John Bryson Chane

John Bryson Chane

Episcopal Bishop of Washington

The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane is the eighth Episcopal Bishop of Washington, a diocese that encompasses 93 congregations and about 45,000 church members in the District of Columbia, and the Maryland counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, Charles and Saint Mary's. Before coming to Washington, the “On Faith” panelist was dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral in San Diego from 1996-2002. In Washington, he also serves as president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which governs Saint Alban’s School for Boys, the National Cathedral School for Girls, Beauvoir Primary School, the Cathedral College and the National Cathedral. Throughout his ministry, Chane has been active in projects addressing low-income housing needs, public education reform, poverty and health care reform issues. He also has worked with Episcopalian and charitable organizations around the world as a community organizer, board member and adviser. In San Diego, he was part of an initiative to strengthen ties with Hispanic church members. As part of that effort, he served on the Diocesan Hispanic Task Force and coordinated the “Church Without Borders” program linking the Diocese of San Diego with the Diocese of Western Mexico and the Anglican Church of Mexico. Chane, who earned his divinity degree at Yale Divinity School, enjoys playing drums in reunions with his old blues band, "The Chane Gang." Close.

John Bryson Chane

Episcopal Bishop of Washington

The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane is the eighth Episcopal Bishop of Washington, a diocese that encompasses 93 congregations and about 45,000 church members in the District of Columbia, and the Maryland counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, Charles and Saint Mary's more »

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Anonymous:

Yeah JOZEVZ, and tell them to give up that cheap imported Italian God while you're at it. Americans are the best at everything. At lying about speaking to God we're the best. Moses was a murdering crook and Muhammad was a piker. But Joseph Smith is real Americana.

JOZEVZ et al:

Hello Again Mr. J.B. CHANE, et al;


Interstingly Prez Wannabe, like Huckabee, John McCAIN had changed his Religion, from your Pre-Apocalyptic religion [Episcopalian] to Pre-Apocalyptic BAPTIST, and not Pre-Apocalyptic METHODIST. So, "i" have ye a simple Question, Even though the question is an APOCALYPTIC one:

Why is it that CATHOLICS & [Episcopalian] & BAPTISTs & METHODISTS can't seem to accept the [DYNAMIC, not STAIC like you's]

MORMON faith of Mr. & Mrs. PREZ Mitt Romney, et al?????

Please see some not prez hopefulls sweet & sour Mormon faces , just like ALL of You!!!!!

Question: What is the difference between a 'Lame-Duck, Donkey, & Elephant?

Answer: The Same Shia! & their is nuttin Sunni about them stinkers Either!!!


Daniel in the Lion's Den:

Christian fundamentalists don't believe that there is such a thing as "being gay," just bad people behaving badly. They don't believe in sexual orientation, and they therefore don't believe in "being in the closet" and therefore they don't think that their homophobic attitude drives people into the closet.

So, the answer is, "YES!" A closetted homo-sexual can be a church leader. In fact, they're all over the place.

BGone:

I couldn't agree more. What with all the ability to communicate the word of Devil shall not go unspoken.

http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul but don't expect to get much for it for the big money goes to those communicators communicating the word of the being in the burning bush, the father of Jesus to those demanding to buy tickets to hell.

Absolutely correct.

pseudo:

Concerned Shell Script Now Limited:

Either:

1. Your need to cut and paste is obsessive. In which case you should consult your physician,

or

2. You are actually a shell script. You should get an update to your string database.

BTW, say hi to Eliza and the kid bots for us (if you have her in your string-replace database).

Anonymous:

Gary:

Apparently the leader can be a heterosexual and engage in sex. Any restrictions?

Gary:

As long as he doesn't engage in homosexual acts, he can be a liar as long as he doesn't lie, promiscuous as long as he refrains from sleeping around a thief as long as he doesn't steal etc etc etc....

Tommy O:

Can the leader be a homosexual?
If not, why not?

Brian:

Superficial. Google "INTP"

Concerned The Christian Now Liberated:

The Prophet and the Archbishop were good and gracious men but were they leaders? Leaders educate and both failed in that regard. We "pew sitters" should not need to search for contemporary historic reviews of our religions. This information should appear in our Sunday bulletins, posted on our bulletin boards and discussed from the pulpits.

