tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146780325302102876.post2820229139783986065..comments2024-03-20T08:06:18.312+00:00Comments on Benny's Blog: The Bishop of Sodormy?Benny Hazlehursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11106740133903626260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146780325302102876.post-56183821847914510722011-12-15T22:29:54.188+00:002011-12-15T22:29:54.188+00:00Thanks Laura and Erika.
Thee is truth in what you...Thanks Laura and Erika.<br /><br />Thee is truth in what you both say, but like Laura, I see this an an opportunity.<br /><br />In some ways I think that ++Rowan has felt unable to act according to his conscience right from the beginning at Canterbury simply because his is 'liberal' on this issue.<br /><br />So perhaps (ironically) it would have been easier to see progress with a someone who was more conservative?!Benny Hazlehursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106740133903626260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146780325302102876.post-79304576796084071762011-12-15T10:11:22.088+00:002011-12-15T10:11:22.088+00:00Laura, yes, but there are some hawks you cannot ma...Laura, yes, but there are some hawks you cannot make peace with unless you surrender.<br /><br />The Irish talks only resulted in thawing and compromise after both sides had realised that they would need to give a little.<br /><br />And if you had given the deciding voice in the women bishop's debate to one of the bishops who have since departed for the Ordinariate you would rightly have been accused of manipulating the outcome.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146780325302102876.post-18577948071156755362011-12-15T09:34:41.590+00:002011-12-15T09:34:41.590+00:00I love the title of the post!
I think I agree wit...I love the title of the post!<br /><br />I think I agree with your conclusion. If you were to pick the most liberal diocese in England instead, the difficulties would arise after their [presumed liberal] conclusion. The only hope for real change is to pick the Bishop of Sodor and Man, or someone similar, because if he recommends change it will really mean something.<br /><br />It is rather like the Middle East. It is no good signing a peace treaty with an Israeli dove - you need to find an Israeli hawk and make peace with him or her to have any chance of it sticking.<br /><br />So I will be joining my fellow 'liberals' in praying earnestly for the soul - and physical health - of Bishop Robert.Lay Anglicanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731735543104129849noreply@blogger.com