Anglican Unscripted 894 - Who Raped Lily?

[@campbellpaget453]

Selby was my Area Bishop when I began ministry as a Curate in South West London. His letter epitomises EVERYTHING that is wrong about the C of E and why it has fallen into the state it has. The system would have continued to operate on the principle of damage limitation. The bishops, before being appointed, are told that the principle of 'collegiality', not 'truth' must reign: so closing ranks and presenting a united front when the House of Bishops is attacked- for whatever reason - and not spilling the beans is uppermost always in their mind set. It was he and others who engineered the elevation of 'Liberals' and morally weak people who would be 'company' men and women and keep mum when required. Few baulked at this for the sake of their careers: the recent film 'Conclave' portrays much that is similar in the C of E. It is exceedingly hard to find any sympathy for men and women whose cowardice and cover-ups have brought the C of E to its present pastoral, strategic, and moral nadir. The C of E needs a root and branch revision of the system an dit would be best led by faithful and suitably experienced lay people....plus the handful of bishops with a backbone.

[@davepugh2519]

Do you ever wonder why your god doesn't do anything to stop children being abused by his employees?

[@davidrudd2215]

@@davepugh2519 "You will know them by their fruits." They're not God's employees. Perhaps behind your question is the enormous issue of why God allows any suffering and evil at all - and as you know, volumes have been written to try to answer this. All I'd say for now is that a scenario in which God might intervene to prevent any and all suffering would be a completely different reality from the one we know - one in which humans could not be autonamous moral beings.

[@davepugh2519]

@@davidrudd2215 God doesn't allow suffering. God isn't real.

[@royquick-s5n]

@@davepugh2519 It should be quite obvious to you that anyone abusing children is not an employee of God or acting as an employee of God. Drawing conclusions from appearance, the outside of the cup?

[@royquick-s5n]

@@davepugh2519 Someone deleted my original reply to you. Why? I pointed out that anyone who is abusing children is not acting as an employee of God, i.e. doing God's will. God allows free will, the choice to do good or to do evil, to live according to his will or to live against it. Clergy are not immune to sin (nor are censors).

[@Primrosered3456]

Thanks, , lots of good information this week as always .Happy Christmas to you and your families , love the photos you showed us last week

[@bobk1845]

Bravo for mentioning St Mary of Egypt!

[@anonymoussource701]

"I care for the widows and just fired" - cracking line!

[@sueking7195]

One of the best tonight

[@BridgetWoodhouse-z2x]

When my husband had a kidney stone, our doctor told him that it was the nearest to labour pains that men can experience!

[@paulgrayshon1375]

Worse? I passed out!

[@787Earl]

God bless you, thank you

[@UrsulaPainter]

Hope that Kevin gets well!

[@NotMyGumDropButtons.444]

2:46 I believe this is what happened to Adam and Eve. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk😂😂😂😂

[@tonyoliver2750]

I was surprised by former MP and Minister of State for Prisons, Anne Widdicombe's defence of Justin Welby in her discussion with Gavin Ashenden. After all, she made a big thing of leaving the Church of England and crossing the Tiber when women bishops were permitted so one might have expected her to be just a little critical of the higher echelons of the C of E. Then it hit me, she's merely defending a member of her political class.

[@andysmith4158]

Her brother Malcolm, a parish priest in central Bristol for over 40 years, would have spoken out about all the cover-ups taking place in the C of E today,

[@paulgrayshon1375]

How many bureaucrats in the C of E are ordained? Discussion please on why they are not in Parishes.

[@richardroberts1171]

Pineapples do not grow in trees guys!

[@Apriluser]

You and someone else made that comment. I thought they did grow on trees so I looked it up. They do not grow on trees!

[@johnsbox]

hI BROS. gOOD SHOW AGAIN. lOVE YOU . gREETINGS FROM pOLAND AND gOD bLESS!

[@davidmorrison2739]

A bonus view at the end!

[@revcdp]

Pineapples do not grow on trees.

[@Apriluser]

I’m so glad you said that. I thought they did and so I looked it up. They do not grow on trees!

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Given how Welby encouraged the erasure of the name of the saintly Bishop of Chichester, George Bell, from that city's Primary Schools and other public places, there is something sinfully delicious in watching the Church of England try to erase his own record. And what is that record? Even today, he is remembered for one thing only: being the only Archbishop of Canterbury who locked the parishioners of England out oif their parish churches to conform with the wishes of a tyrannical Prime Minister. He has achieved nothing else! The C of E will NEVER recover from that single treacherous, faithless, act. With regard to filling the 'sede vacante' of Augustine, don't forget, the ABC has to be an Establishment figure, first and foremost: s/he must never be a 'boat-rocker' like Jesus of Nazareth. So, the Holy Spirit does not get a look-in during the current negotiations. Perhaps - if the Holy Spirit were involved - the Selectors might look beyond the English bishops. Above all, the requirement is for a sound and thoroughgoing THEOLOGIAN, who can present belief in Jesus as 'reasoned' and 'reasonable'. That was way beyond Welby! With regard to Syria, I suspect the new, very Islamic regime will serve more notice on the world, as to what Islam truly is. Your 'Borg' analogy is very apt: "Assimilate or be killed". And our politicians have been importing that mentality, among civilised people, for decades. With regard to your usual discussion of sexual practice, you continue to load the topic with 'gravitas': which has been part of the Church's problem for centuries. Such 'gravitas' starts with 'scripture', and not with 'humankind'. "Don't have sex before you're married", George? Does that include self-masturbation? What adolescent escapes adolescence without masturbating? The Church needs to start with 'us'; not its rules!

