Women as Second-Class Christians
Women are not allowed to become clergy in many conservative religious
groups. Is it hypocritical to think that a woman can lead a nation and
not a congregation?
It is not a hypocritical sign so much as it is a uninformed sexism in the Christian Church as well as a sign of how irrelevant many parts of Christianity are in the world of today. Great Britain had a woman prime minister before the Church of England had a woman priest. How absurd can a people be?
Roman Catholics base their opposition to ordaining women on the antiquated idea that women cannot represent God before the altar. Is God male? Is there some part of the male anatomy that women do not possess that is somehow particularly Godlike? Pope John Paul II also said that since Jesus did not choose any women to be his disciples, women could not be priests. Two things are wrong with this. First it is not correct. Mark, Matthew and Luke all assert that Jesus had female disciples who followed him all the way from Galilee. Second, Vatican leaders do not seem to understand that Jesus did not choose any Poles, Germans, Irish or Italians. The priesthood of that church does not look like Jewish fishermen with an occasional tax collector thrown in. We are not literal about any other distinction other than the gender of the Twelve. It is strange, given the weight that the Vatican puts on those Twelve, that the New Testament cannot even agree on who they were.
Conservative evangelicals base their opposition to ordaining women on literal texts from the Bible. They seem not to notice that those literal texts also support slavery, suggest that women are the property of man, call for the execution of willfully disobedient children, adulterers and homosexuals. If we took those texts literally few would be left among the living.
It is time for the dated prejudices of human beings based primarily on the fear of being different, to cease receiving the dignity of a cover from either the Church or the Bible. We need to call those prejudices what they are - evil!
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Posted by: god | September 16, 2008 7:52 AM
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Hey all you Catholics - we're all still waiting for the first female priest, Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal, or possibly Pope?
And we know it's never going to happen - the Church is a 2000 year-old Theocratic Patriarchy. Let's be honest here. Sure, women are allowed in the pulpit these days, but still no Roman collar!
And the sacraments are still a man's job.....
How is it that Roman Catholics here feel free to attack Bishop Spong when you've got all these issues, and much more besides, to deal with?
Posted by: common sense | September 8, 2008 12:32 PM
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The Sixties are over, "Bishop" Spong. Get a life.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 8, 2008 8:50 AM
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Do you see that word "Former" before the name Former Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Newark.
He is a "Former" because he is a liar and is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Follow him at your own peril.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 8, 2008 5:00 AM
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Vote: EC{lat-arian Party for Gridarian Democracy & Trans{finite Prophecy Here We come! :
Att: L A Z A R U S @ 6:08 PM ;
"Synergetic-less Split-Minded Psychosis or Double Standard Psychosis & or Religio Jealousy Psychosis & or "Pre-apocalyptic Syndrome ye Surely Hath!
September 7, 2008 6:49 PM
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Response to Anonymous: “ Anonymous:
Many times I have heard from the pulpit how some Christian's like to pick some scriptures here and there to live by. You know, like Home Town Buffet. Putting yourself out there with a hodgepodge answer leaves some of us wishing you would just keep it to yourself. There is a question I have thought about during this run for the White House, what candidate would be able to stand up to the "Churches" qualifications according to Timothy 3:1-13. Verse two eliminates one candidate already.
September 7, 2008 5:18 PM
Att: A N O N Y M O U S @ 5:18 PM;
Which Timothy: 1 or 2?
September 7, 2008 5:29 PM
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Defend, Love & inherit holy Cosmic nebula-made space-ship earth, not tenach,bible,quran,gita:
Att: R A V i T C H, The Normal:
iNteresting: Me 1st Marriage (out of 3; hence "i" believe in Marrige between a real Mavorite-Mr, & a real Sporade-Ms) was to a "Primitive Baptist" who was 17 , and who got Preagnant by straddling my back & neck holding me back! & "i" was [inexperienced] 21. Yes, We have a 'Red-Head born in Atlanta, Ga., at the time.
Note: Suppose "i" did Pull Back? Thanks to me Ex, Then "i" would never had had a Son. And if ye think about, that 'Pulling-out' or even Comming via Condom" that that is tantamount to, maybe an ABORTiON!?? My Son Potentiate would of wound-up on his mothers belly or spent in a condom!??? What a Waiste of HEURiSTiC/a/o's {Souls] aye??
Ps: For this Reason, the "CLERGY(s)" & their Congregants/Assperants of America Should Refrain & Stay the heck away from SECULAR MORALiTY!
DO-NOT involve ye Biblical Morality (tautology) in the Secular SEXUAL-RiGHTs business! And not via gender 'Preferential", or Sex 'Orientational', but in the BED ROOM too ! And
Please Divinity Degreed Evangelicals_Nationals & Followers & similarly selfserved & situated folk, in Americ; Stay the Heck away from SECULAR GOVERNMENT Biz!
Hence the APOCALYPTARiAN's CREED:
"Modern [SECULAR] Morality is Superior To Any Biblical [Theocratic] Morality!"
Note: Mr. R. A. Mohler et al; Please leave ROE Vs. Wade Alone. It does not need Fixing! It is O.K., Besides, your Prez/Boy-BUSH did not overturn Wade. And Ye Voted for him, Why???
Revelation: If ye want, Please make it illegal to Ejackulate outside of a vagina with NO Condoms! Or to Masterbate!!! Remember, this is murder too, if ye wanna get Mystical about it!!! OR
Let You & Family & Parishoners, Congregants , Big mouth Activists, Adopt, Support & care for ALL, Every & Any Baby Born (mongaloids too) , in America, that is NOT WANTED!! And while ye are it it Mr. Mohler et al, Ye all can Also Support all the Parentless & Homeless Here & Abroad Too! But No 'Faith Based , Tax Payers, Handouts, Intitiatives money either.
Hint: And Ye Church gets ZERO "Faith Based Initiative Help!" As a matter of fact: Vote to Abolish them 'Executive Branch issued & STATE Usurpationed "Faith Based Initiatives" Today.!
note: Apocalypticaly Speaking: O.U.R. "GENE-POOL" Count is Cosmically Limited, even unto , the "real END-OF-TiME", in +/- 2.2/3.3 Billion Years from Today!
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Oh, Something additionaly interesting:
"OBAMA" means the 'Blessed One" [Similar]. But
"AL-ABAMA" {were my 1st American "JO{KTAN}" childs, Mother was Born, Auburn/Opelika, Al.) means "EC{LAT}i" Chosen-Blessed" people too!
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Hear Ye Hear Ye, O' Sweet Sweet Americ, U.S.A. is TRULY (opposite of MYTH) now ONE!
HALLALUYA! Praise the Hol{i}-NO-Men & No-Wo-men!
Vote: Marriage is between a Real Man & a real Woman, not a Mr. & Mr. or Ms. & Ms.
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Thank-A-Schame!
By: {j}{o}{s}{e}{v}{z}{DOT}Us:
September 7, 2008 4:30 PM
======= R. Mohler Jr. (6th).
All Coments #119
On: Ec{lati-on, "Harmonic Convergence of A new-age" via the U.N. World-Faith Exchange body
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Please see this wiki linko "i" forgot to post at "September 7, 2008 11:52 AM".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_Convergence
Excerpt: "..The Harmonic Convergence is the name given to a world-wide esoteric-religious event which took place on August 16 and August 17, 1987. The event was centered on a number of "sacred" places throughout the world from Stonehenge to the Golden Gate Bridge where individuals calling themselves "light beings" gathered in an attempt to usher in a new era.
The date of the Harmonic Convegence was based to some extent on the Mayan Calendar with some consideration also given to European and Asian astrological traditions. The chosen dates have the distinction of marking an alignment of the planets of the solar system."
