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Crazy Episcopalians at it again

It’s not enough that the ‘Pissers pick an openly gay unrepentant priest. Now, they add another live one to the mix. That Scrappleface satirized this three years ago, only to see it actually occur in real life, is a testament to how even moonbattery-laced parody can sometimes take roots in reality. Anywho, from Hot Air:

No, that’s not just a Scrappleface headline (anymore). The Episcopalian Church, a major diocese of which is headed up by an openly gay bishop who left his wife and kids, now also has a Muslim priest. Or is that imam?
Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.

On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.

She does both, she says, because she’s Christian and Muslim.

Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she’s ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she’s also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved.

“…for the last 15 months…” So she converted or appended or whatever you’d call this well after 9-11. Just sayin’.

Redding, who will begin teaching the New Testament as a visiting assistant professor at Seattle University this fall, has a different analogy: “I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I’m both an American of African descent and a woman. I’m 100 percent both.”

Islam denies the divinity of Christ; Christianity doesn’t function without the divinity of Christ. Redding is suffering from cognitive dissonance. So is her superior in the church.

Redding’s bishop, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, says he accepts Redding as an Episcopal priest and a Muslim, and that he finds the interfaith possibilities exciting. Her announcement, first made through a story in her diocese’s newspaper, hasn’t caused much controversy yet, he said.

Oh, isn’t heresy exciting!

Next on the Episcopalian agenda: Finding a priest who’s Christian, Muslim, gay, straight, Zoroastrian, Hindu and a practicioner of transcendental meditation while claiming to channel Vanuatu, a sixth-century alien who lived on Saturn (but was actually an illegal immigrant from the planet Xanadu). Won’t that be exciting too!

If you’re Muslim, fine. If you’re Christian, fine. If you’re (insert religion here), fine. But it is 110% impossible to be both Muslim and Christian. Period. End of story. Movin’ on…

June 18, 2007 Posted by | Episcopalians, moonbats, religion of peace | 1 Comment

Rushdie still ticking off weirdbeards

Headline: “Pakistan says Rushdie knighthood may spark terrorism”. From Breitbart/AFP:

Pakistan demanded on Monday that Britain withdraw a knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, as a government minister said the honour gave a justification for suicide attacks by Muslims.

Angry protesters in several cities torched British flags and beat them with their shoes in protest at the accolade for the Indian-born writer of “The Satanic Verses” and chanted “Death to Britain, death to Rushdie.”

Rushdie, 59, was forced to go into hiding for a decade after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 issued a death sentence over his book “The Satanic Verses,” claiming it insulted Islam.

Iran has already accused British leaders of “Islamophobia” after Rushdie — now Sir Salman — was awarded the knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday to mark her 81st birthday.

“If somebody has to attack by strapping bombs to his body to protect the honour of the Prophet, then it is justified,” Pakistani Religious Affairs Minister Ijaz-ul-Haq told the national assembly.

Other events that would likely spark terrorism from the “religion of peace” include the following:

  • The changing of seasons;
  • The shifting of the wind’s direction (also known as Hillary’s position on Iraq);
  • The setting AND rising of the sun;
  • Sleeping AND waking up;
  • Walking;
  • Breathing.
    Many more exist, but I’m sure you get my drift.

    June 18, 2007 Posted by | religion of peace | Leave a Comment

    • Beeb fesses up: Yep, we’re liberal!

    At least they’re transparent about it now, so I can justify ignoring them as a credible news source henceforth. Observe:

    The BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, has acknowledged the network is biased toward the left, following a report commissioned by the company.

    A yearlong probe revealed the corporation especially partial in its treatment of single-issue politics such as climate change, poverty, race and religion, according to the London Times.

    “It concludes that the bias has extended across drama, comedy and entertainment, with the corporation pandering to politically motivated celebrities and trendy causes,” the paper said.

    The report cites the danger of BBC programs being undermined by the liberal culture of its staff, who need to challenge their own assumptions more.

    “There is a tendency to ‘group think’ with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone,” says the report.

    It notes staff tend to mimic each other’s common left-leaning values.

    A seminar on staff impartiality held last year is documented, with officials admitting they would broadcast images of the Bible being thrown away, but not the Koran for fear of offending Muslims.

    No need to fear offending the Christians, since we’re not the ones who are gonna go bombing London busses or Madrid trains or anything like that. In closing:

    The report also warns that celebrities must not be pandered to and allowed to hijack the BBC schedule, according to the London Telegraph.

    It also offers 12 new principles for the corporation to adopt to safeguard objectivity, including:

    “Impartiality is no excuse for insipid programming. It allows room for fair-minded, evidence-based judgments by senior journalists and documentary-makers, and for controversial, passionate and polemical arguments by contributors and writers.”

    A BBC spokeswoman said: “This report is about looking forward and how we are going to face the challenges of impartiality in the modern world.”

    As WND reported in October, an internal BBC memo revealed senior figures admitted the national news agency was guilty of promoting left-wing views and anti-Christian sentiment.

    The admissions of bias were made at the impartiality summit. Most executives admitted the corporation’s representation of homosexuals and ethnic minorities was unbalanced and disproportionate.

    Who knew that impartiality could be such a “challenge” to journos, huh? Nope…no liberal media bias! Actually…yep, definitely liberal media bias.

    June 18, 2007 Posted by | Beeb, media bias | 3 Comments

    Photo of the day

    As the cliché says, a picture is worth a thousand words. No surprise that a Che-loving commie pinko supports Her Highness, considering how Che and Hill are two peas in a pod:

    Hilldawg posing with one of her commie supporters.

    June 18, 2007 Posted by | Hillary, moonbats | 1 Comment

       

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