It’s time for me to come out of the closet

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I’ve decided that I’m tired of hiding my true feelings, of pretending to be someone I’m not, of living with the shame of concealing my essential nature. So here goes.

I am convinced that:

Same-sex marriage is bad for society. Marriage is meant to create a family. A family is meant for bringing up children in a manner that strengthens society. A same-sex ménage does neither.

Sexual relations between members of the same sex is intrinsically unnatural, a product of the Fall, not a design facet of God’s creativity. That goes for penguins, too.

Sexual relations between members of the same sex is forbidden by the Bible; Christians who are determined to twist Biblical prohibitions to suit their purposes do so at their peril.

Children should be brought up in a family consisting of a married man and woman and their adoption by same sex couples is tantamount to abuse.

The Anglican Church of Canada, insofar as it has preferred societal whims on same-sex relations to Christian doctrine, no longer deserves to be called a church.

The Anglican Church of Canada, insofar as it has abandoned both the transcendent and the revealed Gospel in favour of temporal pettiness such as social justice, no longer deserves to be called Christian.

Bishops in the Anglican Church of Canada who are more interested in money and property and, hence, are pursuing both through litigating against Christians who follow their conscience, are no better than the money changers who were cast out of the temple. However, since they blend harmoniously with the ethos of the Anglican Church of Canada, there isn’t much point in casting them out.

Diversity is not inherently good and its opposite inherently bad. I have no idea who first came up with this potty notion, but I suspect it was someone who doesn’t fit in because he lives in his parent’s basement, has body odour and doesn’t get out much.

The same goes for inclusion.

Rowan Williams should trim his eyebrows.

North Koreans punished for insufficient grief

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North Koreans have enough to be miserable about, so it couldn’t have been too difficult to produce some crocodile tears when Kim Jong-il went to meet his maker. Nevertheless, those whose pleasure at the lunatic’s demise overwhelmed their ability to squeeze out the necessary number of tears have been duly punished.

From here:

Authorities in North Korea are reportedly punishing citizens – six months of hard labour – who didn’t mourn hard enough over the death of “eternal leader” Kim Jong-il.

Anyone who didn’t attend the histrionic mass gatherings in Kim’s honour, or who did attend “but didn’t cry and didn’t seem genuine,” could be subjected to six months in a labour camp, reports the South Korea-based Daily NK newspaper.

Being chastised for inadequate devotion to the beloved leaders of man-made egalitarian paradises is not new. The fear of being the first to stop applauding Comrade Stalin when he rose to speak was so great that a bell had to be rung so the Great Leader could be heard.

 

 

It’s odd how things tend to become reversed: it would make more sense to hear the applause at Kim Jong-il’s death and the weeping when Stalin rose to speak.

UK mayor found guilty of breaching equality rules

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It seems that in the UK even pumpkins have to be treated with the respect they deserve. You can read all about this latest troubling outbreak of pumpkinophobia  here:

A Baptist mayor who refused to judge a pumpkin-carving competition because it ‘glorified Satan’s angels’ has been found guilty of breaching equality rules.

Tom Wilson and his councillor wife Sonja turned down an invitation to judge the event in Nuneaton, Warwickshire because of their religious beliefs.

Councillor Wilson, who stepped down as mayor last May, said at the time that he did not think young people should take part in Halloween because it glamourises evil.

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His comments sparked outrage from pagan groups who complained to the council that his comments were ‘inaccurate and likely to cause distress.’

Now, Cllr Wilson, who is in his 60s, has been found guilty of three breaches of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council’s conduct for members.

Bishop Philip Poole illustrates the essence of the Occupy Movement

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From here (Page 12):

The Occupy movement began as—and, fundamentally, continues to be—a protest against the growing gap between rich and poor, the increasingly appalling concentration of wealth in the hands of a few at the expense of many.

And here is Bishop Philip Poole giving his pictorial illustration to the occupiers in St. James Park on the increasingly appalling concentration of wealth in the hands of bishops who earn over $100,000 per year. While the poor soul puffing on – well, whatever he is puffing on – can’t even afford a chair to sit on.

The last sin standing according to Katharine Jefferts-Schori

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The Episcopal Church doesn’t pay much attention to personal sin, but there is still at least one sin over which TEC laments, according to presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts-Schori. It seems that anyone who disagrees with the prevailing dogma that human activity is causing global warming is committing a sin:

 

 

For those interested in searching for vestiges of orthodox Christianity in the KJS interview, the whole thing is here. I didn’t have much success.

The Anglican Elvis

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From here:

Atop his head is, what he calls, North America’s biggest comb-over. In his wallet is a Memphis sheriff’s badge, an honour bestowed upon him by the city where he preaches and performs several times a year. In the palm of his hand is a congregation that really does love him tender.

Elvis Priestley isn’t just in the building; he’s filling it with charisma, boundless joy and a heartfelt, deep-knee-bending rendition of “How Great Thou Art,” a gospel number once recorded by some other guy named Elvis.

It’s Sunday morning at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 426 in Newmarket. It’s where Priestley — a.k.a. Archbishop Dorian Baxter — has been holding services since 2003 when he founded Christ the King, Graceland, Independent Anglican Church of Canada.

But this day is special. For the first time since Baxter was forced out of the mainstream Anglican Church for the Elvisian spin he put on his sermons, the birthday of the real Elvis Presley falls on the anniversary of his church. Presley would have been 77 on Sunday.

Fancy that: forced out of the Anglican Church of Canada for his “Elvisian spin”. So much for inclusion.

 

Question: when is reciting The Lord’s Prayer a criminal activity?

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When someone is offended by it, of course. In this case, Peter Ferguson who believes it violates his right to freedom of irreligion when said at the beginning of council meetings.

Peter Ferguson seems to think he has been called to a vocation of sustained whining, so, to help him overcome this affliction, the council should read an entire chapter of the New Testament as well.

From here:

A one-man battle to stop a southern Ontario county from reciting the Lord’s Prayer before council meetings is heating up once again.

Peter Ferguson has been trying since last March to convince Grey County council, north of Toronto, to “obey the law” and abandon the prayer, and will be repeating the plea when a new council sits in February.

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“I find that so laughable. So what if I’m the only person?” Ferguson said. “I believe in the rule of law and I can’t believe that I have 18 councillors and one MPP sitting around saying we just make the laws, we don’t enforce them. They are criminals and I don’t think that word can be repeated often enough.”

Holy Torrents

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Sweden has recognised the Church of Kopimism as a legitimate religion, making its rituals protected by Swedish law. The only problem is, “kopyacting”, peer to peer files sharing, often of pirated material, is one of the “rituals”. The church also holds Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as sacred symbols.

I can’t quite decide which is sillier: the Swedish Church of Kopimism or the Anglican Church of Canada.

From here:

It was founded by 19-year-old philosophy student and leader Isak Gerson. He hopes that file-sharing will now be given religious protection.

“For the Church of Kopimism, information is holy and copying is a sacrament. Information holds a value, in itself and in what it contains and the value multiplies through copying. Therefore copying is central for the organisation and its members,” he said in a statement.

“Being recognised by the state of Sweden is a large step for all of Kopimi. Hopefully this is one step towards the day when we can live out our faith without fear of persecution,” he added.