Comments on: Anglican split a business problem, not a crisis of faith http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/anglican-split-a-business-problem-not-a-crisis-of-faith/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mr_gimlet http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/anglican-split-a-business-problem-not-a-crisis-of-faith/#comment-25742 mr_gimlet Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25742 It was always going to happen at some point since the settlement, it's like having a club with an enormous pile of cash but no membership rules. At some point someone will decide it's 'their' club and the money goes with the club - so the question is whose club is it. The presbyterians probably got it right when they kept the money with local churches so they could decide which club to belong to.<br /><br />Not sure about 'liberal and moderate', the Canadian church seems to have more than its fair share of 'liberal and deranged' It was always going to happen at some point since the settlement, it’s like having a club with an enormous pile of cash but no membership rules. At some point someone will decide it’s ‘their’ club and the money goes with the club - so the question is whose club is it. The presbyterians probably got it right when they kept the money with local churches so they could decide which club to belong to.

Not sure about ‘liberal and moderate’, the Canadian church seems to have more than its fair share of ‘liberal and deranged’

]]> By: Peter Symonds http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/anglican-split-a-business-problem-not-a-crisis-of-faith/#comment-25743 Peter Symonds Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25743 Thats what its all about, power and property. Jensen x2 and the rest are no different from the Hillsong mob. Moralising but never moral. Politie evilness wrapped in magenta robes, cherry picking their way through the bible to look for things they can use to maintain the power and property. <br /><br />If he gave it all up and moved out to a bed sit in the western suburbs i might see him as at least sincere.<br /><br />I find it interesting they, like other pentecostals are obsessed by homosexulaity over everything else. <br /> Thats what its all about, power and property. Jensen x2 and the rest are no different from the Hillsong mob. Moralising but never moral. Politie evilness wrapped in magenta robes, cherry picking their way through the bible to look for things they can use to maintain the power and property.

If he gave it all up and moved out to a bed sit in the western suburbs i might see him as at least sincere.

I find it interesting they, like other pentecostals are obsessed by homosexulaity over everything else.

]]> By: davidm http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/anglican-split-a-business-problem-not-a-crisis-of-faith/#comment-25744 davidm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25744 Moore College, although adjacent to the University of Sydney, is not and never has been part of the University of Sydney, neither is it situated on land owned by the University. Moore College, although adjacent to the University of Sydney, is not and never has been part of the University of Sydney, neither is it situated on land owned by the University.

]]> By: Dave Liberts http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/anglican-split-a-business-problem-not-a-crisis-of-faith/#comment-25745 Dave Liberts Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25745 As an atheist, it's a bit odd for me to be sticking up for Anglicans, but I was raised in a church-going Anglican family and funnily (for an atheist) my experiences of attending the Anglican church were surprisingly positive. We attended a church in Adelaide which was very tolerant of gays, single parents and a bunch of other demographics who are usually not so welcome at some churches. No moralising, just positivity. Didn't stop me waking up one day and deciding that, on balance, God doesn't exist and certainly not in the way that many humans feel it does, but I didn't reject the church out of some sense that it was nasty (although clearly many churches are just that). As an atheist, it’s a bit odd for me to be sticking up for Anglicans, but I was raised in a church-going Anglican family and funnily (for an atheist) my experiences of attending the Anglican church were surprisingly positive. We attended a church in Adelaide which was very tolerant of gays, single parents and a bunch of other demographics who are usually not so welcome at some churches. No moralising, just positivity. Didn’t stop me waking up one day and deciding that, on balance, God doesn’t exist and certainly not in the way that many humans feel it does, but I didn’t reject the church out of some sense that it was nasty (although clearly many churches are just that).

]]> By: davo http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/01/anglican-split-a-business-problem-not-a-crisis-of-faith/#comment-25746 davo Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-25746 Very good article, which nails the issues accurately: what a pack of hypocrites. If they were right, surely the Lord would provide. Instead, they'd rather strip the assets of a pre-existing organisation. Moore College (the breeding ground for this) is a joke, adn the University of Sydney should split from it. Very good article, which nails the issues accurately: what a pack of hypocrites. If they were right, surely the Lord would provide. Instead, they’d rather strip the assets of a pre-existing organisation. Moore College (the breeding ground for this) is a joke, adn the University of Sydney should split from it.

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