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Chewbacca · 08-06-2003, 03:27 PM

I've been following this in the news, last night it was FOX cable news. In interviews with several of the conservative commentators, Anglican spokesmen compared this current situation with the previous use of scripture to relegate women to second class status and how that all changed 27 years ago.

They also held the opinion that the Holy Spirit and community had more weight than scripture when deciding church policy and that scripture is widely open to interpretation.

It seems they beleive acting upon conscience is more important than acting out of arbritary interpretations of scripture and for that I salute them. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

This church as survived these changes of conscience before and I believe they can handle this one as well.

08-06-2003, 03:27 PM	#10
Chewbacca Zartan Join Date: July 18, 2001 Location: America, On The Beautiful Earth Age: 51 Posts: 5,373	I've been following this in the news, last night it was FOX cable news. In interviews with several of the conservative commentators, Anglican spokesmen compared this current situation with the previous use of scripture to relegate women to second class status and how that all changed 27 years ago. They also held the opinion that the Holy Spirit and community had more weight than scripture when deciding church policy and that scripture is widely open to interpretation. It seems they beleive acting upon conscience is more important than acting out of arbritary interpretations of scripture and for that I salute them. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] This church as survived these changes of conscience before and I believe they can handle this one as well. __________________ Support Local Music and Record Stores! Got Liberty?