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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every thread about the Episcopal church turns ugly. Why? I understand that people disagree but why the bashing? Especially of Bishop Schori?[/quote]

Some of her contraversies are discussed at this link:

http://www.virtueonline.org/episcopal-presiding-bishop-katharine-jefferts-schori-heretical-piñata

The issues I have with her and other Episcopal leaders are doctrinal (denying belief in the Nicene creed is a pretty big one) and being more concerned with making the Earth a better place, than preparing believers for the life hereafter is another.

I'm not saying the later is something to be ignored.  The mission of the church is to teach and help people with redemption through the blood of Christ at the cross, good works are secondary to that.[/quote]

Hi.  Minster jumping back again.  Jesus made it crystal clear what the most important thing is.  Love one another.  Period.  That's the most important thing.  Everything else is secondary.  'Don't be a dick to others' is the cornerstone of the Christian faith (and of pretty much every other faith path).   What about loving God, you ask?  "Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me".  You are loving God when you love others.

Redemption has been incorrectly used, abused, bought, and sold for generations.  As a Christian, Jesus is my way-shower so of course I believe that we are redeemed through his death.  But the message is not in his death.  The message is in his willingness to sacrifice everything - his very life- for people who despised him.  That's love my friend.  Whole, complete, unconditional love.  That's where Jesus wants us to get.  It's not about the pretty words of the scripture.  It's not about the dogma, the rules, the rituals.  Those are important for us because they connect us with the divine.  But we can't miss the most important part.  The love.  Love one another, period. [/quote]

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