The Auckland Anglican church is a progressive church and, as such, supports same-sex marriage.
St. Matthew’s has a reputation for erecting strange billboards, so it is no surprise that it is at it again with this declaration of support for same-sex marriage plastered on billboards-in-the-city – what the church should really call itself.
As St. Matthew’s says: Welcome to a church like no other: a church of vertical inclusiveness:
They’re funny people in New Zealand. How long before their so-called inclusivity becomes compulsory, and not just “acceptable”?
I agree that human attitudes do tend to progress in this fashion. Remember the 60s, where everyone was exhorted to “be free”? Turned out that the standard-bearers only meant that you were to be free from the traditions and attitudes that they personally found inconvenient. Then, when they had you all freed-up and left in a meaningless vacuum, they moved in and plastered their own ideology all over you and yours; they just needed to clear the field, first.
You’re right, Pietro. These mass brainwashings are usually done in several steps, in which you are told that each incremental move is unrelated to the other. Bit of a shell game.
Bishops say gay billboard ‘confusing’
http://anglicantaonga.org.nz/News/Common-Life/Bishops-say-gay-billboard-confusing
Although I firmly believe that same sex marriages have no place in the Christian Church, it did make me chuckle when I saw this poster.
I love conservative Christianity. Unfortunately I find most conservative Christians to be dull and humourless.
That is why I love this website. I don’t always agree with everything that is posted here but I sure enjoy David’s dark and dry humour.
My favourite Christian bill board poster has to be the one that had a picture of Jesus on it with the words “you can’t find God’s gift to women in a singles’ bar.”
Probably appeals to little girls, and that may be the whole idea, because it looks vaguely stylistically like the Little Mermaid is kissing Cinderella.
Remembering what Gore Vidal said of it — doing well that which should not be done at all — this is an advertising coup.
It appeals to little girls.
It appeals to straight men: the two women (or lesbian) trope is a conventional male fantasy. As the Beach Boys sang, “two girls for every boy.”
It appeals, as far as the humour goes, to people who don’t get out much and who otherwise would object to the message. So, it’s getting past their defences.
The question is how far does the church’s “not caring” extend? A group of five or ten joined in holy matrimony? How about incest? How about bestiality?
All these questions. Is the church open to supplying answers? Or is being gratuitously provocative all that interests them?
Just a screaming freakshow, as someone put it at Taki’s Mag in an article, “God’s frozen people” a little while back. It has no other significance.