AND
http://home.att.net/~ag2kh/HarmConv.htm
Excerpt: ".. The Harmonic conversion is a trigger for an incredible spiritual re-birth on our planet, involving the whole planet, bonding to mother Earth for a major spiritual surge. I'm not sure how its going to happen, whether it's going to be the Rapture effect, whether it actually happens during August, or whether seeds are sown for a gradual change over the next few years. Something is happening, we're all right in the middle of it, we have to think about the family of man and that is what the age of Aquarius is all about..."
---- E N J O Y! H A L L A L U Y A! Praise The Hol{i}-No-Wo-Men!
Thankyou Great great great great Grand-Ma/Pa-Milkmon Galaxy! Thankyou Great Great Great Ma/Pa-NEBULA! Thank You Great great Grand-Ma/Pa-SOLOAR/Sun! Thankyou Great-Ma-Pa-Earth(s) of Many!
---- By: {j}{o}{s}{e}{v}{z}@Us:
O.rdained R.elationship M.inister [ORM}, Revelator & Defender of the 'Holy Cosmic Feeler Faith, aka 'Ho-Co-Fe-Fa' System; a belief like a religion, yet better & a Lover of "O.U.R.-B.O.T.", ala the Holy-Cosmic Bible, aka "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion B.ook O.f T.rans{Finity}"
September 7, 2008 12:41 PM
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Anonymous:
Apocalyptically Speaking that, It's not SARAi Palin's turn to be Americas "2nd Lady!" If any. Yet that honor should've goneth to Sister Condaleeza Rice as MCcains vp mate! Not SARA!
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Please keep in mind that Prophetically spaketh, that a "..WOMAN [Hillary Clinton] will Lead Humanity to Glory...", unto HEALiNG OF NATiONS, Global Peace & many more GOOD TiDiNGs. Not SARAi Palin. Or False/imposter wannbe Copy Cat. So this Freudiand Bhaviour by John Sneakaroo Mcain is a FALSE Prophecy! This includes Geraldene Ferrara (not meant to be). like a 4 Year Purgatory, It s BIDEN's time to be V.P.! wait unto 2012+!
Note: in our "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion B.ook O.f T.rans{finity" [O.U.R.-B.O.T.] philosophy, that "EC{LAT-ARiAN-ity" , via OUR Holy Cosmic Feelers Faith [Ho-Co-Fe-Fa System], a belief, like a religion, but better, does say that "It Will be the WOMEN's Turn to Lead the MEN...!"
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Note: Biblically Revealing (opposite of Secret or Hidden from Us) and Speaking [yes, "i"m giveth a Sermon on Cyberspace via WAPO here this Sunday & will continue too every week] THAT
acording to Tenach's Novel-Star & 1st selfserving Rabbi or REV., Mr. MOSES (who had a Cosmic Given Divinity Degree?) that his (not OUR) Biblio Character, Madam 'SARA', not Condaleeza, aka Sister of Mr., eponymous Rabbi, Abraham
pimped-out his own flesh & blood to Kings. Hence, Biblically Speaking, 'HOW' JUDEO-JU's & JUDEO-CHRiSTS & JUDEO-ISLAMICs hath accumilated their Wealth, to enforce their (not OUR) Drunkin Racist Noah Storys and ViA the "SARA" PROSTiTUTiON Storys. Hence
'WHY" SARAi, at first blush, could 'not bear' child by her own Brother ABY (1/2 or not). Because of Too much coochypooing! by pimping Sara around with them non-Circumsized kings, Royalists, Shieks. Wow, Talikin Bout the MOTHER OF HARLOTS! Wow! Forget Babylon!
iF YE not believe "i" , then please see Any imported Pre-Apocalyptic Judeo-Ju, Judeo-Christ religious Bible book, starting @ GEN:12:10. (This was 'how' justified the Prostitution of SARA by Abraham) according to god Player (not O.U.R. G-D). AND
Please see Any imported Judeo-Christ/Judeo-Ju biblio @ GEN:12:11. (Before entering AEGYPT, Abe sais to his sister, " I know you are Beautifull...) And
Please see Any imported Judeo-Christo/Judeo-Ju Biblio book @ GEN:12:12. (Abe said, "When the Aegyptian MEN see you , don tell them I am ye Brother, but instead ye Husband. Wanting you for themselves (Arab Menatlity), they shall KiLL ME, but they will keep ye ALiVE..") AND
Please see any imported Judeo-Christo-Judeo-Ju biblio @ GEN:12:13, @ Gen:12:14, Gen:12:15-16.
Note: According to the ABRAHAM NiGHTS STORY's, via That MOSES, the Ex-CON, Fugitive & Murderer & Novelstar & god Player of all such Bollixing storys, FREUDiANTLY slipped & finally penned (never Cosmically):
@ GEN:12:17 Jealously saying,
"The LORD OF THE JUDEO-JEW(s)..
[aka ex-Pagan Meloch/Chemosh/AMEN/AMON Child & Adult Sacrifdicers] ...
Plaqued the PHAROAH [like PREZiDENT G.W. Bush] and his PALACE [CONGRESS] with great Plaques , 'BECAUSE' of SARAi, Abrahams Wife!
--- iNCAMERA(secret):
@ EXODUS:20:5 & DEUT:5:9, that According to 1st JUDEO-JEW Terrorist ,a Rabbi YAWEH loving, Mr. god player MOSES, did FREUDiANTLY Slip & wrote?,
"I" your-Lord-god (not 'O.U.R. G-D) am a JEALOUS god!" (not OUR G-D). AND
According To Mr. Rabbi JESUS the Judeo-Ju, turned into a Judeo-Christo does admitt ,
in any bible/Tenach @ 2-CORiNTHIAN:11:2, , aka IICor:11:2-kjv et al;
Reveals (opposite of secret/hidden) saying, ""I" Am JEALOUS over YOU with 'godly' (not 'OUR G-D') JEALOUSY!"
Hence: At that Point, that JUDEO-JU(s) & JUDEO-CHRIST(s) & their Armys, include Judeo-Islamica ARMY, are No Different From JUDAiSM [aka PRE-Apocalyptic zionism, instead of APocalyptic-ZiONiSM!].
Remember: There is a night & Day Difference between "Us" 'EC{LAT-ARiAN' Nationals or 'JO{KTAN'-ians {aka Uniters} aka "EC{LAT-i-ON(s)" , aka APOCALYPTARiNA(s), but Prefer to be called HUE{MATE}'s on, Hol{i} Cosmic, NEBULA-Built, Space-Ship Earth(s);
NOT/NO/Zero are We, Apocalyptarian(s)Nationalis, related to them PELEG-ian Nationals (aka HJudeo-DiViders or Judeo-War Mongers on Space-Ship Earth; which We Apocalyptarians must DESTROY) :
If Ye Not/No berlieveth "i" then, please see any Biblio @ LUKE:12:51 & LUKE:14:26, not Bible(s), not Quran(s), not Git(s), Kangyurs, not Tench(s), Scruti's etc..!
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Ooopppssssaaadizy: Almost Forgot:
Hereunder is a REvelation, aka Apocalypse via Prophecy, who's TiMe is Cometh for All to see:
Please keep in mind this other Big Big FREUDiAN-SLiP-OF-GENuINE-PROPHECY , that them JUDEO-NiCOLAioTAN's (jealous enemy's of Us EC{LAT-Arian Nationals of America 2013+) sliped & wrote & sang @ JOHN:5:46-47,
"..had YE believeth in (MOZEUS who personally knew Father Adam & his siter Eve) ) him ,then Ye Would hath believed ME (JEZUES; who also personally knew Mr. Moses) , ..but if ye do-not-believe in 'HiS' (not O.U.R.) writings, then how? can ye believe MY {Jezeus) WORD(s)?"
iMPORTANTo: All of Them, so called LEADERSHiPs
[them "Biblio/Teanach/Quran/Gita/Tripitaka/Scruti.." BOLLiXERS, aka Word-Merchants, aka Situational Lyers, aka Doer's & Denyer's...]
