tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post6959463220495562526..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Giles Goddard's BeaconPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-41741326429807236832007-11-07T21:23:00.000+01:002007-11-07T21:23:00.000+01:00It's a very fair point, and the point is that Open...It's a very fair point, and the point is that Open Evangelicalism involves a spread. My point goes on to be that some Open Evangelicals would prefer to mix with liberals and some with Conservative Evangelicals, should they have to choose, and that the dividing line goes through them. There won't have to be a choice unless Conservative Evangelicals force it, or something highly restrictive takes place in Anglicanism.<BR/><BR/>None of this makes Andrew Goddard's piece any better.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your comment, and its message is worth reinforcing.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-21889742491034404582007-11-07T18:27:00.000+01:002007-11-07T18:27:00.000+01:00You say "the Open Evangelicals think that they can...You say "the Open Evangelicals think that they can follow this disaster as a means to isolate The Episcopal Church and install some clearer doctrine". This assumes all OEs think the same on this - they don't. A number of us (including some like myself who are in Fulcrum, even though this is not the accepted Fulcrum line) are accepting of same-sex relations. I personally have no desire to isolate TEC, even if I do have concerns about some of its approaches and attitudes.<BR/><BR/>So something a bit more nuanced than lumping all Open Evangelicals together would be good! <BR/><BR/>Of course, this raises the question as to how many OEs can accept the principle of same-sex relations. And also the question as to whether or not this may be a growing proportion, even if most official evangelical approaches (as with Fulcrum) are still opposed. I have no idea what the answers to these two questions are, but others may have some ideas.George Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238642889759057233noreply@blogger.com