Interesting article from the Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/04/african-christians-church-of-england-gay-marriage-justin-welby
Quote:
"African Christians will be killed if the Church of England accepts gay marriage, the archbishop of Canterbury has suggested. Speaking on an LBC phone in, Justin Welby said he had stood by a mass grave in Nigeria of 330 Christians who had been massacred by neighbours who had justified the atrocity by saying: "If we leave a Christian community here we will all be made to become homosexual and so we will kill all the Christians.""
I find this very difficult to understand. On the one hand he says that the C of E has to be aware of this issue, and then he goes on to say (later in the article) that the church doesn't support gay marriage anyway! So it's just a plain NO, and why bring up the issue of the Africans?
Then there is this bit:
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"Welby also condemned homophobia in England. "To treat every human being with equal importance and dignity is a fundamental part of being a Christian," he said. Although he continued to uphold what he called the historic position of the church, of "sex only within marriage and marriage only between a man and a woman", he agreed with the presenter, James O'Brien, that it was "completely unacceptable" for the church to condemn homosexual people more than adulterous heterosexual people."
I'm trying to make sense of that too. On the one hand everyone is equal, but then gay people can't marry, which makes them less equal. And then we're adulterous even if we're in a stable monogamous relationship!
Just what thought processes do these people go through to come up with these gems?
Note to the mods:
1) I didn't quote too much of the article this time 'cos you didn't like it the last time
2) I gave my opinion this time 'cos that's what you asked for last time
So now you can't complain, right? Right.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/04/african-christians-church-of-england-gay-marriage-justin-welby
Quote:
"African Christians will be killed if the Church of England accepts gay marriage, the archbishop of Canterbury has suggested. Speaking on an LBC phone in, Justin Welby said he had stood by a mass grave in Nigeria of 330 Christians who had been massacred by neighbours who had justified the atrocity by saying: "If we leave a Christian community here we will all be made to become homosexual and so we will kill all the Christians.""
I find this very difficult to understand. On the one hand he says that the C of E has to be aware of this issue, and then he goes on to say (later in the article) that the church doesn't support gay marriage anyway! So it's just a plain NO, and why bring up the issue of the Africans?
Then there is this bit:
Quote
"Welby also condemned homophobia in England. "To treat every human being with equal importance and dignity is a fundamental part of being a Christian," he said. Although he continued to uphold what he called the historic position of the church, of "sex only within marriage and marriage only between a man and a woman", he agreed with the presenter, James O'Brien, that it was "completely unacceptable" for the church to condemn homosexual people more than adulterous heterosexual people."
I'm trying to make sense of that too. On the one hand everyone is equal, but then gay people can't marry, which makes them less equal. And then we're adulterous even if we're in a stable monogamous relationship!
Just what thought processes do these people go through to come up with these gems?
Note to the mods:
1) I didn't quote too much of the article this time 'cos you didn't like it the last time
2) I gave my opinion this time 'cos that's what you asked for last time
So now you can't complain, right? Right.