Posted by
Steven Barrett on Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:02:46
Stop the Press!
In my previous posting I complained about the activities of the Institute for Religion and Democracy (IRD) as they concern the Episcopal Church (TEC). Well, something came to light that had me do a lot of rethinking on this subject.
First of all, to any IRD employee or board member who might've caught my posting: My sincerest apologies.
It's come to my attention that the former Presiding Bishop, Frank Griswold, signed on to a a document which gave the church's bishops a green light to go ahead and elect a non-celibate homosexual as bishop BEFORE V. Gene Robinson was elected Bishop of New Hampshire (of all states!) And Griswold went ahead and did this knowing full well it would violate the letter and spirit of the Windsor Agreement (1998) in which the Anglican Communion put a hold on gay bishops, gay union blessings, etc.
Sometimes Americans can take their exceptionally too far, and Griswold not only waved his flag, but practically shoved it in the face of the rest of the world, especially the traditionalist African primates who oppose casting a bind eye to scripture when it comes to homosexuals.
(As of yesterday, the African primates under Nigeria's Abp. Peter Akinola, declared the Communion "broken" and refused to "sit at the table" with Griswold's controversial successor Katherine Jefferts-Schori.)
This high stakes game was rigged from the start and it began not from the offices of the IRD, but Frank Griswold's pen.
This is what happens when the arrogance of the so-called Baby Boomer rebels of the Sixties become the establishment the rest of us is expected to go along with their schemes, scripture, natural law and comity be chucked to the wind if need be. And woe, even a world of woes, can be expected by anyone who dares to challenge their wisdom in the public and elsewhere. This is especially true for people who live in college towns dominated by hard-core leftist ideologues who wouldn't hesitate to flash their Ph.Ds before the world if for no other reason than ego satisfaction than to also stifle all questions of their "expertise" ahead of time. Question these "progressive" thinkers and shakers of opinion and policies? Who'd be so nutty to question them?
Well, in that case, lock me in the nearest nuthatch. I'll question them.
Trouble for most of these pedigreed ideological lions prowling throughout both houses of God and halls of academe, they're far too clever and "educated" beyond their real level of intelligence.
Time to really start swimming the Tiber.
N.B. - Links to hyper-linked sources will eventually come. I've been made aware that my Missus is eager to use this machine for other (and far-less controversial) pururposes.)
I'm a real klutz when it comes to bouncing around the web, and all the skill it takes to do the job in little time. Perhaps I should hire out a teenager to do this kind of work. The last time I set out to link my sources, I did so without "saving' ahead of leaving this page and poof -- all my work of a half-hour vanished into "anyone's-guess-where-land."