tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post4001944994996753818..comments2024-03-29T06:35:42.668+00:00Comments on Going Gently: The Gnashing Of GumsJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-25098990516649088482015-06-20T09:23:57.056+00:002015-06-20T09:23:57.056+00:00Well said.totally agreeWell said.totally agreecat loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981599395549307321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-91231187982473443872015-06-20T04:02:31.142+00:002015-06-20T04:02:31.142+00:00Well said.Well said.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-61887454803290412622015-06-19T22:28:30.748+00:002015-06-19T22:28:30.748+00:00Yes, Jacqueline is right! The same is true on the ...Yes, Jacqueline is right! The same is true on the priesthood debate... New Zealand has had "women priests" as opposed to "priests" for aeons and my line always was that until we had as many stupid/mediocre women in the priesthood as men, we didn't have equality! In the 'early days' the quality of the women who made it to ordination was so much higher than that of the men of the time.... Now, there's equality!! Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864657381173674455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-21513714029854691152015-06-19T21:41:10.076+00:002015-06-19T21:41:10.076+00:00It will be though...to be sure?It will be though...to be sure?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-74352470294229163862015-06-19T21:26:24.693+00:002015-06-19T21:26:24.693+00:00Like the dinosaursLike the dinosaursJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-6210964910311331102015-06-19T21:24:44.044+00:002015-06-19T21:24:44.044+00:00Wanda, id love to get drunk with youWanda, id love to get drunk with youJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-55509294192816564762015-06-19T21:23:14.121+00:002015-06-19T21:23:14.121+00:00Megan, i hate the way that the welsh church may de...Megan, i hate the way that the welsh church may deem it ok to bless civil partnerships but not sanction marriage!<br />Hypocrites John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-82074468792223638452015-06-19T21:21:53.272+00:002015-06-19T21:21:53.272+00:00Sol
The church, in my view point can be summed up ...Sol<br />The church, in my view point can be summed up thus<br />" too much thinking, not a lot doing"John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-49459344088558510512015-06-19T21:20:28.532+00:002015-06-19T21:20:28.532+00:00It will xIt will xJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-22143894843339397402015-06-19T21:20:01.053+00:002015-06-19T21:20:01.053+00:00Well said that gal xWell said that gal xJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-43425216359003959662015-06-19T20:32:02.813+00:002015-06-19T20:32:02.813+00:00I just hate the fact that there needs to be discus...I just hate the fact that there needs to be discussions and debates about it….. it should be as ' ordinary ' as straight marriages and people should be left to get on with it…. AND, it's a shame that you need to write posts like this, isn't it John ?<br />The Church needs to move with the times. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-16365683849918914032015-06-19T20:17:04.771+00:002015-06-19T20:17:04.771+00:00How I wish gay marriage was sanctioned here. Soon...How I wish gay marriage was sanctioned here. Soon I hope. V soon.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-32651767800085164572015-06-19T19:31:16.804+00:002015-06-19T19:31:16.804+00:00And who really cares and/or needs their approval i...And who really cares and/or needs their approval in the first place?<br />Not I.<br />Most churches will soon disappear anyway due to lack if interest on the part of the enlightened. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-32635800589668467162015-06-19T18:59:13.892+00:002015-06-19T18:59:13.892+00:00I don't feel any degree of disapproval towards...I don't feel any degree of disapproval towards gay marriage , it probably has just as much chance of sucess as any other marriage, let the haters hate . kate steeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772776996207438308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-23367703031313896792015-06-19T18:23:05.864+00:002015-06-19T18:23:05.864+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-61909934830405126732015-06-19T17:52:27.519+00:002015-06-19T17:52:27.519+00:00I live in a US state where gay marriage is legal a...I live in a US state where gay marriage is legal and has been for some time now. When I was discussing the church aspect with a friend, she being an avid churchgoer and against gay marriage, I told her that in the US, marriage is a civil ceremony first. You need a marriage licence in order to be married, and any justice of the peace can perform the ceremony, but you don't need a church wedding to be married. Similarly, if you perform a church wedding without the licence supplied by the state, then you are not legally married. So, this is a render unto Cesar that which is Cesar's sort of thing to me. <br /><br />Churches can decide whether they wish to bless gay marriages and provide wedding services, and where I live, some do and some don't. megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-24254185604614069832015-06-19T17:16:43.027+00:002015-06-19T17:16:43.027+00:00Magic mushrooms?....Magic mushrooms?....Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674861197059323883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-87852992807110568132015-06-19T16:57:50.407+00:002015-06-19T16:57:50.407+00:00We dont want to be like anyone
We just want to be ...We dont want to be like anyone<br />We just want to be TREATED the sameJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-76772531315410241102015-06-19T16:48:29.287+00:002015-06-19T16:48:29.287+00:00Waiting for the Supreme Court to rule here in the ...Waiting for the Supreme Court to rule here in the west side of the Atlantic. I don't expect many of the church's to be accepting, that is their problem. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-8763210474376705812015-06-19T16:01:21.950+00:002015-06-19T16:01:21.950+00:00Indeed philip...... I subscribe to the view
Why wo...Indeed philip...... I subscribe to the view<br />Why would I want to be part of a group that doesnt want me as a member?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-49233605720748822692015-06-19T15:51:46.958+00:002015-06-19T15:51:46.958+00:00Yes, but supposing you are a person of faith, that...Yes, but supposing you are a person of faith, that you are a practicing Christian, and that the Anglican Church has some importance to you and indeed you have an appointed role within it. Someone like the Prof perhaps. The stance the Church takes might then be considered relevant and not so readily dismissed however much you want it to change.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-18860564450872046832015-06-19T15:48:07.257+00:002015-06-19T15:48:07.257+00:00Marriage is fucking boring. Marriage is fucking boring. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-71052130266338951192015-06-19T15:37:53.363+00:002015-06-19T15:37:53.363+00:00I'm grateful for your positive reaction to my ...I'm grateful for your positive reaction to my comment, but isn't it strange that churches advise regular and frequent readings of 'Holy Scripture' when, if one starts thinking about what one reads it all falls to pieces? What they'd prefer is for us to read but not question, argue or challenge it, in other words, to have a pre-ordained view of it all being true.<br />I think that J.C. may well have been a 'good' man (yes, I think he almost certainly DID exist) but I'd argue that he was probably also delusional. Just take one of scores of events in the Gospels - telling his disciples "I say unto you - if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed (presumably tiny), ye shall say unto this mountain ' Remove hence and it shall remove; and NOTHING shall be impossible unto you." (Matthew 17:20) How many people in humankind's entire history have been able to even, say, make an inconveniently-placed tree dislodge itself through 'belief', let alone move a mountain? I'd suggest not a one. Every single person there ever was has therefore lacked faith, it then follows. Or weren't we supposed to take the words literally? My case rests.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52067823555912245372015-06-19T15:31:14.237+00:002015-06-19T15:31:14.237+00:00I'm surprised this is even a debate at this po...I'm surprised this is even a debate at this point!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-83270330276887039272015-06-19T14:58:08.124+00:002015-06-19T14:58:08.124+00:00A bit late to even think about that, eh, vicar?A bit late to even think about that, eh, vicar?Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.com