Your critics see you as an unrepentant liberal who supports the ordination of gay bishops. Are you trying to bolster the religious left?
No. We’re not about being either left or right. We’re about being comprehensive.
Woo! Madame is even more enjoyable here:
How many members of the Episcopal Church are there in this country?L
About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of children.
Episcopalians aren’t interested in replenishing their ranks by having children?
No. It’s probably the opposite. We encourage people to pay attention to the stewardship of the earth and not use more than their portion.
Translation: We Episcopalians are too smart and care too much about the planet to have all those kids, unlike those troglodytic Catholics and Mormons.
They may be dying on the vine, but at least they'll go out thinking well of themselves. Since there's apparently no hope of stopping the ongoing suicide of the Episcopal Church, I think I'll probably have to stop worrying about it on behalf of the good and long-suffering Episcopalian friends I have, and learn to enjoy this kind of thing. You really can't make comic characters like Bishop Schori up.
UPDATE: Sheer brilliance!
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Thank you, Susan S. It must have taken some effort to respond graciously to queries from a reader who was not likely to be persuaded to come over to your point of view.>
You seemed to be genuinely interested, and not baiting me for a fight. I appreciate that.>
The ECUSA is shrinking now to the tune of 1000 a week. Two of the largest parishes in VA are leaving, and the entire diocese of San Joaquin is on the way out. One of the reasons that Episcopalians are leaving is that Mrs. Jefferts-Schori has denied publicly that Jesus is the only way to heaven. One AP reporter actually asked her if she was Unitarian (to which many of us Anglicans responded "YES").
As to a refusal to call her a bishop, you can only be a bishop if the rest of the Anglican Communion says you are, and they don't.>
Mrs. Jefferts-Schori is not a bishop; she is a fraud. She is one of the reasons that I am one of the 1000 per week mentioned by Ann McCarthy.>
"you can only be a bishop if the rest of the Anglican Communion says you are"
Gee, and here all along I thought she was elected by the appropriate body. Does every single Anglican in the "communion" get to vote on such issues now?
"Mrs." indeed. Show some respect for your Elders.
"fraud" - ah yes, I had fogotten, the "christian" "charitable" response to dialogue. NOT!>
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