Proclaim? that that Very Same Judeo/immam/Priest or Rabbi JESUS Krishna Yashua (whom hath a Cosmic Divinity Degree?, like his MOSES) to be the
'The-ONLY BEGOTTEN-SON' of the LEALOUS Bible/Quran/Tenach/Gita God
@ (i.e., JOHN:3:16) et seq.. BUT,
But, Mr. MOSES, JESUS's highest MENTOR/GURU/RABBi/iMMAM/PRIEST .., Freudiantly slipped & said,
"Thus saith the LORD/YAWEH of JEHOVA of ALLAH of KrISHNA of BUDDHA.., iSRAEL/JACOB is 'My' S-O-N, even 'MY' 1st-first-BORN"!!!!!!"
iF ye do not believe "i", then please see any bible/Tenach
@ EXODUS:4:22 et seq!!!
--- Note "HUE{MATE" Kinds Potentiates, Not HUMAN-kinds anymore: THAT,
According to Ye 'iNFiXUS-BOOKS" [Pre-Apocalyptic , man-made; Tenach, Quran, Gita/Tripitaka/Kangyurs etc..] THAT,
APOCALYPTiCALLY Speaking: We are at the 'promised' MiLLENiUM cross-roads, called the 'Ec{lat-i-on's "HARMONiC CONVERGENCE OF A NEW AGE" Dispensation!
Explanation: According to The Ec{lat-Arian "NEW-SONG", aka the AMERiCAN Made & Prophecied "O.U.R.-B.O.T., @ Sub-Section:3.1-3.14", and according to a 'Legend' of
the AZTECS, a god (not our G-D) known among Them as the "QUETZALCOATL" of 'WiSDOM' & 'PEACE' , set-up an AZTEC-CALANDATE begining in the Judeo-Christ Calander Year 843, That
Called for 22 periods of 52 Years each, amounting to '13' DiSPENSATiON(s) of HEAVEN, followed by '9' Dispensations of HELL. So
the 1st Period of such a HELL started with the invasion Of MEXiCO by CORTEZ in the "A.D." Year 1519 of the Judeo-Christo Dating Systen(s) ; AND
the last Period of such HELL concluded at Dawn, AUGUST.16th.1987, A.D., Thus 'Dawning' Space-Ship EARTH(s) with an APOCALYPTiC SUNRiSE!!!!!!!
interestingly, please see APOCALYPTO , a Movie, by Prophetic , "'Ec{lat-ion' Potentiate" Brethren Mel Gibson (note: He is not/N/zero anti-Judeo JU, Judeo-Christ, nor judeo-islamic, nor Judeo-hindu/buddhist.. Hater). So,
And this is what the JUDEO-CHRiSTS-ians call it, A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E, Meaning R-E-V-E-L-A-T-i-O-N from the SOURCE Of The Universe, aka EPONYMOUS EC{LAT + "i" = Life/Photons Awareness! So,
And this is what the JUDEO-iSLAMiCS of the EARTH (Musloms or Muslims), the NEW-AGE is to Become the 'Fullfilment' of the Z.i.L.Z.A.L predicted in their Scriptures/Suras (aka Westerly spelled Quran/Koran). note: ZiLZAL is tantamount to a 'SHAKiNG' of the World through beliefs of THE-PEOPLE , HUE{MATE's}, in connection wiuth their (not our) Creator! So,
And The HEBREW scripture/Pasuk Name for the Apocalypse & Dispensation Era is T.i.K.K.U.N, meaning the 'MENDiNG' of Relation-Ship(s) between Apocalyptic HUE{mate's, not Preapocalyptic Human's, & their god for the HEALiNG of The Nations World Wide! So,
And the HiNDU Scriptures (Stanzas) bear the name B.H.G.A.V.A.D, meaning the B.L.E.S.S.i.N.G through which the Prophets of god 'Move-On' to Fullfill PEOPLE-WiSE; and so, this "NEW-AGE" {EKClat-arianity} is the Hindu/Buddhist BHAGAVADiA!aka KINDULA.
iMPORTANT: Pre-Apocalyptically computed, that via Mystical ASTROLOGiCALLY thinking (not ASTRO-NOMY like in our Equonoxal Allignment knowlege) this "NEW-AGE" (via the world "interfaith-Nation"s) also marks the EARTHs shift from the impinging of the PiSCEAN-AGE (Pre-Apocalyptarianity) upon Us To the impinging of the AQUARiUS-AGE (Apocalyptarianity) upon Us, the END OF THe M.A.Y.A.N. calandate and the Begining of the M-i-L-L-E-N-i-U-M!
PERSUANTLY, "EC{LAT-i-ON"s [Apocalyptarian Nationals] , not "EC{lat-i-OFF"s [Pre-Apocalyptarian Nationals], WE HUE{mates can identify the thinking of OUR Humanity , before this New "iNSiGHT & PATTERN RECOGNiTiON" became the 'Starlight/photonics/Synapse' of O.U.R. Brains (Frontal lobe) and
"T.R.A.N.S.{F.i.N.i.T.i.Z.e.d" OUR ability to Space-Forthly fathom ANY Flaws in O.U.R-FAiTH {New-Song} , such as those compromising the 'OLD-STORY' of our Primitive Ancestor's (MEMETiCs as Progenators of OUR Gene-Pool) , as "PRE-APOCALYPTiC"! aka NiCOLAiTAN(s)!
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Paid For: By the U.S.A., 'JOC{TAN'-Eberu-Race ON Holy Cosmic NEBULA-Built Ma/Pa Earth! Not, No, Never via any PELEG {Dividers} Eberu Race Story’s anymore.
We , EC{LAT-i-ON's are a Prophecy Whose "TiME" (via Holy "TEMPERATURE") is Cometh, as Promised Us & as INHERiTENCE for ALL on this Holy Cosmic NEBULA-Built Ma/Pa-Earth(s) not via Quran(s), not Bible(s), not Gita(s) etc..!
Soo, Good Riddence Old-time Religions, competing & Hassling over a Name For their god (not O.U.R. G-D) as if be a genuine SYSTEM! Nice knowing YE SATANS/JiNNs/KALi/Durga...!
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H A L L A L U Y A! Praise the Hol{i}-NO-MEN & No-Wo-Men!
- From Jacob J....Z
(O.rdained R.elationship M.inister {ORM} & Revelator & Defender, of the "HOLY-COSMIC-FEELER(s) FAITH" {Ho-Co-Fe-Fa} , [A Belief like Religion, but Better thats based on TRUTH, opposite of MYTH system(s)] and a CRUXOLOGIST & BIOMENTALIST of the "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion Book of TRANS{FINITY}" (YE Immortal REALiTY on a Hol{i} Cosmic Move awareness). aka "OUR-BOT."
September 7, 2008 11:52 AM
======= R. Mohler Jr. (4th)
Beware Of Them NiCOLAiTAN(s) [ Them Divinity acting, enemys ], Amazing () No Grace!
Hark! "SECULAR-Morality" is Superior to any BiBLiCAL-morality, if Any!
