue to be UNITING. or this is just a mask that we wear... we have to find the space to sit and be together or it's all a facade. shalom darren --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.550 / Virus Database: 342 - Release Date: 9/12/03 ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
