Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Episcopaganism

In another example of life becoming Scrappleface, Episcopal Priest Ann Holmes Redding is also a practicing Muslim. Redding says she's fine with it because:
Redding doesn't feel she has to resolve all the contradictions. People within one religion can't even agree on all the details, she said. "So why would I spend time to try to reconcile all of Christian belief with all of Islam?
I find it sad that she considers theological points like the divinity of Christ, a key point of Christian doctrine absolutely denied by Islam, a minor point of contention and unimportant to her faith. I find it even sadder that her Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, doesn't have a problem with this either.

Unfortunately this sort of syncretism seems to be growing more and more commonplace with Episcopalians. GetReligion has noticed these sorts of trends within the Episcopal Church USA before. The last major shake-up was with Bill Melnyk and his wife Glyn Ruppe-Melnyk, both of whom are Episcopal priests and practicing druids. Melnyk moonlighted as the druid priest Oakwyse and Ruppe-Melnyk moonlighted as Glispa. Ruppe-Melnyk also incorporated feminist perspectives in accepted Episcopalian liturgy that turned out to be thinly veiled pagan rites.

Via Mark Steyn through Instapundit.

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