Goodbye [Forever] All, Every & Any of ye Pre-Apocalyptic SuperStupidStitious PLURALiSTiC lovin , competing for a name for a [man-made] dead god system, instead of [innate] “ O.U.R. G-D“, aka E{CLAT + i = LiFE/Photon awareness, aka religio TRUE (opposite of MYTH) "SiNGULARiTY" religio SYSTEM!.
note: Only The Satan/Jinn/Devil/Kali/Durga wants [Plurality] aka "DiViSiON" of competing religion(s)/god(s). Tantamount to "PLURALiTY" of.
Please see, any, holy Bible @ LUKE:12:51. So,
RAbbi JESUS lovers Worship [Evangelicals Armageddon lovers] WAR/DiViSiON, instead of EKCLAHT! Hence
Why We ,EKCLAHTARiAN's Nationalis
(each a unique Frontal-Lobe Hue{mate}, aka A CiTiZEN/DENiZEN of O.U.R. Holy Cosmic NEBULA BUiLT Ma/Pa-Earth(s))
are all called "KHATAN"ians, aka "JO{KTAN' Nationals" of AMERiCA SpaceForthing & FutureBounded for the Prophecy of 2013+!
Note: Thee Cosmic UNiVERSE is our O.U.R. & innate & real 'Constitution' via "IT"s own 'CLAUSES' arising [for Us] from "IT"s very own LAW(s) OF NATURE. Something to Magnify, uphold & make Honorable unto real END OF TiME (via TEMPERATURE not clock) +/- 2.4/3.3 Billion Years from Today!
Goodbye Grand-Ma/Pa SOLOR-SUN!
Goodbye Ma/Pa GEOiD-EARTH!
Goodbye Sister LUNA/MOON!
Goodbye Brethren MARSHiN-MARS!
Goodbye Cousin Liquid-TiTAN! Etc!
-- HELLO , Hello another ESCHATOLOGiCAL POSSiBiLiTY MOMENT of the O.U.R. awareness via the DUE-TO-BE-[again] Hol{i} Cosmic Placement Machine, working Us in another World again!
Note: We "MAGMAPERCOLATED" via the "OCEANiC-MEGA-PLUME-WOMB" & We are immortal "HEURiSTiC/a/o"s (SOUL) that Eternally , Yet still MIMETiCally , 'Planet-Hop' to other-Worlds, as we appeared in the Past placements, the Current & thence the Future again via the "Non-Gravity Place" of the Holy Cosmic "5th Dimension of the Hol{i} 9th "TiME" (Through the MEDiUM of O.U.R. MiRACULOUS Holy 'TEMPERATURE' awareness, not clock nor space time thinking)
GATEWAY To something from Nothing & nothing to something! aka via O.U.R. "HOLY COSMiC-MiZAN OF THE UNiVERSE" {BALANCEng Act/Purpose} similar to Universal CONSERVATiON OF PARiTY, via Hol{i},Absolute HOT & absolute COLD, "TEMPERATURE" mixing, aka real "TiME", not Clock/space, balancing!
This is YE genuine MiRACLE Apocalyptic song & story, not Tenach, Bible, Quran, Gita, Kangyur etc.. Pre-Apocalyptic song storys!
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iMAGiNE: No more Hasling over a NAME FoR a manmade 'god(s)' instead of "O.U.R. innate G-D" Hence EKCLAT, the Not-JEALOUS & thus FEARLESS Hol{i}-NO-MEN! nor NO-WO-MEN!
Goodbye Bollixed Evilgelical Church's, Synogogues, Moaques, Temples, Places of Organized Worship etc.. & their Nationals!
Goodbye Judeo-JU's!, [Rabbi MOZEUS]
Goodbye Judeo-Christos! [Rabbi JEZUES]
Goodbye Judeo-Islamics! [Trader MUHAMMAD]
Goodbye Judeo-Hindus! [Poet VYASA]
Goodbye Judeo-Buddhists! [Prince GAUTAMA]
Goodbye Hethens! [Sons & Daughters of the Mother Of HARLOTS of Babylon}
Goodbye Pagans, Wicaanss, Witches, Shamans , Queers et al! [Sodom & gommorah vile folks].
--- H E L L O --
A P O C A L Y P T A R i A N i T Y!
[Thee final Religion() of All Religion(s)].
A Religion like, who's 'TiME' (via hol{i} 'TEMPERATURE' awareness , not man made clock thinking ) based on TRUTH (opposite of MYTH).
Fact: We "HUE{MATE}-kinds, not HUMAN-unkinds, are together forever with "SOURCE-ONE" (Eponymous 'EC{LAT' + "i" = LiFE/Photons Awareness) and that We are Students Forever, of "IT" (G-d), and We Hue{mate}s never graduate!
How about You?
WHEREFORE: Magnify, Uphold & Make Honorable the "O.U.R.-B.O.T." [the Religio of Everything before the Science of Everything]. The Last Wonder of the religio Song & Storys! A NEW-SONG, coming from All YE OLD-SONG storys!
Therefore: "Like A Caterpillar TRANSMUTEs into a Butterfly.." Tantamount to saying: "Once "i" was Lost, but now "i" am Found!" Hence, Never again say AMEN/AMON/AMEEN, instead Sing:
THANK YOU Great Great Great Grand-MA/PA Holy Cosmic Ma/Pa GALAXY Built-NEBULA, like OUR Grand-Ma/Pa Solor/sun SYSTEM was BEGOT of Many!
Most iMPORTANT: O.U.R. G-d, is neither-A "He"/him/his nor a "She/her. Simply sayth G-D is an "IT" being "iTSELF" in and of Us All! A genuine Birth awareness as Miracle & not/Never is "IT" an insane Biblical Sin/Curse Birth Story!
NOTE: Then, All them Judeo-Evangelical Christo Kids, are Born in Cursed/Sin story; , never OUR: Us 'EC{LATARiAN' -- NATiONALiS's MEMETiCs (posterity) of America!!
Remember: We Hue{mate}'s are All SON(s) & DAUGHTER(s) [MEMEtic's] of the Creator of Apocalyptic Hol{i}-PHOTON awareness , not Pre-Apocalyptic un-holy Biblical light Song & Storys!
V O T E: Sacred Marriage is between a real Man {MAVORiTE} & a real Lady {SPORADE}, never by a Man & a Man etc..!
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HALLALUYA! Praise The Hol{i}-No-MEN! [never is nor was nor can "IT" or "iTSELF" be, a HE or a She incarnate!
Praise the HOL{i}-Cosmic Fiat Lux! Not Beyond GENiSiS:1:1,2,3.
W A R N i N G:
W A R N i N G:
W A R N i N G:
Never Go Past or Beyond GENiSiS:1;1,2,3. Never! Or YE (you & World) will be BOLLiXED!
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Submitted: By the JO{KTAN} Eberu Race of AMERiCA & the 'EC{LAT-ARiAN' PLORETARiATE MOVEMENT 2013+.
For third time Originally Poste SEPTEMBER, 6, 2008, 6:34PM, but Jealously Deleted by Satans in wolfs Garb.
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Something on 'Organized Religious Leaders' acting as Religio Mafiosos Chiefs in USA:
Att: A N O N Y M O U S @ 12:19Pm.Today.
Interesting: Ye saith, ".. Why the double standard on the sanctity of life?
Why: Because Apocalyptically Speaking, and as mentioned, so so many times on WAPO, that Them 'Anti-Abortionist(s), i.e., EVANGELiCAL, aka Evilgelical(s), aka Jealousical(s), All Hath
"DOUBLE STANDARD PSYCHOSiS" & "Pre-Apocalyptic Syndrome" & or "Religious Jealousy Psychosis."
iMPORTANT: The 'Average' Evangelical, like Richard LAND & Albert Mohler , & similarly situated on 'onfaith'here that , all hath acute "Synergetic-less: Split Minded Thinking!"
