tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post8908350493502995853..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: My Twitter dialogue with Yes2WomenBishopAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-15146430850041798572012-11-05T16:11:48.390+01:002012-11-05T16:11:48.390+01:00Yes - that's just what I meant David.
Or bett...Yes - that's just what I meant David.<br /><br />Or better still, people assume that their change = progress, but it could be regress.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361261497867599745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-67508567359729584802012-11-05T15:19:51.529+01:002012-11-05T15:19:51.529+01:00Darren,
All progress is good, by definition. I th...Darren,<br /><br />All progress is good, by definition. I think you meant all change is not good. Some things are cyclical such as the length of hair, or skirts. There is a good passage in Screwtape on this. So let us advance or make progress in religion but the direction is the thing.<br /><br />David<br />West YorkshireDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05411510481652613673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-1881475560073898902012-11-05T12:28:20.760+01:002012-11-05T12:28:20.760+01:00There is a fundamental dishonesty to the campaigni...There is a fundamental dishonesty to the campaigning. Key to the argument to just get on with it is, "Most of the Church want it". But when most of the church DIDN'T want it, when ordination of women was voted down, the issue was raised again and again, until it went through. So why wasn't it decided then? Why are things only decided in a revisionist direction? Also, it's not a very catholic (little 'c') understanding of Church (capital 'c'), as a large part of the Church are in Heaven, & so haven't been consulted (although we can read what they thought on the issue).<br /><br />There is just an assumption that all progress = good. John's right, that the right question hasn't been asked. Why does this significant minority (along with the majority of conservative denominations) remain unconvinced, rather than just bland caricatures of them being a bit backwards.<br /><br />Darren Moore<br />ChelmsfordDarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361261497867599745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-21932640121556024632012-11-04T23:05:47.434+01:002012-11-04T23:05:47.434+01:00Absent a clear scriptural mandate or an honest the...Absent a clear scriptural mandate or an honest theology, they result to raw political power.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com