Religious Right Claims Church of England has "Left Christianity"


While many factions within Christianity claim to be the "only" or "true" Christianity, it is carried to the absurd at times. The Church of England, a huge denomination with 85 million members, declared it will consecrate marriages of same sex couples. Now it is being called by the right no longer a Christain denomination but some entirely different religion.

We know a significant part of the Christian community favors embracing gay marriage in their churches. That part of Christianity has successfully recognized use of their faith against gay people is simply using their faith to justify a long-standing prejudice that exists in our culture.

What a service the faith could do for society if it would be candid about its weaknesses. It could instruct people that no one can say with certainty what the original authors of the Bible wrote or what was going on at the time that caused them to write it. They could warn the faithful against using the faith to justify prejudices that existed in society before they were born.  

That the huge Church of England has embraced gay marriage is a healthy sign for the survival of the faith. The Catholic branch and Southern Baptists would be wise to run and jump on the train that has left the station. The Pope seems to want to do this, but the baggage is heavy. 

One thing that is certain, the Church of England has not left Christianity. Instead, the Christian right has shown its true unattractive colors by continuing to bash a group of individuals who are different through no fault of their own. By saying the Church of England has left the faith, the right has painted ever more perfectly a picture of an entire faith that is falling in numbers.

When decent people in the faith and those with no faith agree on something like approval of gay marriage, good things happen. 

 

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