New US church leader says homosexuality no sin
Good for her.
I don't talk about it much, but I do consider myself to be Christian, insomuch as I was raised in the Baptist Church by a very devout mother (she was actually ordained as a minister while I was in college). Mythology has fascinated me ever since I was a little girl, and I don't have as much of a problem with paganism (and porn--let's not forget the porn) as my mother would like. I'm the type of throwback to believe all those old traditions that managed to survive to the present day.
Despite all that, if pressed, I would still call myself a Baptist.
But the Christians in the news are always crazy and seem to have their heads up their asses, and I find myself on the side of the non-religious more often than not.
So it's nice to see someone who to me, has actually gotten the point: "The Bible has a great deal to teach us about how to live as human beings. The Bible does not have so much to teach us about what sorts of food to eat, what sorts of clothes to wear-- there are rules in the Bible about those that we don't observe today," she said.
"The Bible tells us about how to treat other human beings,and that's certainly the great message of Jesus -- to include the unincluded."
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Bishop Schori, God bless you and your family. Best of luck to you during your time as the head of the US Episcopal Church. I certainly hope your election is a sign of a more tolerant and inclusive church.
I don't talk about it much, but I do consider myself to be Christian, insomuch as I was raised in the Baptist Church by a very devout mother (she was actually ordained as a minister while I was in college). Mythology has fascinated me ever since I was a little girl, and I don't have as much of a problem with paganism (and porn--let's not forget the porn) as my mother would like. I'm the type of throwback to believe all those old traditions that managed to survive to the present day.
Despite all that, if pressed, I would still call myself a Baptist.
But the Christians in the news are always crazy and seem to have their heads up their asses, and I find myself on the side of the non-religious more often than not.
So it's nice to see someone who to me, has actually gotten the point: "The Bible has a great deal to teach us about how to live as human beings. The Bible does not have so much to teach us about what sorts of food to eat, what sorts of clothes to wear-- there are rules in the Bible about those that we don't observe today," she said.
"The Bible tells us about how to treat other human beings,and that's certainly the great message of Jesus -- to include the unincluded."
(parentheses mine)
Bishop Schori, God bless you and your family. Best of luck to you during your time as the head of the US Episcopal Church. I certainly hope your election is a sign of a more tolerant and inclusive church.