tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post8839601847590377219..comments2024-03-28T19:03:49.275+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: What is good for Uganda's goose is good for TEC's ganderPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-59343157430169833212011-02-02T21:46:24.292+13:002011-02-02T21:46:24.292+13:00Hi David,
I now see your point and will rewrite sl...Hi David,<br />I now see your point and will rewrite slightly.<br /><br />I shall follow the progress of Mexico re TEC and Covenant!Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-1245988422999837442011-02-02T21:44:12.971+13:002011-02-02T21:44:12.971+13:00Perhaps you should look into what you wrote, becau...Perhaps you should look into what you wrote, because as written, it appears that you think that there are contexts where homophobia would be appropriate.<br /><br /><i>Your own church has signed to the Covenant and that is encouraging, in my view. Are you encouraged by that signing?</i><br /><br />That is a reaction brought about by our national personality to not rock the boat or cause problems for others. "Can't we all just get along?"<br /><br />Do not read too much into Mexico signing the Covenant. We were Episcopalians a mere 16 years ago and TEC still has a financial commitment to ACMexico. Mexico would never betray our mother church.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-27455902050987223012011-02-02T21:24:09.799+13:002011-02-02T21:24:09.799+13:00Hi David,
I spoke of some easy certainty around a ...Hi David,<br />I spoke of some easy certainty around a list of things, not one thing alone. If I were speaking of that one thing alone I would not have used the word 'easy'. The list includes some things which some of us are uncertain about, such as the extent of homophobia in Ugandan society. Not having lived in Ugandan society I am not prepared to rely on media reports alone for the good and bad characteristics which make up that society.<br /><br />The point of my post does not rest on the word 'easy' but on whether we are consistent across the Communion in our approach to what we believe, raising the question whether the Covenant does not serve us well in respect of that consistency.<br /><br />Your own church has signed to the Covenant and that is encouraging, in my view. Are you encouraged by that signing?Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-66808217691182275612011-02-02T21:16:35.327+13:002011-02-02T21:16:35.327+13:00Brydan, I equate all of the things that I used to ...Brydan, I equate all of the things that I used to replace homophobia as moral evils with homophobia. Perhaps the two of you could enlighten me, in which human context would homophobia not be wrong?Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-12354441156553261702011-02-02T20:21:05.250+13:002011-02-02T20:21:05.250+13:00Me thinks David that perhaps thou dost protest too...Me thinks David that perhaps thou dost protest too much - because thou dost not like where the dots are truly going in Peter's post ...Bryden Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619512328964399016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-51150619027109794482011-02-02T19:35:57.740+13:002011-02-02T19:35:57.740+13:00Yes, David, I think many Anglicans have easily com...Yes, David, I think many Anglicans have easily come to those conclusions.Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-19740385063468084882011-02-02T16:52:24.042+13:002011-02-02T16:52:24.042+13:00The first thing that I have trouble getting past i...The first thing that I have trouble getting past is this;<br /><br /><i>the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Uganda have absolute certainty that homophobia is (a) wrong in all human contexts,</i><br /><br />the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Never Never Land have absolute certainty that racism is (a) wrong in all human contexts,<br /><br />the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Never Never Land have absolute certainty that slavery is (a) wrong in all human contexts,<br /><br />the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Never Never Land have absolute certainty that misogyny is (a) wrong in all human contexts,<br /><br />the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Never Never Land have absolute certainty that genocide is (a) wrong in all human contexts,<br /><br />the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Never Never Land have absolute certainty that sex trafficking is (a) wrong in all human contexts,<br /><br />the easy manner in which a great number of Anglicans outside of Never Never Land have absolute certainty that infanticide is (a) wrong in all human contexts,<br />...Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.com