I came to the conclusion long ago that many people want change only because they have a burning desire, for some strange reason, to fix what's not broken. If not that, then they'd rather co-opt something already in existence and then change it to suit than work to start something from the ground up, because let's face it: those people are also inveterate lazy bastards. You've got a point there. On the other hand, I'm a great believer in giving people exactly what they claim to want. So you want your church to be progressive, diverse, etc. etc.? Great. You've got it. Get on with it and stop bothering us. It's not as though the schismatics would have to even build up anything out of nothing: they have a massive, long-established church structure (one reason to call the new church Episcopal is that it probably would have more bishops than parish members) with flourishing upper-class contacts and a vast endowment. It is the loyal Anglicans who will have to rebuild a church from the foundations. But as for anyone who does not want to take part in the umpteenth great experiment - quitcherwhinin', either stay in or get out, but show some consistency. Now that you have your Episcopal Church and your Metropolitan Churchs and your United Church of Christ, there really is no excuse for you to hang around Catholic or Lutheran or Anglican porches any more.
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Re: "High theology"? Yeah, they must be high.
Date: 2006-06-17 06:03 am (UTC)You've got a point there. On the other hand, I'm a great believer in giving people exactly what they claim to want. So you want your church to be progressive, diverse, etc. etc.? Great. You've got it. Get on with it and stop bothering us. It's not as though the schismatics would have to even build up anything out of nothing: they have a massive, long-established church structure (one reason to call the new church Episcopal is that it probably would have more bishops than parish members) with flourishing upper-class contacts and a vast endowment. It is the loyal Anglicans who will have to rebuild a church from the foundations. But as for anyone who does not want to take part in the umpteenth great experiment - quitcherwhinin', either stay in or get out, but show some consistency. Now that you have your Episcopal Church and your Metropolitan Churchs and your United Church of Christ, there really is no excuse for you to hang around Catholic or Lutheran or Anglican porches any more.