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2005-10-25 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2005-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Muslims don't need to worry. The Anglican church quit being Christian quite a while ago.

Posted by BillH 2005-10-25 08:19|| 2005-10-25 08:19|| Front Page Top

#2 "People will be insulted"...

Oh-oh. Think I know how that'll turn out.
I'd get plenty of insurance.

Posted by tu3031 2005-10-25 08:45|| 2005-10-25 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 So, what's the spread on when the riots start? Over-under on Christian deaths? I give it 3,000-1 against our media reporting anything about the coming riots. Takers?

Posted by AllahHateMe 2005-10-25 08:51|| 2005-10-25 08:51|| Front Page Top

#4 guess we'd better not tell 'em about the new Synagogue being built, then?

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2005-10-25 09:27|| 2005-10-25 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 BillH: You're thinking Episcopalian, the US branch, who are squishy leftist pseudo-Anglicans. Real Anglicans are primarily African, and are about as conservative as conservative Catholics. More and more conservative US Anglican churches are becoming African missionary churches, so that they can have a conservative bishop instead of an Episcopalian liberal.

They are also making big inroads against Moslems where the two co-exist in Africa, enough that the Moslems are getting worried about it.

For all practical purposes, Anglicans are the Christian front-line troops against the spread of Islam. Many of the Christians persecuted by Moslems are Anglicans.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-25 09:55|| 2005-10-25 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 "They respect other religions. But to impose this on them is to say that you are no longer a Muslim state. That will hurt."

Ohh!! Doublethink!

They respect other religions? Bullshit! This is Islam - Convert, Submit/be-humiliated/PAY, or Die!

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-10-25 10:27|| 2005-10-25 10:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Just wait until the Temple of Bob The Wonder Pig goes in...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-10-25 11:04|| 2005-10-25 11:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Anonymoose, the original (English) branch of the Anglican Church is even worse than the American version. Over there, it hasn't been necessary for priests to believe in the existence of God, let alone the saving grace of Jesus, for at least a century.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-10-25 12:47|| 2005-10-25 12:47|| Front Page Top

#9 trailing wife: the schism is ending up with the US, Canada and Britain on one side, and everybody else on the other. The African churches have gone so far as to condemn the British church for being "at variance", which is a milder form of heresy. This means they will no longer commune with them, give them any money or resources, nor respect their pronouncements. They did so to the US church when they ordained the gay bishop.

The schism in the US is a quiet rift, with more and more conservative churches joining the African congregation as missionary churches. Ironically, while protecting the American churches, they in turn give huge sums of money to the African arch-dioceses, making them far more powerful on the continent, and attractive to Moslem converts.

This is so interconnected with the WoT that it should almost be a "background" item. With so very many Moslems becoming disillusioned with Islam, I think it is hunky-dory that Anglicanism is there to pick up the slack.

Eventually, I suspect that it will lead to open religious conflict between the two religions. The Imams just can't stand by and let their suckers be drawn away without a fight.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-25 14:45|| 2005-10-25 14:45|| Front Page Top

#10 "They respect other religions. But to impose this on them is to say that you are no longer a Muslim state. That will hurt."

And yet he doesn't complain that an EU with Turkey would no longer be a "Christian Europe"... so why is it bad that Qatar would no longer be a Muslim state but instead be amongst the ranks of the "multi-cultural, diverse" nations? :P

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-10-25 19:23|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-10-25 19:23|| Front Page Top

#11 The black folks go to the AME Zion church.

I know that the AME stands for
African
Methodist
Episcopal

But am unsure on the Zion. (Old Mount of Zion?)Still it seems an eclectic mix of religions.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-25 19:53|| 2005-10-25 19:53|| Front Page Top

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