howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#2
Ah yes...
One mystery remains to me
the workings of the C of E
An admirable fellow, the out-going incumbent. Though he did not seem to be the correct 'fit' to lead the Conservative Party as prayer. He will surely be Oxbridge's gain if no great loss to the present government.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Rowan Williams was always the wrong choice. The position needs a turbo-vicar not an academic theologian. John Sentamu would be an admirable choice with Michael Nazir-Ali to replace him at York. In today's PC climate only ethnic minority figures can say what needs to be said without fear of reprisals.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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John Sentamu's pitching of his tent before the altar inside his Cathedral would indeed endear him to the Tories if he had been so acting to point-up the plight of our homeless, but such was not his target...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4787855.stmIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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sentamu would be a popular choice with traditionalists, outspoken and courts publicity which would be good for the church.
what to me is wrong is that the choice is not left to the loyal supporters who attend week in week out and put their hands in their pockets to keep the churches running.
Brian Dixon
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#6
desmond tutu for the job i say.
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#7
Yes indeed! Desmond Tutu, an example to us all. I had the great pleasure of meeting him two years ago.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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besides his theological achievements he has added to the english language. any football match that finishes 2 -2 is referred to as a desmond.
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#10
Rowan Williams led with charm and intelligence, so no wonder he was not a popular choice. Sentamu has written for the new Sun "newspaper" so has immediately lost any respect I may have had for him - and I did, once.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#11
the sun a newspaper bern,your having a larf.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#12
the job has to be about reaching out to as many people as possible therefore a top selling tabloid newspaper must be a good way of doing so.
#13
But it also sends a message about what is acceptable and what isn't. It isn;'t as simple as lets preach to the masses.
