Posted by
Ron on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:31:05 PM
What happens when you no longer believe in anything.
HT
The Smart Christian
The
accelerating fragmentation of the strife-torn Episcopal Church USA, in
which several parishes and even a few dioceses are opting out of the
church, isn't simply about gay bishops, the blessing of same-sex unions
or the election of a woman as presiding bishop. It also is about the
meltdown of liberal Christianity.
Embraced by the leadership of
all the mainline Protestant denominations, as well as large segments of
American Catholicism, liberal Christianity has been hailed by its
boosters for 40 years as the future of the Christian church.
nstead,
as all but a few die-hards now admit, all the mainline churches and
movements within churches that have blurred doctrine and softened moral
precepts are demographically declining and, in the case of the
Episcopal Church, disintegrating.
It is not entirely
coincidental that at about the same time that Episcopalians, at their
general convention in Columbus, Ohio, were thumbing their noses at a
directive from the worldwide Anglican Communion that they "repent" of
confirming the openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire
three years ago, the Presbyterian Church USA, at its general assembly
in Birmingham, Ala., was turning itself into the laughingstock of the
blogosphere by tacitly approving alternative designations for the
supposedly sexist Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Among the suggested names were "Mother, Child and Womb" and "Rock,
Redeemer and Friend." Moved by the spirit of the Presbyterian
revisionists, Beliefnet blogger Rod Dreher held a "Name That Trinity"
contest. Entries included "Rock, Scissors and Paper" and "Larry, Curly
and Moe."
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