tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post493255619286286437..comments2024-03-29T06:50:31.433+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: I wonder if God finds it oddPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-61239553400704521312009-09-11T16:43:26.669+12:002009-09-11T16:43:26.669+12:00Truth is the first casualty of war, and unfortunat...Truth is the first casualty of war, and unfortunately too many Anglican pundits are treating the sensitive matter of Communion relationships as a war and not as a broken relationship in need of healing.Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-88551235438142554762009-09-11T09:29:27.923+12:002009-09-11T09:29:27.923+12:00Peter - Naughton's words surely come dangerous...Peter - Naughton's words surely come dangerously close to bearing false witness. His views on theological 'conservatives' include, I presume, +Durham.<br /><br />In an interview with the left-wing UK magazine New Statesman, +Durham stated: "doing God in public is not about someone kneeling down and saying their prayers, and God saying, 'Go and bomb Iraq.'" He has been critical of US foreign policy on a number of occasions.<br /><br />Denying climate change? In the same interview he stated, "If it is true that the whole world is now God's holy land, we must not rest as long as that land is spoiled and defaced. This is not an 'extra' to the Church's mission. It is central." <br /><br />On capitalism - developing world debt is "the dirty enormous scandal of glitzy, glossy western capitalism".<br /><br />http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/04/wright-church-world-god <br /><br />A quick Google search of 'NT Wright + creationism' led to the following comment:<br /><br />"I studied him very intensely for a few months, and found out his denies Creationism. He says while Paul believed in an Adam and Eve, they could have been at a previous stage of human evolution than Homo sapiens. He believes that women should be pastors and Bishops because some Greek scholars think that one of the 70 people Christ sent out (according to some ancient church lists) could have been a woman. He thinks charging interest is evil, and that the rain forest is being destroyed for 'the needs of Empire'. I could go on, but I'm frankly disapointed that while I was in South Africa people who call themselves Reformed not only read this guy, but can't see that he's just another apostate European socialist".<br /><br />http://www.theamericanview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1066 <br /><br />I would suggest that Naughton's analysis is as balanced and accurate as that of the above commentator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com