tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post6663891191744940121..comments2023-08-10T09:38:07.159+01:00Comments on Revising Reform: Losing 'troublesome extremists'?Rev R Marszalekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-12956983331169994962010-02-10T03:56:08.653+00:002010-02-10T03:56:08.653+00:00Rachel, you make some big claims.
What is there i...Rachel, you make some big claims.<br /><br />What is there in the latest letter from Reform members that you view as "political polemic and veiled threat"?<br /><br />Also, what do you make of their last paragraph?<br /><br /><i>Finally, for those of us ordained since 1992, our understanding, in good faith, was that proper legal provision would be made for those who did not agree that women should have the overall leadership of a church (Resolution B, etc). It seems to us a matter of simple integrity that Synod should now keep its word to us in this and not force us down a road none of us wish to tread. </i>David Ouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622248017352143637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-14624625929336652552010-02-09T21:39:31.490+00:002010-02-09T21:39:31.490+00:00Rachel, thanks for the link. I should clarify that...Rachel, thanks for the link. I should clarify that 'troublesome extremists' is not so much my own assessment of Reform as how I think they are likely to be viewed by the bishops and by most non-evangelicals, who would in fact be pleased to see them go. And indeed I think any such withdrawal will be small and have little effect - unless Rowan and the others succeed in upsetting other evangelicals so much that they decide they would prefer to join the Reform-ers.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-88190735995662587842010-02-09T21:37:47.831+00:002010-02-09T21:37:47.831+00:00Rachel, thanks for the link. I should clarify that...Rachel, thanks for the link. I should clarify that 'troublesome extremists' is not so much my own assessment of Reform as how I think they are likely to be viewed by the bishops and by most non-evangelicals, who would in fact be pleased to see them go. And indeed I think any such withdrawal will be small and have little effect - unless Rowan and the others succeed in upsetting other evangelicals so much that they decide they would prefer to join the Reform-ers.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.com