This is what should have been presented but was and is not being promulgated as required by our religious leadership:

A synopsis of the flaws in the founders and foundations of the major religions (for those that have not seen them before or did not take the time to look):

1. Abraham founder/father of three major religions was probably a mythical character as was Moses, the "Tablet-Man" who talked to burning bushes and made much magic in Egypt.

1.5 million Conservative Jews and their rabbis have relegated Abraham to the myth pile along with most if not all the OT.
http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/ConservativeTorah.htm

2. Jesus, the illiterate Jewish peasant/carpenter possibly suffering from hallucinations, has been characterized anywhere from the Messiah from Nazareth to a mythical character from mythical Nazareth to a mamzer from Nazareth (Professor Bruce Chilton, in his book Rabbi Jesus). Analyses of Jesus’ life by many contemporary NT scholars (e.g. Professors Crossan, Borg and Fredriksen, On Faith panelists) via the NT and related documents have concluded that only about 30% of Jesus' sayings and ways noted in the NT were authentic. The rest being embellishments (e.g. miracles)/hallucinations made/had by the NT authors to impress various Christian, Jewish and Pagan sects.

The 30% of the NT that is "authentic Jesus" like everything in life was borrowed/plagiarized and/or improved from those who came before. In Jesus' case, it was the ways and sayings of the Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, OT, John the Baptizer and possibly the ways and sayings of traveling Greek Cynics. http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html

For added "pizzazz", Catholic/Christian theologians divided god the singularity into three persons and invented atonement as an added guilt trip for the "pew people" to go along with this trinity of overseers. By doing so, they made god the padre into god the "filicider".


3. Mohammed was an illiterate, womanizing, lust and greed-driven,warmongering, hallucinating Arab, who also had embellishing/hallucinating/plagiarizing scribal biographers who not only added "angels"/"pretty thingies" and flying chariots to the koran but also a militaristic agenda to support the plundering and looting of the lands of non-believers.

This agenda continues as shown by the assassination of Bhutto, the conduct of the seven Muslim doctors in the UK, the 9/11 terrorists, the 24/7 Sunni suicide/roadside/market/mosque bombers, the 24/7 Shiite suicide/roadside/market/mosque bombers, the Islamic bombers of the trains in the UK and Spain, the Bali crazies, the Kenya crazies, the Pakistani “koranics”, the Palestine suicide bombers/rocketeers, the Lebanese nutcases, the Taliban nut jobs, and the Filipino “koranics”.

And who funds these acts of terror? The warmongering, Islamic, Shiite terror and torture theocracy of Iran aka the Third Axis of Evil and also the Sunni "Wannabees" of Saudi Arabia.

4. Luther, Calvin, Joe Smith, Henry VIII, Wesley et al, founders of Christian-based religions, also suffered from the belief in/hallucinations of "pretty wingy talking flying fictional thingie" visits and "prophecies" for profits analogous to the myths of Catholicism (resurrections, apparitions, ascensions and immaculate conceptions).

5. Hinduism (from an online Hindu site) - "Hinduism cannot be described as an organized religion. It is not founded by any individual. Hinduism is God centered and therefore one can call Hinduism as founded by God, because the answer to the question ‘Who is behind the eternal principles and who makes them work?’ will have to be ‘Cosmic power, Divine power, God’."
The caste/laborer system and cow worship are problems when saying a fair and rational God founded Hinduism."

6. Buddhism- "Buddhism began in India about 500 years before the birth of Christ. The people living at that time had become disillusioned with certain beliefs of Hinduism including the caste system, which had grown extremely complex. The number of outcasts (those who did not belong to any particular caste) was continuing to grow."
"However, in Buddhism, like so many other religions, fanciful stories arose concerning events in the life of the founder, Siddhartha Gautama (fifth century B.C.):"

Archaeological discoveries have proved, beyond a doubt, his historical character, but apart from the legends we know very little about the circumstances of his life. e.g. Buddha by one legend was supposedly talking when he came out of his mother's womb.

Bottom line: There are many good ways of living but be aware of the hallucinations, embellishments, lies and myths surrounding the founders and foundations of said rules of life.

JOZEVZ et al:

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