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The General Synod
« on: July 03, 2008, 07:26:27 PM »
Ever since I was a child I never really got the hang of this. I hear they're meeting again...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7487805.stm

And no one ever really came up with an explanation of why they refer to themselves as primates  eeek:




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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2008, 07:31:40 PM »
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2008, 08:13:53 PM »
Not only me then. I expect much wringing of hands, furrowed brows and ecumenical mysteries.  ::)

Explain this to me; why, when they pray, do they bow their heads and look down to their toes? Strikes me if you've got some almighty being, omniscient and lord above all it might be an idea to look upwards...  rubschin:  Men or mice?

Still, it keeps them off the streets temporarily  confused:
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2008, 08:39:46 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on July 03, 2008, 08:13:53 PM
Not only me then. I expect much wringing of hands, furrowed brows and ecumenical mysteries.  ::)

Explain this to me; why, when they pray, do they bow their heads and look down to their toes? Strikes me if you've got some almighty being, omniscient and lord above all it might be an idea to look upwards...  rubschin:  Men or mice?

Still, it keeps them off the streets temporarily  confused:

The theory is that one bows one's head as a sign of humility in the presence of He who you worship.




But then you knew that. ::)
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 08:48:44 PM »
And before others join in and the talk turns to "Bearded Pixies in the Sky" etc etc as it has in the past let me make this plain.

I personally have faith. I do believe in God however I have little no time for the trappings of organised religion. I do not wish to argue with anyone who doesn't believe. I can no more prove the existence of God than anyone else can disprove it.
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2008, 09:12:33 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on July 03, 2008, 08:39:46 PM
But then you knew that. ::)

Of course. A decade or more of childhood subjugation is quite thorough when it comes to implanting ideas, but I still enjoy sticking a finger through the perfectly glazed surface of their theological lemon meringue pie  ;)

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I personally have faith. I do believe in God however I have little no time for the trappings of organised religion. I do not wish to argue with anyone who doesn't believe. I can no more prove the existence of God than anyone else can disprove it.

No problems at all. After a lifetime's wrestling with theological arguments from all sides I find myself most harmonious with the tenets of the Tao.

And that's tenets not tenants  Angry9:  God, I hate it when people misplace that word... I clearly have a long Way to go...


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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2008, 09:40:02 AM »
Quote from: Pastis on July 03, 2008, 09:12:33 PM

No problems at all. After a lifetime's wrestling with theological arguments from all sides I find myself most harmonious with the tenets of the Tao.

And that's tenets not tenants  Angry9:  God, I hate it when people misplace that word... I clearly have a long Way to go...


I feel the same about people who wish to make a "Pacific point" or who wish to "Be Pacific about this ..... " Banghead

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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2008, 09:41:03 AM »
People who mix up "militate" and "mitigate"

Heard it on Radio 4 yesterday  eeek:
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2008, 10:16:08 AM »
Abrogate - Abdicate
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2008, 10:17:00 AM »
Reluctant - Reticent
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2008, 11:37:38 AM »
Chard - Shard  ::)

I've just read that someone might be dangerous with a chard of glass in their hand   eeek:

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Chard is a member of the beet family and has a crunchy stalks and spinach-like leaves.

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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2008, 11:39:13 AM »
Depends how you view beetroot  rubschin:
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2008, 12:23:11 PM »
Quote from: Nick on July 06, 2008, 11:39:13 AM
Depends how you view beetroot  rubschin:

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Chard = Also a pleasant little town in Somerset
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2008, 08:39:13 AM »
I hear on the wireless this morning that the women bishops debate is getting heated.

All this bishop-bashing is getting out of hand, there would be a lot less of it if they allowed women in.

The Synod needs to get a tight grip on its bishops if the church is going to get pulled into the 21st century.
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Re: The General Synod
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2008, 08:41:14 AM »
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