Terry Mattingly: Who can argue with Gene Robinson

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Once again, these statements are almost certainly accurate, but how would one verify them? Later in the article, the gay clergy issue is broadened to include gay and lesbian church musicians and parish officers.

Please do not misunderstand. I am not saying that this story is not valid. I am also not saying that Gledhill should not have written it. I am simply noting that this is a classic case in which a reporter would have to work very hard to create any kind of skeleton of facts on which to hang all of these sweeping statements of opinion that are beyond verification. Where do you get “facts”? Private polls?

Sigh. What to do?

Read it all.

Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Anglican Provinces • Church of England (CoE) • Episcopal Church (TEC) • TEC Conflicts

6 Comments
Posted July 29, 2007 at 4:48 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. art+ wrote:

In the article by Gledhill you will see that she is posting an interview by Andrew Collier and is not one she did herself

July 29, 5:03 pm | [comment link]
2. wvparson wrote:

Most of us go through periods of doubt. That’s not the issue. “Lord I believe; help thou my unbelief.”  Nor do I quarrel particularly with a college chaplain who seeks to give space to a young doubter who, nevertheless wants to participate in worship rather than throw in the towel because he or she can’t believe all the articles of the Creed.

It’s a long stretch from this to making unbelief a commanding feature of Anglicanism.  As I’ve written elsewhere, I delight in the fact that we still seem to attract people from other denominations, but one would wish that once they are here, they would embrace that which the Prayer Book offers, rather than using Anglicanism as a bully pulpit to denounce the things left behind and in the process assume that Anglicans too need to renounce the very elements of faith which have contributed to what not very long ago could still be termed “The Genius of Angicanism.”

I have no idea whether the Bishop of New Hampshire continues to embrace credal agnosticism, but if he does, I find this more disturbing than his views on sexual orientation.

July 29, 7:26 pm | [comment link]
3. Peter dH wrote:

I have no idea whether the Bishop of New Hampshire continues to embrace credal agnosticism, but if he does, I find this more disturbing than his views on sexual orientation.

Well, once cut loose from the anchor, it’s not surprising that the entire ship goes adrift.

July 29, 8:18 pm | [comment link]
4. Pageantmaster [KJS to Coventry] wrote:

When I googled Robinson and this story, up popped this which seems to pretty much sum it up:

This story is not Jesuit in nature but is so disturbing that attention needs to be paid to it.

Gene Robinson attacks the Niceane Creed
Gene Robinson attacks his own conservative Protestant roots.
Gene Robinson attacks The Roman Catholic Church.
Gene Robinson attacks Pope Benedict XVI
Gene Robinson attacks Anglican bishops.

Notice the lack of morality and the lack of discussion of morality.

So much for embracing diversity

July 30, 4:59 am | [comment link]
5. Bob Lee wrote:

So much for embracing diversity

AMEN

July 30, 5:00 pm | [comment link]
6. libraryjim wrote:

“Who can argue with Gene Robinson?”
Quite a lot of people, actually.

July 31, 5:07 pm | [comment link]
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