Nice to see the church living in the real world ........

[Max Paper]

Religion is bollocks yet I feel sorry for the bitches

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Apparently the Synod has three houses to make sure that GODS Will always wins rather than any one interested party.

So...it's gods will innit. End of discussion.

 

[vegster]

Its all a load of tosh anyway, let them in. We have female pilots ,soldiers, doctors etc so why the big deal.

 

[vegster]

It's because they can't move diagonally

They can when they see a bargain on the sale rail, and, at amazing speed.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

1 Timothy 2:12

That will be from the famously misogynistic Paul, then.

Jesus Christ actually spent a lot of his time and effort rebelling against the over-zealous and narrow interpretation of the rules by the then religious authorities. Plus cela change, plus c'est la meme chose.... or to translate, the more things change, the more they remain the same.

Although here, ironically, it is the laity people who voted against.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

If the church lived in the real world they would not exist!

So not surprising they voted the way they did really.

If you opened your eyes and abandoned your prejudices, you might realise tha the Church does live in the real world, doing things like helping people who need help.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Religion aside some churches are well worth visiting for their amazing architecture alone.

 

[dingodan]

There are two kinds of people with faith in my experience.

Those whose faith is based on fear, and those whose faith is based on love.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

If you opened your eyes and abandoned your prejudices, you might realise tha the Church does live in the real world, doing things like helping people who need help.

So do a lot of non-religious people - it's just they don't need to believe in fairy tales to do so. This vote makes the church look even more ridiculous than they already did.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It's surely time to boot the Anglican bishops out of parliament?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Religion aside some churches are well worth visiting for their amazing architecture alone.

I do like a visit to church or cathedral. Often they're built on high ground and are taller than the surrounding buildings so you can get great views from them. The sacre couer is good for this and also the Giralda attached to the cathedral in Seville ( though of course thats the minaret from the mosque which originally stood on the site.

 

[gripper stebson]

TOP TIPS. Female Ministers. Follow the lead of the COE and invent your own religion and become Bishops in that.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

When did religion become an equal opportunity employer ffs? When the wimmin first pestered their way into the priesthood, giving us chaps an endless succession of munters and closets to look at in every debate on ludicrous religions role in a secular society, they were allowed to on the basis that they wouldn't try for the top jobs with the biggest and most ridiculous hats.

Fast forward to now...they have nagged and nagged at the poor old clerics and bishops until they have just given in out of sheer desperation to stop the endless earache.

Now GOD has made his position clear in a FREE VOTE they don't like it and will keep on haranguing the social inadequates at the top of the church until the voting system is changed and they get their own way.

In days of yore we would be burning these harridans at the stake or pulling their arms off. Tsk.

 

[Bold Seagull]

If you opened your eyes and abandoned your prejudices, you might realise tha the Church does live in the real world, doing things like helping people who need help.

This is a statement aimed at the church itself I assume!?

 

[narly101]

They could have done it through Trial by Water.....see if a woman floats. if shes made of wood, then she floats and therefore a Witch!! If she drowns then let the wimmin in.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

How on earth do they get round employment laws ? Bishops are paid so are therefore employed and covered by anti-discrimination laws.

 

[Badger]

The church do live in the real world, unfortunately it's the world from 2000 years ago.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

How on earth do they get round employment laws ? Bishops are paid so are therefore employed and covered by anti-discrimination laws.

Tell that to the Muslims mate.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Religious faith does not have to live in the "real world". It purports to set the tone and give leadership to the secular world, not be a follower of fashion or contemporary thought.

NB. It claims to speak for God. It claims (at least sometimes!) to follow the laws of God and in the Christian church they are found in The Bible. The Bible says women should not lead the congregation....nuff said.

That is the theory . In practice they have followed the traits of the day by endorsing slavery in the 18th Cent. and any war that the politicians want to fight..

Are they right on this issue ? Who should care? The C of E is a minority group and if they don't like it they can leave...

NB I am not a follower !

 

[oldham gull]

Religious faith does not have to live in the "real world". It purports to set the tone and give leadership to the secular world, not be a follower of fashion or contemporary thought.

NB. It claims to speak for God. It claims (at least sometimes!) to follow the laws of God and in the Christian church they are found in The Bible. The Bible says women should not lead the congregation....nuff said.

That is the theory . In practice they have followed the traits of the day by endorsing slavery in the 18th Cent. and any war that the politicians want to fight..

Are they right on this issue ? Who should care? The C of E is a minority group and if they don't like it they can leave...

NB I am not a follower !

I wrote a blog post on this yesterday if anyone is interested! Falling With Style: Women Bishops and the wife who wouldn't stay in the box