More Hegelian twaddle from Rowan Willliams: Anglican-Hindu dialogue

From here:

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Douglas Williams is hosting a dialogue with five Hindu swamis (ascetics) in Bangalore (India) on October 20. The aim is to “to engage in discussions for mutual understanding.”

Note that Rowan isn’t talking to – sorry, dialoguing with – these worthy swamis with the intent of converting them to become followers of Jesus, but for “mutual understanding.” Evidently feeling flushed with his recent successes at creating mutual understanding between the liberal and conservative factions of his own church, he is intent on creating a AnglHindican, an abomination from the transcendent version of the Island of Dr. Moreau. Come to think of it, though, he didn’t have much – any, actually – success in his own church, so perhaps he has just decided to tackle something easier.

As Rajan Zed points out:

Rajan Zed, the President of Universal Society of Hinduism says “The dialogue may help us vanquish the stereotypes, prejudices, caricatures, etc., passed on to us from previous generations. As dialogue brings us reciprocal enrichment, we shall be spiritually richer than before the contact.”

As every good liberal Christian knows, Christ died on the cross, not to wash away our sins, but to vanquish stereotypes, prejudices and caricatures. I think that is in the gospel of Judas somewhere.

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