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[wwidsith]

It was a frustrating drive to work this morning, listening to a long debate on the Today programme about the ordination of women bishops. A convention of the synod today will decide whether or not we will get any; over a thousand priests have said they will leave the church if women are allowed to become bishops. In case they start menstruating in

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[weofodthignen]

All religions of the world boil down to the so-called "Golden Rule", of treating other people the way you would like to be treated, and to the extent that we can be sure of anything a God might agree with we can be sure he agrees with that.Actually a common misconception. Indigenous religions tend to require one treat one's own well, and enemies badly; even the Old Testament distinguishes between murder (what they forbid in one of the commandments) and justified killing, but one could hardly say killing someone is something one would wish them to do to oneself . . . Jesus' changed this with his new overriding commandment to treat your neighbour like yourself. Although the Wiccan Rede is clearly an echo of it. The point of the Parable of the Good Samaritan is that this is one of the changes. Also have you read Hávamál

[wwidsith]

Wow...thanks for this long response. There is loads in here so I will just reply to some of these points