***From another Orthodox list: Saint John Chrysostom said that the proud
sodomite was an insane man, analogous to someone laughing and enjoying
himself, oblivious to the fact that he is ****d and besmeared with his own
feces. Sad to say, Gene Robinson demonstrates Saint John's point.
Anglican Acceptance of both Abortion and Sanctity of Life will Allow the
Creation of a Gay Church: Gene Robinson
By Hilary White
LONDON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Anglican Church is the
perfect
vehicle for creating a new "gay" Christianity by virtue of the fact that
it
is the only church that accepts the logical contradiction of asserting
both
the sanctity of human life and the existence of a right to abortion.
Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, whose ordination to the episcopate has
precipitated the ongoing schism between traditionally Christian Anglicans
and its ultra-liberal, secularized branches, is in London to talk about
his
vision for the homo***ual future of the Anglican Church. He was visiting
and
promoting his cause in preparation for the upcoming Lambeth Conference in
July.
He told an admiring audience in Putney, in southwest London, that
Anglicanism is uniquely suited to the establishment of the contradiction
of
homo***ual Christianity. "The Anglican tradition is uniquely capable of
holding two seemingly contradictory ideas together. Its position on
abortion, for example is that all human life is sacred. And, that no one
has
the right to tell a woman what to do with her body. Both are true," he
said.
The logical principle of non-contradiction, a basic philosophical concept
identified by Aristotle, is defined as the idea that two opposed things
cannot both be true. Aristotle put it that, "One cannot say of something
that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time."
It
is not possible, for example, for a person to both be in a room and not in
a
room at the same time. This principle is regarded by philosophers as one
of
the three first principles of rational thought, without which no assertion
of any truth is possible. Many Christian philosophers have noted that the
moral chaos in western societies has stemmed from the 20th century's
abandonment of this principle as the guiding force of politics and
religion.
Robinson is a long-time sup****ter of abortion. In 2005, he addressed
Planned
Parenthood's fifth annual prayer breakfast in Wa****ngton. He said then
that
the only way to defend the pro-abortion mindset is to reach out
religiously,
saying, "Our defense against religious people has to be a religious
defense.
.... We must use people of faith to counter the faith-based arguments
against
us."
He told Planned Parenthood, "We have to take back those Scriptures." He
spoke of "the need to teach people about nuance, about holding things in
tension, that this can be true and that can be true, and somewhere between
is the right answer. It's a very adult way of living, you know. What an
unimaginative God it would be if God only put one meaning in any verse of
Scripture."
In his talk in London and in a later interview with the Spectator's Theo
Hobson, Robinson laid out the precepts of gay Christianity in which
homo***uals, as an oppressed minority, are more capable of Christian
charity
than hetero***uals.
To lend biblical credence to his assertions, Robinson cited a passage in
John's Gospel in which Jesus tells his disciples they were not ready for
all
of Christian teaching. Robinson asserts that the acceptance of
homo***uality
was part of the teaching that the Holy Spirit was to give the Church
later.
He said that the growing acceptance of homo***uality in the churches "is
all
ultimately about is patriarchy â?" the beginning of the end of it. The
strength of the resistance tells us we're on to something." His book, "In
the Eye of the Storm", reiterates the homo***ual lobby movement's doctrine
that homo***uality is the equivalent of race or ***. He said it gives him
a
"little window into some of what it must be like to be a woman, or a
person
of colour, or a person in a wheelchair â?" and countless other categories
the dominant culture has controlled, diminished and oppressed". This
naturally leads to a greater capacity for "Christian empathy".
"Just as surely as Jesus called to his friend Lazarus to 'Come out!' of
his
tomb, Jesus called me to come out of my tomb of guilt and shame, to accept
and love that part of me that he already accepted and loved."
The Exodus story, he said, is "one of the greatest coming-out stories in
the
history of the world".
He admitted that it is possible for hetero***uals to sympathize with the
oppressed, saying, "It's not impossible, but it's harder."
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Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Homo***ual Episcopal Bishop Out to Claim Bible for Abortion-Rights
Activists
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/apr/05041802.html
Homo***ual 'Bishop' Attempts to Deflect Attention from Worldwide Anglican
Schism
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/sep/04091408.html
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http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08051611.html
The Rev. Charles A. Collins, Jr., S.B.R., M.Div.
Hospice Chaplain
"Jesus promised his disciples three things -- that they would be
completely
fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble." -- G.K. Chesterton
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