Comments on: Botswana’s Priorities http://www.luminousdarkness.org/blog/2007/11/15/botswanas-priorities/ et verbum caro factum est Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jamie http://www.luminousdarkness.org/blog/2007/11/15/botswanas-priorities/#comment-14767 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:07:21 +0000 http://www.luminousdarkness.org/blog/2007/11/15/botswanas-priorities/#comment-14767 Yes that of course is definitely true, and I would certainly assume that, at least on this social issue, he would probably be very conservative. The question is, would he be willing to continue to work with churches who disagreed, so that together we can tackle these other issues which are really the more life-or-death ones in my opinion. If yes, then I think there is some hope for the future there. As a side not, Michael, I'm sorry that your comment didn't get moderated earlier -- I feel fairly sure that you have posted here before, and I don't know why this message got filtered out this time around Yes that of course is definitely true, and I would certainly assume that, at least on this social issue, he would probably be very conservative. The question is, would he be willing to continue to work with churches who disagreed, so that together we can tackle these other issues which are really the more life-or-death ones in my opinion.

If yes, then I think there is some hope for the future there.

As a side not, Michael, I’m sorry that your comment didn’t get moderated earlier — I feel fairly sure that you have posted here before, and I don’t know why this message got filtered out this time around

]]> by: Michael http://www.luminousdarkness.org/blog/2007/11/15/botswanas-priorities/#comment-13987 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:20:15 +0000 http://www.luminousdarkness.org/blog/2007/11/15/botswanas-priorities/#comment-13987 <i>&#8220;[T]he Bishop still stands by his position that Africa has too many problems </i><i>[...]</i> to sort out than to spend a lot of time and energy on homosexuality issues&#8221; While I certainly agree that there is an issue of <em>priorities</em> at stake, I think it's just as clear that the Bishop has chosen his words very carefully to avoid expressing any <em>support</em> for homosexuals, as well. His priorities seem right, but I wonder if perhaps his social politics are as bad as those of the Catholic in Rome. If the wider Anglican Communion wants to remain socially relevant in the Western world, I believe those issues will have to be addressed, and sooner rather than later. But that is, of course, no news to you. “[T]he Bishop still stands by his position that Africa has too many problems […] to sort out than to spend a lot of time and energy on homosexuality issues”

While I certainly agree that there is an issue of priorities at stake, I think it’s just as clear that the Bishop has chosen his words very carefully to avoid expressing any support for homosexuals, as well. His priorities seem right, but I wonder if perhaps his social politics are as bad as those of the Catholic in Rome. If the wider Anglican Communion wants to remain socially relevant in the Western world, I believe those issues will have to be addressed, and sooner rather than later.

But that is, of course, no news to you.

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