Tag: Rowan Williams

Church of England, Church of Trans

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WHY DO BISHOPS AND PRIESTS THINK THEY OWN THE EUCHARIST? – BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY

Male and female created He them.  Genesis 5:2

“To be trans is to enter into a sacred journey of becoming whole: precious, honored and loved, by yourself, by others, and by God.”

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.  the Third Commandment

I missed this story when it first came out in April. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, signed this anti-Scriptural screed, authored by an “activist” for sodomy

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2022/april/ex-leader-of-church-of-england-calls-gender-transitions-sacred-pushes-for-law-that-could-ban-biblical-beliefs

And now … a senior bishop in that church sez they have “no official definition of what a woman is” because things like that “used to be self-evident” but now the times they are a-changin’, all these new “gender complexities,” dontcha know (https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2022/july/church-of-england-wont-give-a-definition-of-a-woman-blames-complexities-of-gender-identity).

Gee, if he ever needs a career change, we could offer him a seat on the Supreme Court. One of them doesn’t know what a woman is, either.

Is the Church of England even a church anymore? In light of  current public declarations, I think we’re more than justified in asking that.

‘A Sobering Thought’ (2018)

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Look at the passion poured out–for abortion. Who wants to get into a debate with these wackos?

We are given different spiritual gifts. Life would get kind of boring if we were all the same.

I have not been given the gift of verbally fencing with atheists and enjoying it. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, excelled at it–and he did it without making anybody angry. Now that’s a gift. My friend and mentor at Chalcedon, Martin Selbrede, has it. But I don’t.

A Sobering Thought

So I once confessed that I had no desire to debate, and what that did was provoke a blizzard of angry comments from atheists, most of which had to be deleted.

They would have you believe they’re a mighty multitude: that they are the mainstream and Christians this weird little minority whose only function is to annoy them. Being in tight with teachers’ unions and Hollywood gives them a lot of high cards to play with. I was going to say “trump cards,” but that would only get them mad.

Debating Atheists

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My hat is off to Christians who can and do debate with atheists. I stood in awe when former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams debated atheist bigwig Richard Dawkins at Oxford–and won. Beat the bad guy on his home turf.

But of course he didn’t convert Dawkins, and I have yet to meet a Christian who says his arguments swayed any atheist–although I live in hope that someday I will.

Meanwhile, I don’t know how they do it. “I know I’m not going to convince the atheist,” says one, “so this is for anybody else who might be listening.” I salute that: stand up and cheer.

I can’t do it. To me, atheism never sounds like anything but High School Charlie “Look how smart I am,” blah-blah-blah. And I get emotionally involved, which makes my logic suffer. I don’t have the patience for it. You never make any headway with them; it’s like debating with a chair.

So I’m glad that others are able and willing to shoulder this burden. I am sure God blesses their honest efforts.