They are Satanicaly Driven via Bible @ LUKE:14:26 & need a Rude awakening; even by using force if need be. And Driven by allthem RAbbi JEZEUS Lovers @ LUKE 12:51 (Evangelicals Churchs against Secular STATE/FED/Gov, and or Non-Evangelicals!
Their (not OUR) "imported" [un]godly Books , aka Bibles, Qurans, Gita, Tripitakas, Scrutis.. & also their (not OUR)so called "Religion" are "NOT MADE , nor Propheceid here, IN AMERiCA!"
They are an Insult to O.U.R. intelligence & a Direct & Indirect THREAT to Us "Apocalyptarian Nationalis", aka each is being a unique DENiZEN/CiTiZEN, justly for a TiME, on Holy Cosmic, Ma.Pa NEBULA-BUiLT, Space Ship Earth(s), of Many., aka S.S. GAiA, S.S. GEOiD, S.S. TELLUSng something.
Point: It is Time to Remove All of Their United States
[CHURCH(s) Encroaching on (willfull or Not) SECULAR/State Business, Modern Morality issues etc.]
'I.R.S. "Tax-Exempt Status's" (a SECULAR 501c3 Privilige, not a Right), starting with Rick WARREN's 4-Saddleback Churches in California, U.S.A. for attempting to stage a TELEvangelical Coup D Atat of OOU SECULAR Government in Sweet Sweet America; and for a Church Abstructing Justice via Anti U.S. SUPREME COURT [secular[ Biz!! and other , so called, Leagal Beaver Reasons!
PS: Let them So-called 'Anti-Abortionist' & their Organized CHURCH based Institution(s),aka diaquised as not for PROPHET, but PROFiT Business's, take care , or adopt ALL, EVERY & ANY wanted or unwanted 'BABY SYNDROMED" Child. This
includes Prividing Care for Sara Palins 5th Baby! Howq about thiose Poor moms with defective babys?
Note: These selfserving EViLGELiCAL , Anti-SECULAR & Anti-Abortionists, should foot the support, Costs, Expenses & or Bills therefrom, to ALL Mothers (re-godless) who bring about a wanted or 'unwanted' Hue{mate}. And Hello anti-Condum Vatican Church too!??
Note: And WE must make sure Them Evangelicals will recieve ZERO, nada , tax payed Hand-Outs, via any "Faith Based initiative" Moneys.
Vote: Reverse & Abolish Reagans/Clintons/Bush's "Faith Based Initiatives" EXECUTiVE Order(s)! THAT is what's Broken & thus needs a Prophetic FiXiNG 1st, et al! And
Vote: Fortwith to Legally REmove ALL, Every & Any thing that looks like a "CHURCH, or Religious, ESTABLiSHED" in OUR STRUCTURE OF THE Federal/State GOVERNMENT" and to
not/Never Allocate/Appropriate any Tax money's to Any Religio Member/Leadership there from: (Church(s), Synogogues, Mosques, Temples..). They must be left to fend on their own.
Specifically : PRiSON Chaplains, MiLiTARY Chaplain(s), Chuck Colsons PRiSON MiNiSTRiES , Evangelical Church owned or sponsored Private Prisons in U.S.A. etc,..et al..!
Fact: Evangelicals hold & Share, between themselves, 70% of the GNP in U.S.A! Talking about Pork Barrel, best interest etc..! Sham & Schame!
iNCAMERA(Secret) as long as that annual $2 Billion so called "Faith Based Intiatives" stays on the Presidential Bush's Executive order, That these CHURCH Leaders will 'ENRiCH Themselves & then use some of that money to Promote therir Agendas! Like re-Introducing 'Intelligent Designer Rabbi JESUS, the Creator Story's, etc..!
Note: These Religio Satanic Pre-Apocalyptic Mafios'o Leaders, will do anything (includes Lying, Trickery, Cheating, bribing, curruption..) to Promote & Enforce their (not OUR) Most EViL STORY EVER TOLD, aka the "DRUNKiN Racist NOAH Story's" et seq!
Like a Cancer, We need to Kill Their 'Imported Religion ([man-Made] SYSTEMS, competing & Hassling for a name for 'their god', instead of 'OUR [innate] G-D').
Goodbye JERUSALEM!
Goodbye VATiCAN!
Goodbye MECCA!
Goodbye CANTERBURY!
Goodbye HELLENiCS!
Goodbye TiBET, NEPAL, ARMiSTAR etc..
Goodbye PAGANS, HETHENS, Wiches, Wicaans, Shamns, Voddoists..
H E L L O: NEW YORK! The Cradle Of 'EC{LAT{ARiANity}, a 'Holy Cosmic Feelers Faith. (Ho-Co-Fe-Fa) is Prophetically Borneth! And the Center of the O.ne U.niversal R.eligion: B.ook O.f T.ransfinity" (O.U.R.-B.O.T.), aka The Hol{i)-Cosmic-Bible!
Vote: For "The Religion of Everything, before the Science of Everything."
Vote: For the "SiNGULARiTY" of All Pre-Apocalyptic PLURALiSTiC Religio as Belief or Faith Based, System(s) on Space-Ship Earth Today!
A Apocalyptic genuine MONO (innate) G-D System(), never again a Pre-Apocalyptic PLOYTHEistic (man Made) as if TRUE (opposite of MYTH) god System(s).
--- VOTE: i.e., To illegalize All 'iMPORTation' [not made in America] of the KiNG James Version {a monopoly owned by QUEEN of England & Canterburys} un-holy Bible(s) & all ritual Paraphenelia & their (not OUR) Accessarys.
-- Remember the "'EC{LAT{ARiAN' CREED"
"MODERN-Morality (APOCALYPTARiANiTY) is Superior to ANY BiBLICAL-Morality (PRE-Apocalyptarianity) SYSTEM!"
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Sponsored by the "JO{KTAN}" Nationalis Party U.S. Of A." & by the "EC{LAT}ARiAN MOVEMENT" for Gridarian Democracy & Trans{FiNite} CiCiLiZATiON, 2013+!
Originally posted September 6, 2008 3:27 PM, but JEALOUSLy deleted.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 7, 2008 11:13 PM
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It may seem that John Shelby Spong is ignorant of Genesis Chapter One Verse Five. The Verse says "God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day." Spong asks in his post "Is God male?" The Genesis verse is clear. Spong also claims that many parts of Christianity are "irelevant." Christianity is based on faith in the Son of Man as Savior and in affirming, sustaining, and keeping the commands of the Son of Man. The Bible, the true and inspired Word of Yod Yahweh Jehovah says in Second Timothy Chapter Three Verses Sixteen and Seventeen that "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." It is clear that Yod Yahweh Jehovah intended His Divine Will to be communicated through His Word. His Word is the Holy Scriptures which are the antecedent of faithful Christian living. Each Scripture and each Christian action has value and is therefore not irrelevant. The Bible is clear that Jesus Christ chose men to be the Twelve Apostles. Women also believed in Jesus Christ and in their belief in Him obtained salvation from Him. When Pope John Paul II said that Jesus Christ chose men to be His disciples, it is clear through criteria of the Verse of the Holy Bible in Mark Three Fourteen and Fifteen which says "Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach and to have power to heal sickness and to cast out demons..." that Jesus Christ intended the first Twelve disciples to be men. Also, Spong calls the commands of the Bible which call for gays to be deserving of death an "evil" when it is clear that the Verse says that all those who practice such things are deserving of death (Romans 1:32). The true evil is the gay act itself. Spong, if he can read, should. The Bible is clear. Believers do not, if they are strong, have a fear of being different but rather an affirmation of faith. Believers can reveal their characters, principles, and values, and do not need to hide. Fear is a Satanic construct when not about the notion of survival fear. The Bible says in Verse Eighteen of First John, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love." In Verse Eight of First John the Holy Bible says "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love." A strong believer does not need to fear or hide as is the inference of Spong's asinine assertion. Absent of reason, Spong's effort is disavowed. The Bible is clear.
