Posted on 05/12/2015 5:40:02 AM PDT by NYer
Three of his grandparents were Jewish and the family identified themselves as Jewish, though largely secular. Coren became Catholic and married a Catholic woman. Then he turned Evangelical before returning to Catholicism. Now he's an Anglican.
What a pathetic and weird reason to leave any church: sodomy, oh, excuse me, that beautiful act of love.
He's in journalism. Journalism isn't far from show business. Everybody in show business is gay. So homosexuality isn't a minor issue in show business and related fields.
No, not everyone in show biz is gay. You should hear what straights say behind gays’ backs!
After just rereading “Eleni,” I was again amazed at the Orthodox priests who fled the field and left the women to the Nazis, Italians, Greek communists and the Soviets. Not a pretty tale. I’ll stay with the Romans, lol. Not that they’re perfect either!
Actually Dreher, who had been born a Methodist and converted to Catholicism, said he was leaving because the Church didn't deal with the pedophilia problem. According to Wikipedia, he made reference to a gay "Mafia" in the Church when he left.
Dreher became Eastern Orthodox, and from his comments over the years, it sounds like he wanted a denomination that was stricter, rather than laxer, than Catholicism.
“After just rereading “Eleni,” I was again amazed at the Orthodox priests who fled the field and left the women to the Nazis, Italians, Greek communists and the Soviets.”
In Greece there is a saying, “No Greek hides behind a priest’s rasso (cassock)”. So we don’t expect too much in the way of intestinal fortitude from priests. That’s what makes the heroism of my patriotis Papaflessas or Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens or Met. Germanos of Zakynthos so much more, well, amazing!
Why did they leave? They chose sin over God.
Actually, they thought they had better knowledge..very similar to the original sin and rooted in pride!
Did not read it, did you?
I read this about Michael Coren: “He told the National Post on May 2 that he left over the Church’s prohibition of gay sex.”
You said “they...”
Yep...wasn’t extremely accurate.
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