Friday, April 06, 2007

Good Friday and a Heretical Anglican Priest

Today is Good Friday, the day Christians celebrate the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. And then you have this Gay Anglican (Episcopal) priest that not only doesn't believe that, but also says that the idea is insane.
Church of England traditionalists, wearied by the battles over homosexuality in the church and the clergy, are about to take it on their spiritual chins once again when a leading "gay" cleric will tell listeners to BBC Radio 4 that Christianity's traditional teaching on Christ's crucifixion for the sins of mankind is "repulsive," "insane" and makes "God sound like a psychopath."

Christian theology has taught the doctrine of "penal substitution" – that humans, alienated from God by their sins and unable to save themselves, could only be forgiven by God sending Christ as a substitute to suffer and die in their place.

"In other words, Jesus took the rap and we got forgiven as long as we said we believed in him," said John. "This is repulsive as well as nonsensical. It makes God sound like a psychopath. If a human behaved like this we'd say that they [sic] were a monster."

How can this PINO (Priest In Name Only) claim he is a Christian and not believe in one of the basic tenets of Christianity? How can he say the Nicaean Creed (which states: "... For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate...") every Sunday and be a hypocrite? Humanism has been taking over the Anglican Church and other mainline Protestant Churches, and this is the results: a Gay Priest that denies Christ's sacrifice for us.

Well guess what Mr Jeffrey John, Christ died for you, whether you believe it or not.


Mr Minority

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