Posted by: BarryFitz | September 7, 2008 9:30 PM
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Thanks Fr. Larry. You seem to have stopped the comments. With what you have said, especially when you bring up Leviticus. Throw in a little Romans and Genesis and that says about all regading behavoir. It is not easy being Catholic. A person can always be a Protestant. People like Pelosi, Kennedy, and Kerry profess to be only for the status but aren't practicing Catholics.
Posted by: catholic convert | September 7, 2008 5:28 PM
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Where did Pope John Paul II say "Jesus did not choose any women to be his disciples?" You seem to be responding to something he never said.
Your comment about European ethnic groups seems to be irrelevant, as well. If Jesus had been part of a distinctly Italian religious tradition from ancient times, he might have chosen only Italians among the twelve. In fact, since the number 12 has a distinct meaning within the context of the religion of ancient Israel, he probably would have chosen a different number of "apostles" if he had not been part of that tradition.
What Christian texts support the institution of slavery? I'm aware that St. Paul's letter to Philemon does not directly challenge his right to own Onesimus. As I'm sure you know, St. Paul also refers to Onesimus as his "child" in the same letter.
Are there texts that you regard as literally supporting the idea that God made women to be the slaves of their husbands? I'm not aware of any.
It is true that Lev. 20:13 imposes a death penalty for homosexual sin. The penalty was clearly culturally conditioned. The issue of the sin, however, was not, just as the claim regarding the sin of adultery in Lev. 20:10 is not culturally conditioned, though the penalty of death is. Both of these texts relate to sinful behavior. I think it's unfair to regard the obvious interpretation of such texts as either literalist or unjust. You may not like what it says. You may not regard it as divinely inspired truth, but if it is divinely inspired, on what grounds do you attack the text or its interpretation?
I regard the charge of "uninformed sexism" as culturally conditioned. The notion that gender does not matter even in marriage and parenting is largely a post-modern innovation that has never struck me as being particularly enlightened or informed.
Posted by: Fr. Larry Gearhart | September 7, 2008 4:03 PM
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Spong-
Why didn't you take off your collar years ago? Why did you have to destroy the beautiful church of my family that I grew up in?
Posted by: Kimberly | September 7, 2008 3:27 PM
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Folks,
Spong has become a laughingstock precisely because he is so irreverent that he invites the sort of stupidity that the responses of people like Freestinker constitute. In a sense, Spong "trolls" for such responses with silly questions like: "Is there some part of the male anatomy that women do not possess that is somehow particularly Godlike? "
And what has been the result of Spong's evangelization? People have deserted the Episcopal Churh in droves.
Posted by: patricksarsfield | September 6, 2008 6:29 PM
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Freestinker - apparently you follow the Priappian Way, you cloven-hoved devil you!
Well, Dionysis would certainly approve. He was a personal friend of mine. These Christians never really get to the good stuff, do they? Apollo gets all the Sun, and I get all the girls. Ahem, I do have the required appendage, as they say.
We do have a ton of fun watching all the somber Christians, from high on Olympus. The weather is great, and the view is spectacular!
Regards....
Posted by: Pan | September 6, 2008 5:23 PM
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PaulC:
Thank you for your response. Through it's approx. 2000 year history, the Catholic Church, or the men who ruled the church have used and abused very worldly power. Any institution run by humans in this realm of time and material is only as well devoted to "passing on the knowledge of Christ and helping people get to heaven" as are the people who run the organization, and in all cases those people are subject to temptation and possible error and corruption. I was speaking figuratively about "voting" for cardinals and priests. In the end they are all selected by men. The and priests are not ordained unless someone agrees that they are ready, and that person is always male.
However, the real issue isn't the details of the passing on of privelege (to perform sacraments) and power (to decide what the church will teach and who will teach it). The fundamental issue is the ongoing choice to honor highly flawed, patriarchally-based interpretations of the early Christian writings rather than to honor the gender-equal capacity that women have to lead wisely, to pass on the knowledge of Christ and to help people get to heaven." By sticking to a tradition of male privelege the church puts obstacles in the way of the possible spiritual development of both women and men and loses the benefit of full participation by half ot he population.
The four women doctors of the church had to fight a patriarchal system, often having to go outside the protocols, structure and teachings of the church to accomplish what they did. Imagine how much more widely they could have spread their spiritual message in their time if they had actually been supported by the church in their endeavors. And, four out of thirty does not sound like the highest engagement and effectiveness of half of he population.
It strikes me that what the church suffers from on this issue is probably not so much deliberate sexism or discrimination as it is a long-standing failure of the imagination. Unable to imagine a Church that supports both genders equally in full spiritual flourishing, the leaders are willing to live with a disabling status quo, much as they chose to live with the corrupting and paralyzing effects of the sexual abuse syndrome. How much better it would have been for the Church and its mission to have welcomed and encouraged responsibility and transparency on that issue.
Similarly, the teachings of Christ could be better spread by a healed and whole church.
Thank you.
Jkarn:
I don't think you have a very clear view of the role of the Catholic Church. It is not about power, its about passing on the knowledge of Christ and helping people get to heaven. It is not a democracy. People don't get to vote for who is a priest or a Cardinal. The priests are ordained after a through 6-8 year training and vetting process. Cardinals are picked by the pope. when the Pope dies, the remaining Cardinals under age 80 get together and vote on who replaces him. What power do you really think the Church has on earth? It has moral authority, yes, and based on that, the power to persuade, but it has no physical power over any state. And many women have significant roles in the church, starting at the parish level and extending to examples like Blessed Mother Teresa, who influence even the secular world. As for influencing how Catholics percieve God and work toward their own salvation, there are women like Therese of Lisieux, Teresa of Avila and Catherine of Siena, who are numberd among the 30 doctors of the church that have had the most influence in defining that. And they did that without being priests.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 6, 2008 3:02 PM
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Mr. Spong asks:
"Is there some part of the male anatomy that women do not possess that is somehow particularly Godlike?"
Mr. Spong,
Does a chicken have lips? Of course there is! It's long, hard, and rhymes with rock! That's why women always scream "Oh God, Oh God, Ohhhh God"!
Posted by: Freestinker | September 6, 2008 1:48 PM
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If God gets take-out food delivered to his "house" whatever that could be, does that mean that they have telephones in Heaven? Maybe cell phones? Do they have phone companies, with calling plans? And how is all this stuff paid for? Does God have money? And what does the money say on it? Maybe it says, "In Me They Trust."
But most of all, I wonder, if you call the telephone customer service in Heaven, are they kind?
Posted by: Daniel in the Lion's Den | September 5, 2008 8:58 PM
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If God gets take-out food delivered to his "house" whatever that could be, does that mean that they have telephones in Heaven? Maybe cell phones? Do they have phone companies, with calling plans? And how is all this stuff paid for? Does God have money? And what does the money say on it? Maybe it says, "In Me They Trust."
But most of all, I wonder, if you call the telephone customer service in Heaven, are they kind?
Posted by: Daniel in the Lion's Den | September 5, 2008 8:54 PM
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More nonsense from Mr Spong. Even a person with half a brain knows John Paul II was referring to the twelve Apostles, who were all male, not the general disciples of Jesus who were obviously men and women. It's also a worry that Mr Spong thinks the difference between male and female is no more significant than ethic differences between two men.