[@davidknox5929]

Surely Kevin is rich!!

[@royquick-s5n]

It appears that he has wisely made five talents more!🙂

[@johnmartin4650]

Every stone is a nightmare

[@lizgriffin7381]

Where is your article on Anglican Ink? I looked up the hansard report to find the speech by Lord Robathan in parliament because I couldn’t find your article.

[@cdy1952]

Hoping you both are having a blessed Advent and would appreciate on your commentary of the new Netflix movie, “Mary” which is being touted by many as the new Christmas message film for Christmas, 2024. Your commentary would be very valuable and deeply appreciated, George and Kevin. 😊🙏🏻

[@georgeconger2850]

Alas, i do not have a Netflix subscription

[@cdy1952]

@@georgeconger2850perhaps you can delegate this to someone else. It’s a worthy story as I have quite a few Anglican friends here in HK who do watch Netflix and several from St. Andrew’s Church have commented on either they have watched it or intend to watch it and they want to get a broader Anglican perspective on the movie than just hearing my point of view. 😊

[@anthonyhulse1248]

Joel Osteen… end of.

[@georgeallen7887]

Re your last story. Not obvious, but the moral complexity of sex is on display, and dramatized well, in the series Fellow Travelers.

[@patrickbarnes5063]

(Comment for algorithm.)

[@davidmorrison2739]

Who's he?

[@royquick-s5n]

@@davidmorrison2739 David, it made be allusion to a KZbin or Google filter or filterer. 🙂

[@davidknox5929]

Go see Conclave men.

[@johngillatt2740]

Are Iguanas venous?

[@derrybeekeeper]

1200 Israeli : over 40k Palestinians.

[@tonyoliver2750]

@@royquick-s5n Let's hope the moderator on Anglican Unscripted isn't as biased as the one on Anglican Ink or you'll be getting banned for mounting any kind of defence of Israel. And there's no appeal.

[@tonyoliver2750]

@@royquick-s5n I've e-mailed Kevin twice, but as you say, he will back his moderators right or wrong, which is an odd position for a Christian to take, and he's told me there is nothing he can do. I'm used to cancel culture here in the UK, but I thought Anglican Ink might be different - I was wrong. I contrasted the civilian death rate in the WWII bombing of Tokyo (Operation Meetinghouse) with the alleged civilian casualty rate in Gaza and asked why Israel alone gets the special attention and condemnation it does. The result is that I'm banned from Anglican Ink after being falsely accused by the moderator (with no right of reply) of suggesting that he was happy with the casualties inflicted during Operation Meetinghouse. I suggested no such thing as even a brief look at the exchange between me and the moderator will show. I'll possibly be blocked from commenting here in future for this comment.

[@royquick-s5n]

@@tonyoliver2750 A reply that I entered only a few hours ago in Episode 894 was deleted. To be expected, and a confirmation.

[@royquick-s5n]

@@tonyoliver2750 Tony, I understand that Anglican Ink is monitored and not necessarily by Kevin Kallsen himself. It is possible that a moderator banned, but consider that KZbin or Google may drop blogs. God only knows what KZbin or Google filters there may be or the mentality of a KZbin or Google employee who may be monitoring. 🙂

[@royquick-s5n]

I am rewording a blog that I entered here. I stated that the number of collateral deaths reported on the Palestinian side may cause apprehension or raise the thought that they have may have been further minimized in some way, but Israel might have suffered a higher number than it has, if it had not been for effective defense against rocket and ground assault. I stated also, in regard to civilian deaths, we Americans, in any finger pointing, ought to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki.🤔

[@marmeemarch7080]

Hey there, Mr. Kallsen, don't compare CoE General Synod politics to Chicago politics, the Democrat Machine doesn't deserve that smear! /s 😄

[@brjimbo1]

Give an ecumenal touch to the office of Archbishop: outsource the position administratively to a clerk from the Personal Ordinariate...or better, elect Abp. Andy Johns from Cymru. Rome will need a credible point person from the Anglican Communion. Just sayin'

[@royquick-s5n]

I am re-wording my original reply. My apologies to anyone who gave a thumbs-up to it. It would not seem that a member of the Anglican Ordinariate would be an ideal candidate from the fact alone of Anglican appreciation for Article VI, i.e. that no one should be required to believe anything necessary to salvation which "is not read" in or may not be "proved" by Holy Scripture, which is not found in the Roman Catholic Catechism. 🤔