Mercnbeth
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~F.R.~ The target audience of the interview: quote:
Asked in an interview with the Muslim lifestyle magazine... (Originally sited source)
Personal Perspective given September after the September 11th attack on NYC documented in a a book he wrote, 'Writing in the Dust', offering reflections on the event. He claimed that terrorists "... can have serious moral goals". He rationalizes their actions; "It is possible to use unspeakably wicked means to pursue an aim that is shared by those who would not dream of acting in the same way, an aim that is intelligible or desirable."
(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/15/wbish15.xml )
The self description of the ABC: "...a self-professed "hairy lefty," a Christian socialist." (Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630227,00.html )
Documented hypocrisy regarding homosexuals in the Anglican Church: quote:
Until July 2003, Williams seemed prepared to make Canon Jeffrey John, an openly gay man in a committed, celibate relationship, a bishop. But after a tremendous outcry on the right, Williams held a six-hour meeting with John, who withdrew his candidacy. Williams had already called an emergency meeting of the Anglican leadership over the U.S. Episcopal Church's election of Gene Robinson, also gay and in a committed relationship, as bishop of New Hampshire. The months that followed set a pattern. The Americans consecrated Robinson. Williams, facing conservative demands that they leave the Communion, endorsed milder requests such as a promise, for now, to make no more gay bishops and bless no more gay marriages. The Episcopalians made ambiguous gestures of compliance, but in 2006 elected as their presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who had supported Robinson's elevation. Today Williams calls Robinson's election — absent any prior general decision allowing the ordination of people in same-sex relationships — "bizarre and puzzling." "His heart is where it's always been," says Welsh Archbishop Barry Morgan, a good friend. "His natural sympathies and theological understanding are on the side of those who are gay." And yet Williams insists that churches should not outpace the Communion's consensus. Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630227,00.html
In the face of Sharia Law enforcement in Saudi Arabia and most recently in the Sudan where a teacher is subject to "only" 40 lashes resulting from naming a stuffed bear, Mohamed:quote:
A British teacher in Sudan is facing punishment over a child's toy. Because she had committed an "innocent mistake" of letting her pupils' name a teddy bear Mohamed, an act that is said to be insulting the Islamic prophet, a British school teacher was arrested in Sudan and could be facing 40 lashes. Source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009270829 ...the idea of anything of value coming from a church leader is absurd.
The Pope, the various Ayatollahs and Mullah's, Christian Evangelists, and the ABC; only have the size of their flock to distinguish them from Jim Jones. Worse is what they have in common, they generate hatred from their sheep. They want their followers to offer up their suffering in this world with the promise of an "eternal reward" while themselves living in golden palaces, Lambeth Palace in the case of Dr. Williams, in this one.
A definition of "high moral ground" coming from this source is not worth debating. His agenda, both political and personal, are well documented.
Better to debate the "high moral ground" of any organization, better referenced as 'industry', with religion as is product. Take away the religion industry and thousands who have, or will die, today because of these competing industries, would have a better chance of survival. The "high moral ground" would be the elimination, not of religion or belief, but of these corrupt and immoral businesses.
< Message edited by Mercnbeth -- 11/26/2007 12:40:21 PM >
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