Posted by: Colin | September 5, 2008 6:29 PM
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"The early Christian Church was spread primarily by women, because it preached equality and abstinence from sex."
Christianity's critics reveal an appalling ignorance of history. After the first six words that comment lurches into ludicrous fantasy.
"God created man in His image, male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27 Both masculinity and feminity are part of the image of God and our understanding of God is defective if we limit it to sexual traits.
Reasonable people can disagree about the interplay between context, purpose, and subsequent application of Scriptural teaching on women in the church. But we look to Scripture, not what passes for thinking among the thoroughly modern. The calling of the church is to live up to eternal truth, not to keep up with the times.
Spong, as is his wont, completely misunderstands and misrepresents the teaching of the Catholic Church and the hermeneutics of conservative Evangelicals, some of whom have enjoyed strong leadership from women in church roles long before Liberal denominational leaders left sound doctrine to wander through postmodern deserts. Unlike him, we can actually read with an appreciation for context, historical circumstances, grammatical and syntactical clues to develop a nuanced and accurate understanding of what Scripture actually "supports", "suggests" and "calls for" and not what his tired old cherry-picked, uninformed rants pretend it says.
Posted by: Ken | September 5, 2008 5:40 PM
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I like how someone of Spong's caliber can make so many unqualified statements about what we conservative evangelical Christians believe concerning the Scriptures.
Posted by: David Westerfield | September 5, 2008 5:32 PM
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Jkarn:
I don't think you have a very clear view of the role of the Catholic Church. It is not about power, its about passing on the knowledge of Christ and helping people get to heaven. It is not a democracy. People don't get to vote for who is a priest or a Cardinal. The priests are ordained after a through 6-8 year training and vetting process. Cardinals are picked by the pope. when the Pope dies, the remaining Cardinals under age 80 get together and vote on who replaces him. What power do you really think the Church has on earth? It has moral authority, yes, and based on that, the power to persuade, but it has no physical power over any state. And many women have significant roles in the church, starting at the parish level and extending to examples like Blessed Mother Teresa, who influence even the secular world. As for influencing how Catholics percieve God and work toward their own salvation, there are women like Therese of Lisieux, Teresa of Avila and Catherine of Siena, who are numberd among the 30 doctors of the church that have had the most influence in defining that. And they did that without being priests.
Posted by: paul c | September 5, 2008 4:30 PM
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I am Wiccan, a High Priestess of a "congregation" and tradition. I have a High Priest that aids me in this ministering of our people. We believe that males as well as females have strengths that are needed to form a complete whole. I am the High Priestess and as such the "leader" but I acknowledge that my Male counterpart is neccessary in the leadership, as he would say I am.
In my tradition's theaology, we have Goddess which is the spark of life, but the God is the flame. All things come from the womb/Goddess...but there must be a will/God to survive. They are One.
To say that the God/creator is Male only is like a bird flying with one wing. If we are made in the image of God, then that God is more then Male...and more then our minds can comprehend. We write it God/dess.
terra
Posted by: Terra Gazelle | September 5, 2008 4:20 PM
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Good wins, evil loses. It's always been the same. Change is real nice, just so it's in your pocket. Politics tries to shake down people and then we shake people up. It's easier than shooting them up. If you need wet work done, there are always people ready and willing to do that if it helps the country. I better go water my little flowers and get another beer. It's warm out here. Flowers and beer are good. Keep your taps wet.
Posted by: Agent 66 | September 5, 2008 4:00 PM
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Show me a man with a monopoly and I'll show you somebody who hates competition and God, right along with women. Life can be a pain or a pleasure. Pleasure is better with a woman, given the right woman is near and dear. It's hard to find and impossible to lose with the right woman. I should be so lucky. We make our own luck and should make our own love. It's good for business and we have more than enough bad business along with bad blood. If you want blood you got it. If you give blood, who knows who it ends up helping. Just so it helps somebody, who cares?
Posted by: Paine | September 5, 2008 2:18 PM
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In response to Paul C's comment "The Catholic church is the body of Christ. It has many parts, all performing their own unique roles. Some to teach, some to preach, some to do works of charity. Some men have been called to the priesthood where they represent Jesus in carrying out the sacraments. No role is better or worse than the other because all functions are needed and everyone should be satisfied to fulfill the role given to them. This is clearly described by St. Paul in 1Corinthians 12."
This is a thoroughly unfounded and false position. To suggest that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is ok because "no role is better or worse than the other . . ." is either naive or disingenuous. How many women get to vote in the selection of the pope, or in the selection of Cardinals, or on who is ordained as a priest? Women are excluded from power by their exclusion from the priesthood, and therefore from key decisions about interpretation and practice of God's teachings, dogma, etc. Any defense of that status quo should at least be forthright about the realities of the exercise of power: who wins, who loses.
Thanks.
Posted by: jkarn | September 5, 2008 2:11 PM
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A superstitious society that calls a woman's monthly menstrual cycle "the curse" is not going to let that accursed woman stand before them on an altar.
There are plenty of women protestant church pastors. That's because men preachers marry women, get to know first-hand that some women are holier, smarter, and more effective than they are, and are willing to promote these women.
Catholic priests, bishops, cardinals, and popes in their insular world cannot overcome their human weakness to see there are women out there much better suited to the job than they are.
Posted by: Cordy | September 5, 2008 11:00 AM
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The Catholic church is the body of Christ. It has many parts, all performing their own unique roles. Some to teach, some to preach, some to do works of charity. Some men have been called to the priesthood where they represent Jesus in carrying out the sacraments. No role is better or worse than the other because all functions are needed and everyone should be satisfied to fulfill the role given to them. This is clearly described by St. Paul in 1Corinthians 12.
Posted by: paul c | September 5, 2008 10:50 AM
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DITLD writes to Pam:
"Does he eat food? Where does the food come from?"
I believe he gets takeout and has it delivered. Needless to say, Chinese food is still a big favorite among the celestial, with pizza (no anchovies) a close second.
Posted by: Farnaz | September 5, 2008 10:23 AM
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Until a person accepts that every word of the Bible is true, they are short-changing themselves of a wonderful, personal relationship with the Lord. You can't achieve the peace that Jesus spoke of until you stop cherry picking Scripture and rejecting parts where you feel that God doesn't understand as well as you do. God understands and knows everything, and He said women were deceived, and therefore He has stated what their place in the Church should be. I accept my place as student, and servant who does good works for God, with great joy. May the peace of the Lord be with everyone.
Posted by: Ann | September 5, 2008 9:57 AM
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Former Bishop Spong,
I would like to make a clarification. You suggested in your article that the Catholic Church allows only males to become priests because they believe only males could be Jesus' disciples. Catholics do however acknowledge female disciples. The true rationale can actually be found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In section 1577 the point is made that the Twelve apostles were all male - therefore they reason that priests must be male as well. This is why they call themselves an "Apostolic Church" - it is based on the Apostles. Just thought you might appreciate the correction.
Posted by: Odysseus | September 5, 2008 9:46 AM
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Ditto.
Posted by: Teebo | September 5, 2008 8:59 AM
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Dear Pam, I tried to explain the 3 in 1, or as we in the faith believe the "TRINITY". God is Jesus and Jesus is God, therefore since Jesus was a man he definately has all the prescribed organs you question. Is satan a man? He is always depicted in the male image. The only thing scary about about people like us is knowing the truth and grace of Jesus Christ. GET BEHIND ME SATAN
Posted by: catholic convert | September 5, 2008 8:33 AM
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Religion is a creation of man therefore it is flawed. If you need to believe in a God or a supreme higher being your belief does not require any religion. You can pray on your own, you can worship on your own and you can help others on your own.
