Episcopal rector in Cheyenne resigns from diocesan duties

Cheyenne, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle ^ | 08-21-03 | Fashek, Allison

[bonfire]

My priest told us that the CBP is always being worked on, updated, etc. for the NEXT revision. ARGGGGG

[AnAmericanMother]

BULL! God does not make sin! Man does!

Just like every other sinner with his or her particular pet sin, their sins are not made by God; they are the result of Original Sin and Adam and Eve's disobedience to God. And just like every other sinner, they seek excuses and justifications to cling to their sins.

Read C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce -- he explores this concept with creativity and pithy wisdom.

The Bishops of the General Convention and their hangers-on would do well to look at the example of the Clerical Ghost (in gaiters) in that book, his justifications and his excuses. This has all been said and done before by those seeking to excuse their sin . . .

[AnAmericanMother]

My priest told us that the CBP is always being worked on, updated, etc. for the NEXT revision. ARGGGGG

Yep, once you lose those moorings "in Scripture and in Truth," you just keep slipping away . . .

[FreeRep]

Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming voted for Robinson. It will lose alot of money.

[Theodore R.]

There is a stereotype that Episcopalians are mostly wealthy whites who are fiscally conservative and socially liberal: such as Gerald R. Ford, Jr., who did veto many Democrat spending proposals in 1975-76 but otherwise gushes over "abortion rights."

Episcopalians then are stereotyped from a financial standpoint as "Protestant Jews," who are also seen as among the well-to-do for the most part.

The stereotype that the liberals expect to prevail is that Episcopals are primarily interested in earning a buck and don't mind seeing some of their profits go into a liberal church so long as the church's "heart" is in the right place. Perhaps these Episcopalins don't read much Scripture and are not much aware of what the Bible teaches too. For them, the church is a social organization designed to foster economic ends.

That's why the denomination was willing to take its chances with the membership and pursue the "gay rights" liberal agenda. They believe such a captive, traditional, and stand-pat church will accept all of the latest liberal ideas.

[FreeRep]

"They believe such a captive, traditional, and stand-pat church will accept all of the latest liberal ideas."

You got that right, most are to comfortable and stand-pat.

[supercat]

During his 34 years of ministry, the last 10 of which has been at St. Mark's, Reeves said he accepted the explanation from gay parishioners that they could not recall a time when they felt another way, and it "was not an orientation they chose . God created them this way."

So does this mean that people should always do what they feel? Could a priest-candidate who openly engaged in fornication argue that shouldn't be held against him because he didn't choose his heterosexual orientation?

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Reeves said that he changed his mind after one of the psychologists told him that pedophiles also report that they have never known a time when they weren't attracted to little boys or girls.

Things that make you go hmmmm... Valid point and worth repeating, but note -- It wasn't the Bible that changed his mind, it was the consult of four psychologists. What a reprobate manner in which to delegate the Word of God. At least he left.