tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post5518261026489658032..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Gafcon Mark 6WodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-40001923618957471012016-11-16T19:06:23.007+00:002016-11-16T19:06:23.007+00:00GAFCOn sounds like someone who lets out places the...GAFCOn sounds like someone who lets out places they don't own to unsuspecting punters than scarper with the money.<br /><br />And the ABC was today pictured virtually necking with the Arch Bishop of Nigeria (a former General), which will go down well with his GACFCON mates?<br /><br />UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-61856610972828480892016-11-16T16:50:15.299+00:002016-11-16T16:50:15.299+00:00The idea of taking the whole Bible as mandatory, a...The idea of taking the whole Bible as mandatory, and refusing to 'cherry-pick', is okay if you haven't read it. But if you have, you know that nobody actually tries to obey all the commands in it. The Anabaptists tried for a while in the 16th century. Then they decided to settle for just the New Testament. Then they decided to settle for just the Sermon on the Mount. Jonathan Clatworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131741258996509637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-9977322594067556362016-11-16T15:45:32.651+00:002016-11-16T15:45:32.651+00:00Yes, but what if the moral issue troubling your gr...Yes, but what if the moral issue troubling your group isn't seen as a moral issue at all by other groups? Or if it is seen as a moral issue, but in a diametrically opposite way to the view taken by your group? If morality is relative, whose view decides?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-16459691923384805602016-11-16T13:15:41.649+00:002016-11-16T13:15:41.649+00:00You don't really run any risks. You sit togeth...You don't really run any risks. You sit together in a group around tea lights and spend a few years discussing the morality of whatever issue is troubling your group. And you look at who is harmed by the various options open to you. And then you choose the option that causes least harm to the least number of people.<br /><br />You cherry-pick the good bits, absolutely. That's what moral reasoning is all about.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-35749913347602492592016-11-16T11:29:07.293+00:002016-11-16T11:29:07.293+00:00I'm no theologian, or philosopher, nor do I ha...I'm no theologian, or philosopher, nor do I have any desire to "out" gay clergy or anyone else. But it seems to me that if you are saying that morality is not fixed, you run the risk of cherry-picking only those bits of it that you (or any individual)feels comfortable with.<br /><br />Many cultures have no problem with lying, and I don't mean "little white lies". Many cultures have not at all our concept of cruelty, particularly towards animals. I could go on, but you get my drift. So who decides? I would submit that the individual conscience is <i>not</i> a safe guide in this. When the late unlamented Fred West (may God have mercy on his soul) was questioned about his perverted crimes, he was genuinely bewildered. He had himself grown up in a weird household, and to him torture of women and murder were not abnormal. So he innocently said, "Doesn't everybody?"<br /><br />The People of the Book are as prone as any other religionists to cherry-picking, as you point out. I haven't got any answer to this. Maybe you have?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-66523242213059969812016-11-15T23:48:06.142+00:002016-11-15T23:48:06.142+00:00That's grim. What happened to stuff about love...That's grim. What happened to stuff about love, mercy and not judging in the Bible? It is generally agreed witch hunts were a bad thing in the 17th century, so what makes some Christians think they're alright now?Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10166347698365200398noreply@blogger.com