New Posts For Thread: Interesting flip-side....http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....I'm wondering why didn't some of the far-leftie guys in our church follow what this church did...news.yahoo.com/gay-led-los-angeles-paris...Dutch and Rob:I am merely recalling the response of TEC members, both lay and clergy, to the attitudes and actions of the General Conferences held every three years between 1973 and 1982 in which I was deeply involved with TEC in that decade. They wehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519967167#519967167Dutch and Rob:I am merely recalling the response of TEC members, both lay and clergy, to the attitudes and actions of the General Conferences held every three years between 1973 and 1982 in which I was deeply involved with TEC in that decade. They weTue, 22 May 2012 20:38:25 -0500So very true. But those who speak, publicly, in variance to the "stated word" are quickly silenced. Consider Hans Kueng (sp) as a prime example.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519965867#519965867So very true. But those who speak, publicly, in variance to the "stated word" are quickly silenced. Consider Hans Kueng (sp) as a prime example.Tue, 22 May 2012 19:27:24 -0500One wonders though, just how united those up front in the RC church are united...what is said publically and what one holds as beliefs privately can be 2 very different things, especially when the private never becomes public for fear...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519963257#519963257One wonders though, just how united those up front in the RC church are united...what is said publically and what one holds as beliefs privately can be 2 very different things, especially when the private never becomes public for fear...Tue, 22 May 2012 17:42:57 -0500Roo,I think it depends on how you define "The Church" If you're defining it as the people in the pews, then yes, TEC is all over the map on most issues, and our hierarchy reflect that diversity. OTOH, if you define The Church as that small handful ofhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519958373#519958373Roo,I think it depends on how you define "The Church" If you're defining it as the people in the pews, then yes, TEC is all over the map on most issues, and our hierarchy reflect that diversity. OTOH, if you define The Church as that small handful ofTue, 22 May 2012 15:19:38 -0500TECies tend to be a bit more circumspect about their positions & pronouncements.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519953475#519953475TECies tend to be a bit more circumspect about their positions & pronouncements.Tue, 22 May 2012 12:58:55 -0500Grobit;Even back during my time with TEC, the Church had taken on the reputation of "deciding to not make up it's mind" on certain crucial issues. What we see here now is a church distinctive in having no distinctives. Catholic Christianity has certahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519951653#519951653Grobit;Even back during my time with TEC, the Church had taken on the reputation of "deciding to not make up it's mind" on certain crucial issues. What we see here now is a church distinctive in having no distinctives. Catholic Christianity has certaTue, 22 May 2012 12:14:54 -0500Nah, I'm just sick of people using the three-legged stool as an excuse to come up with anything system they please when there is already one set up. If someone wants to do that, they are welcome to start their own denomination. [/quote]That's why TEChttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519933595#519933595Nah, I'm just sick of people using the three-legged stool as an excuse to come up with anything system they please when there is already one set up. If someone wants to do that, they are welcome to start their own denomination. [/quote]That's why TECMon, 21 May 2012 21:15:44 -0500Nah, I'm just sick of people using the three-legged stool as an excuse to come up with anything system they please when there is already one set up. If someone wants to do that, they are welcome to start their own denomination. [/quote]That's why TEChttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519932525#519932525Nah, I'm just sick of people using the three-legged stool as an excuse to come up with anything system they please when there is already one set up. If someone wants to do that, they are welcome to start their own denomination. [/quote]That's why TECMon, 21 May 2012 20:18:07 -0500How very "Roman" sounding.[/quote]Nah, I'm just sick of people using the three-legged stool as an excuse to come up with anything system they please when there is already one set up. If someone wants to do that, they are welcome to start their own dehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519931537#519931537How very "Roman" sounding.[/quote]Nah, I'm just sick of people using the three-legged stool as an excuse to come up with anything system they please when there is already one set up. If someone wants to do that, they are welcome to start their own deMon, 21 May 2012 19:21:32 -0500How very "Roman" sounding.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29117825/Interesting_flip-side....?post_id=519910791#519910791How very "Roman" sounding.Mon, 21 May 2012 08:02:12 -0500