If I were a women there is no way I would want to be a part of any group that treated me like a wet food stamp for and used God in a futile attempt to justify their insanity.
I find it simply amazing that so many women are angry about the double standard in the workplace but are completely accepting of 2nd class treatment at church.
Posted by: Cavalierman | September 5, 2008 7:53 AM
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Bishop, God will be happy to answer your questions for you. You just need to spend a little more time on your knees asking humbly for some help understanding his scriptures. The prerequisite is an open heart and mind.
The wisdom of men is foolishness with
God. - ie - our best intellectual efforts barely register on His scale. It is spriritual knowledge that must be sought in order to place his words in the correct context (His), and start to see things the way he does. A clue: He places tremendous value on family, fidelity and chastity, and does consider men and women equal but not interchangeable.
Posted by: saywhat4 | September 5, 2008 7:49 AM
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I fully support my Magisterium's teachings regarding no female priests or deacons.
CHRIST was/is a very thoughtful man and the Son of God. He picked 12 male Apostles. Had He wanted females, He would have picked one or more.
Posted by: Dave | September 5, 2008 7:09 AM
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Pam:
I have some questions about God being a man, and having sex organs, and a real flesh and blood body:
Does he eat food? Where does the food come from? From stores, factories, and farms? How does the food get delivered to his residence? And by the way, does he live in a house? And what is the house made of? Do they have carpenters and electicians and plumbers?
Is Heaven a city? do they have buses?
Is there bus exhaust in Heaven?
Posted by: Daniel in the Lion's Den | September 4, 2008 10:42 PM
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Could it be that evangelical have a financial
motivation in keeping women out of the lucrative
evangelical business?
Posted by: thishowiseeit | September 4, 2008 10:11 PM
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Catholic Convert says:
"First, yes God is a man."
Unbelievable. Now I've heard it all. He has sex organs?? Pray tell, what does he *use* them for???
I suppose he has a mouth and an anus, too. Connected to what? For what use? And a rib cage to protect his heart and lungs? That are used for *what*??
Does he have to cut his toenails? Does he have earwax?
If people like you weren't so scary, you'd be good for an awful lot of laughs.
Posted by: Pam | September 4, 2008 9:21 PM
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Father Son and Holy Spirit is 1. In the mortal sense John the Baptist was older. How much older was he when he leaped for joy at the sight of Mary? Women who believe they are second class Christians do so because satan has made you feel so. Don't let him win!!! Maybe because of Eve there is guilt. Even in the atttempt to compare humans as magnets with this moon star negative positive stuuf, the author of that even depicts the woman as the negative. Why not the opposite. Aren't wiccuns, quiji boards, rabbits feet, magic powder, superstition the work of the devil? For your mental health don't ever let anyone tell the female they are second class. God Blessed all.
Posted by: catholic convert | September 4, 2008 6:54 PM
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Didn't he bless the barren woman with a child, named John the Baptist?
Oh please, John the Baptist is older than his cousin, Jesus.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 4, 2008 3:51 PM
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Thank you, Bishop Spong. The blatant sexism in the Catholic Church is the main reason that I left it and became a Wiccan. We worship the Divine as both male and female. I've noticed that a few more liberal Protestant denominations are expanding the idea of "God" to include both male and female. This is a movement that's come about because of women ministers and bishops.
The early Christian Church was spread primarily by women, because it preached equality and abstinence from sex. In the Roman Empire, upper-class women were pretty much baby machines to crank out more Roman citizens. The Christians preached that women and men were equal in the eyes of God, and sex was unholy. The women liked that idea, so it caught on. Many of the early evangelists, including Saint Paul, had women accompanying them.
Posted by: Athena | September 4, 2008 1:57 PM
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According to the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, which are the scientific and philosophical underpinnings of all religions, it is the polarity of the sexes which has so far determined that priests are to be male. Energetically (in electrical terms), males are positive, females are negative. When God's blessings are to be given to the faithful in a church service, the energy comes from on high to the
male clergyman or priest, and is then distributed to the participants.
In this new age, now dawning, the plan is to bring the male and female polarities into balance, thus allowing women to become fully equal to men. Eventually, in a very long time, we will be "divine hermaphrodites". In the meantime, we are going through this contentious transition period. If people were to educate themselves in this matter, we would become more compassionate and patient in our relationships regarding the sexes.
Posted by: betsyw | September 4, 2008 1:16 PM
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Posted by: sitewood | September 4, 2008 11:00 AM
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First, yes God is a man. Jesus Christ the second part of the trilogy, the son was a man, hence "Father Son and Holy Spirit". 3 in 1. Women do represent Jesus in front of the alter. They are called Nuns. Priests=followers of Jesus's word who through the faith can advance to the next level of constant devotion=Bishops/Cardinals= Discipleship (Saints)=Our Holy Father, the Pope (St. Peter). Moses led the slaves out of bondage, men and WOMEN. The scriptures call for women to be obediant to their man and MEN TO BE OBEDIANT TO THEIR WIFE!!! Priests and Nuns who devote there life following in the footsteps of Jesus do not have time for marriage, those who do are called Deacons. If you want to compare biblacle to modern times, Jesus was the first male empathizer to the women's movemant. Didn't he bless the barren woman with a child, named John the Baptist? Didn't he bless us with our Holy Mother Mary with Jesus? While Mary suffered the most persecution of being "unwed" and witness the brutal treatment of our savoir? Made to give birth in a cave or manger? Now we witness the scouraging of a beautiful Mother of 5 trying to raise herself up to VP only to be slandered and her family exposed to mistreatment by those peple who question God in schools, abortion, prayer etc... I guess over the centuries some things never chqange
Posted by: Catholic Convert | September 4, 2008 10:55 AM
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First, yes God is a man. Jesus Christ the second part of the trilogy, the son was a man, hence "Father Son and Holy Spirit". 3 in 1. Women do represent Jesus in front of the alter. They are called Nuns. Priests=followers of Jesus's word who through the faith can advance to the next level of constant devotion=Bishops/Cardinals= Discipleship (Saints)=Our Holy Father, the Pope (St. Peter). Moses led the slaves out of bondage, men and WOMEN. The scriptures call for women to be obediant to their man and MEN TO BE OBEDIANT TO THEIR WIFE!!! Priests and Nuns who devote there life following in the footsteps of Jesus do not have time for marriage, those who do are called Deacons. If you want to compare biblacle to modern times, Jesus was the first male empathizer to the women's movemant. Didn't he bless the barren woman with a child, named John the Baptist? Didn't he bless us with our Holy Mother Mary with Jesus? While Mary suffered the most persecution of being "unwed" and witness the brutal treatment of our savoir? Made to give birth in a cave or manger? Now we witness the scouraging of a beautiful Mother of 5 trying to raise herself up to VP only to be slandered and her family exposed to mistreatment by those peple who question God in schools, abortion, prayer etc... I guess over the centuries some things never chqange
Posted by: Catholic Convert | September 4, 2008 10:54 AM
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This is a total non-issue, completely irrelevant to life in this twenty-first century world.
This is what is wrong with Christianity, that it has become all wrapped up in nonsense that has no meaning, is not important, is irrelevant, and is increasingly obstructionistic, base, and ignorant.
If I have a brain to think, and an ounce of sense, then I supopse that excludes me from this weird Christian "naval-gazing" about the proper role of "woman-kind" within a proper Christian community.
Posted by: Daniel in the Lion's Den | September 4, 2008 10:26 AM
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