With Priests Like This Is It any Wonder There Is a Growing Exodus Out of the Anglican Church?
CAUTION: Some parts of this post not suitable for younger eyes, or any eyes for that matter.
This has got to rank up there as 1 of the most blasphemous things out there this year. It ranks up w/ Sr. Donna's claim that the Virgin Mary is pro-choice. It is not for the faint of heart. This will only speed up the death of the Anglican communion by driving away those who uphold 2000 years of Christian doctrine. Some will go to more traditional Anglican groups. others will be crossing the Tiber.
The billboard is intended to challenge the stereotypes of the Christmas conception story, but it has been described as offensive to ChristiansUnholy row over New Zealand Mary and Joseph billboard
An unholy row has broken out in New Zealand over a church billboard aimed at "challenging stereotypes" about the birth of Jesus Christ.
A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow".
St Matthew-in-the-City Church in Auckland, which erected the billboard, said it had intended to provoke debate.
But the Catholic Church, among others, has condemned it as "inappropriate" and "disrespectful".
Within hours of its unveiling, the billboard had been defaced with brown paint. While I normally don't condone vandalism, in this case it is NOT VANDALISM but getting ride of an obscenity.
The church's vicar, Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, said the aim of the billboard had been to lampoon the literal interpretation of the Christmas conception story. So it sounds like he is denying the miraculous conception of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit aswell as the Virgin birth.
A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow".
St Matthew-in-the-City Church in Auckland, which erected the billboard, said it had intended to provoke debate.
But the Catholic Church, among others, has condemned it as "inappropriate" and "disrespectful".
Within hours of its unveiling, the billboard had been defaced with brown paint. While I normally don't condone vandalism, in this case it is NOT VANDALISM but getting ride of an obscenity.
The church's vicar, Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, said the aim of the billboard had been to lampoon the literal interpretation of the Christmas conception story. So it sounds like he is denying the miraculous conception of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit aswell as the Virgin birth.
"What we're trying to do is to get people to think more about what Christmas is all about," he told the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA). Maybe you ought to do a little thinking yourself.
"Is it about a spiritual male God sending down sperm so a child would be born, or is it about the power of love in our midst as seen in Jesus?" What a load of BS!!!! But what can you expect from someone who clearly denies the birth of Jesus as miraculous & even casts doubts on the divinity of Jesus as is clearly shown in this statement?
He told NZPA that the church had received e-mails and phone calls about the controversial image.
"About 50% said they loved it, and about 50% said it was terribly offensive," he said. "But that's out of about 20 responses - this is New Zealand."
But Lyndsay Freer, spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Auckland, said the poster was offensive to Christians. That's an understatement.
"Our Christian tradition of 2,000 years is that Mary remains a virgin and that Jesus is the son of God, not Joseph," she told the New Zealand Herald. "Such a poster is inappropriate and disrespectful." IMHO, you are letting them off easy, blashpemy is a better way to put it.
The family values group Family First said any debate about the Virgin birth should be held inside the church.
"To confront children and families with the concept as a street billboard is completely irresponsible and unnecessary," Family First director Bob McCroskrie told the news website stuff.co.nz.
"Is it about a spiritual male God sending down sperm so a child would be born, or is it about the power of love in our midst as seen in Jesus?" What a load of BS!!!! But what can you expect from someone who clearly denies the birth of Jesus as miraculous & even casts doubts on the divinity of Jesus as is clearly shown in this statement?
He told NZPA that the church had received e-mails and phone calls about the controversial image.
"About 50% said they loved it, and about 50% said it was terribly offensive," he said. "But that's out of about 20 responses - this is New Zealand."
But Lyndsay Freer, spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Auckland, said the poster was offensive to Christians. That's an understatement.
"Our Christian tradition of 2,000 years is that Mary remains a virgin and that Jesus is the son of God, not Joseph," she told the New Zealand Herald. "Such a poster is inappropriate and disrespectful." IMHO, you are letting them off easy, blashpemy is a better way to put it.
The family values group Family First said any debate about the Virgin birth should be held inside the church.
"To confront children and families with the concept as a street billboard is completely irresponsible and unnecessary," Family First director Bob McCroskrie told the news website stuff.co.nz.
Irresponsible is a good way to put it. As I said, blasphemous is another. This poster impies that God had sex with Mary rather than her conceiving by the power of the Holy Spirit. As a Catholic, I also find it offensive because it attacks a tennent of my faith that Mary remained a virgin even after the birth of Jesus.
posted by Al @ 1:23 AM
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