The Church of England should not worry approximately homosexual bishops driving away worshippers – the current orthodox bench has done that alreadyWhat makes churches fail? Obviously the reply has very cramped to do with the historical truth of scripture,or else there would be no Mormons, Muslims, and Christians or Jews. But one very popular reply is that it has to do with a lack of conviction. On this theory,it doesn’t matter what you believe, so long as you are firm and unyielding in the way that you believe it. The popular tabloid formulation of this was to ask what would happen whether the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, or but since this is a biblical quotation,it has rather lost its force. Related: Religion is like sex – it can seem absurd, but it works | Jonathan Freedland Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com