Gay bishop attacks Catholic stand

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Link to BBC article about Gene Robinson’s critisism of Catholic Church

This is a very disturbing development to see this Bishop make such an aggressive verbal attack of the Catholic Church. I’m starting to think that he is cooperating with evil here.

*“The first openly gay Anglican bishop, Gene Robinson, has called for the Roman Catholic church’s attitude to homosexuals to be confronted.
The Bishop of New Hampshire said the Vatican’s ban on ordaining gay men was “vile”, in a speech in London.”…

…He continued: "I find it so vile that they think they are going to end the child abuse scandal by throwing out homosexuals from seminaries.

“It is an act of violence that needs to be confronted.”*
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I think it’s a compliment to be called “vile” by a man who is so vile that he deserted his wife and children to live with his partner in sodomy, and continues to do so.

“We are seeing so many Roman Catholics joining the (Episcopal) Church.” And what a sense of ironic humour! The Episcopal Church was once 40% of the US population. Now it is under 2% and still falling. Plenty of Episcopalians are converting to the Catholic Church over this issue, but I’ve never heard of any Catholic converting to Episcopalianism because he wanted “gay” bishops.
 
I heard Mr. Robinson in an interview on the radio once and couldn’t believe my ears! The things he says are certainly over the top. I have my faith in the teachings of my Church and that’s all I nee.
 
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Petergee:
I think it’s a compliment to be called “vile” by a man who is so vile that he deserted his wife and children to live with his partner in sodomy, and continues to do so.

“We are seeing so many Roman Catholics joining the (Episcopal) Church.” And what a sense of ironic humour! The Episcopal Church was once 40% of the US population. Now it is under 2% and still falling. Plenty of Episcopalians are converting to the Catholic Church over this issue, but I’ve never heard of any Catholic converting to Episcopalianism because he wanted “gay” bishops.
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:amen: Yep!
 
We could debate chaste gays, but what about flamboyant, openly practicing gays? People who proudly let the world know what they do sexually with members of the same sex and celebrate it? The man attacking the CC seems like he is one of those.
 
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ComradeAndrei:
Let this “bishop” dash himself against the Rock like every other heretic and apostate throughout the history of the Church has done-he will fair no better.
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Put that in a book of quotes!!!
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Well let’s not forget; we are the Church MIlitant, so if the “bishop” wants to fight, I say let’s give him one.We’ll put on the armor of God and march out behind St. Michael the Archangel and slay the infidel. I do declare, it really gets my rarin’ to go when it comes to defending the faith. Homosexuality is the wake-up call for us Catholics. If this sin, which caused the destruction of Sodom and Gommorah is allowed to wash unabated upon the land, then civilization as we know it is a thing of the past, and that’s not hyperbole. We cannot bite our tongues when it comes to proclaiming the truth about homosexuality. The other side is not qualifying, eqivocating, or abdicating,and we need to do the same. …St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle…
 
I just hope to God the CC doesn’t cave to worldly pressure to change their stance on sexual sin so - forgive me for calling them this - sodomites can preach about sin.
 
episcopalianism is pathetic. it was founded on sexual sin and it remains in sexual sin. the worst part about the guy is he’s so prideful and concieted. like his opinion amounts to anything. it reminds of when clinton criticized JPII by saying “he has a mixed legacy like all of us”.
 
Chris LaRock:
We could debate chaste gays, but what about flamboyant, openly practicing gays? People who proudly let the world know what they do sexually with members of the same sex and celebrate it? The man attacking the CC seems like he is one of those.
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Gene Robinson lives with his “partner”.😦
 
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GoLatin:
Gene Robinson lives with his “partner”.😦
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That’s why he should be excommunicated. Think of how it makes the CC look to have openly practicing homosexuals as clergy! 😦
 
Chris LaRock:
That’s why he should be excommunicated. Think of how it makes the CC look to have openly practicing homosexuals as clergy! 😦
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I would look horrible and you can rest assured that if this were so, the Church would take action. Gene Robinson is not a member of the Catholic clergy. He is Episcopal.
 
Chris LaRock:
That’s why he should be excommunicated. Think of how it makes the CC look to have openly practicing homosexuals as clergy! 😦
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I agree that the ECUSA ought to excommunicate Gene Robinson. They haven’t excommunicated anyone for heresy or wicked lifestyles in decades, however. I think I did read somewhere that an ORTODOX Episcopalian priest or bishop was disciplined for failure to show ‘Christian charity’ or some such rot–he was standing four-square for some traditional principle or th’other.
 
