{"id":28866,"date":"2021-03-04T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T20:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=28866"},"modified":"2021-03-04T16:28:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T21:28:18","slug":"a-bishop-a-professor-and-a-layman-walk-into-a-chatroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/a-bishop-a-professor-and-a-layman-walk-into-a-chatroom\/","title":{"rendered":"A bishop a professor and a layman walk into a chatroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had this exchange with Bishop Peter Carrell, bishop of Christchurch New Zealand and Polynesia, on twitter. I thought some of you might find it interesting. To be clear, I like Peter Carrell even though I largely disagree with him. There aren\u2019t many bishops who would bother with this.<\/p>\n

It all started with this cartoon retweeted by the bishop:<\/p>\n

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To which I replied, and he replied etc. (sorry about the duplicate bits – that’s twitter):<\/p>\n

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What does all this mean? We appear to be speaking two different languages. Or perhaps we are using the same words to mean different things. Or we live on different planets. Either way, the gulf between us appears to be as broad as the one mentioned in Luke 16:26.<\/p>\n

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