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flameburns623:
I agree that the ECUSA ought to excommunicate Gene Robinson. They haven’t excommunicated anyone for heresy or wicked lifestyles in decades, however. I think I did read somewhere that an ORTODOX Episcopalian priest or bishop was disciplined for failure to show ‘Christian charity’ or some such rot–he was standing four-square for some traditional principle or th’other.
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Yeah! What this person said right here 👍 .
 
Chris LaRock:
That’s why he should be excommunicated. Think of how it makes the CC look to have openly practicing homosexuals as clergy! 😦
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He’s not a member of the CC. Not even close. He’s an Anglican/Episcopalian.
 
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Ghosty:
He’s not a member of the CC. Not even close. He’s an Anglican/Episcopalian.
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I know. a couple other people have mentioned that to me.
 
The Man has almost sigle handedly destroyed the Episcopal church of the USA.The Episcopal church in the USA has been suspended by the world wide Anglican communion for the aberations it has allowed mainly,making this man a bishop. The Decree Apostolica Curae of Leo XIII .Has been proved right by the actions of the Episcopal church , culminating in making this man a bishop.
 
Semper Fi:
For someone who thinks that Christ and Peter were gay lovers, who cares what this idiot says? He claims there’s “Catholics” joining the Episcopal church… I disagree, just protestants coming out of their shell and having the guts to admit it (if there really is a spike in conversions). If “Bishop” Gene looked at the statistics, 85% + of the cases were priests having sex with postpubescent boys (still REAL wrong), but that means it is homosexual activity causing the problem, not pedophilia. He should try and clean up the mess and divisions that he’s made in his own church before he attacks ours. Isn’t the ECUSA serving a suspension from the Anglican Communion?
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Did he actually say that about Jesus and Peter? If so that is awful. Could you please post a link.
 
Semper Fi:
If “Bishop” Gene looked at the statistics, 85% + of the cases were priests having sex with postpubescent boys (still REAL wrong), but that means it is homosexual activity causing the problem, not pedophilia.
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I agree! I get tired of pedophiles being grouped with hetrosexuality instead of homosexuality where it belongs.

George
 
I wonder, when he says…
"We are seeing so many Roman Catholics joining the church.
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“Pope Ratzinger may be the best thing that ever happened to the Episcopal Church.”
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…he expects an exodus of Catholic priests to come into the Anglican church as we saw the ‘coming home’ of so many Anglican priests when that church began the ordination of women. While one might say one (an openly homosexual clergy) has nothing to do with the other (the ordination of women) both are differences of opinion on what constitutes Christian orthodoxy. There may well be an exodus of Catholic priests to the Anglican church based upon this issue but I would think one would have to take into account ratio if one is to project prevailing attitudes.

I am also disturbed at the term “act of violence”. As one who has some hope of the schism of the Anglican church being rectified, it is disheartening for me to hear such rhetoric just as sure I am that it is disheartening for orthodox Anglicans. It makes me sad to think that such remarks might not only lead to further schism in the Anglican church but also, that if such remarks ‘drive’ orthodox Anglicans into the Catholic Church, it will only be because of a single issue. When orthodox Anglican priests came home to the Catholic Church after the ordination of women was allowed in the Anglican church, they insisted that was not the only issue. Should the ‘gay priest’ issue bring Catholics or Anglicans into the others church, I hope that it will not be over a single issue.

I would bet that the Bishop may wish, at some point, that he had not spoken with such vitriol. But, perhaps, he is so strong in his convictions that he feels that it the only moral way to speak what he believes to be his genuine Christian convictions and let division continue or arise anew than to speak softly with the realization that his is the minority Christian view and not the orthodox.

As an Anglican Bishop, Robinson is as free as any to criticize the Catholic Church using any words available, I suppose. But it seems to me that with the use of such words as “act of violence” he is coming close to anti-Catholic rhetoric which has also been used against churches such as the Anglican church whose doctrines and practices are not far removed from Catholicism.

The best way to view Robinson’s statements, likely, are that - even though a Bishop - he is not, in this case, speaking for the whole of the Episcopal Church.
 
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