tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post7280898888123588956..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Doll on the CovenantTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-72567689422373551042012-01-28T11:49:36.777-05:002012-01-28T11:49:36.777-05:00Thank you, Erika. Doll's piece is so deeply wr...Thank you, Erika. Doll's piece is so deeply wrong on so many levels; and it is scandalous (literally) that the Archbishop of Canterbury is commending it.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-41553370432416101602012-01-28T10:58:55.020-05:002012-01-28T10:58:55.020-05:00I have never been inside an American Episcopalian ...I have never been inside an American Episcopalian church but I have many Episcopalian Internet friends and I was really upset about the caricature Doll described.<br />I have come to know TEC as the one church that has followed the rules of not being individualistic and domineering to an admirable extent, with a consultation and discernment process that included lgbt people and didn't just rule over their heads, and that is far wider and fairer than anything the CoE has come up with.<br /><br />To turn this virtually into its opposite and accuse Americans of caring only about themselves simply because you will not be dictated to by those who have a much more authoritarian approach sound almost wilful.<br /><br />I'm glad for Jonathan Clatworthy's excellent response.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-12078634663338775232012-01-27T17:24:42.095-05:002012-01-27T17:24:42.095-05:00Thanks, Mimi. Gullible Englishmen (and Welshmen) w...Thanks, Mimi. Gullible Englishmen (and Welshmen) will think Peter must know whereof he speaks since he is an American. But it's only because his deeply flawed version of reality matches their own preconceptions.<br /><br />And that continued perversion of "What touches all" really has me pulling hairs out, too!Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-43381433500609652242012-01-27T16:52:38.262-05:002012-01-27T16:52:38.262-05:00Just the first paragraph of Peter Doll's essay...Just the first paragraph of Peter Doll's essay made me want to tear my hair out. I didn't recognize my own Episcopal Church in Doll's descriptions. Why wouldn't Rowan endorse his paper? The two seem to take the same dim view of our church.<br /><br /><i>But I think I understand<br />American religious culture from the inside...</i><br /><br />Sorry, Peter, I don't think you do. You missed the mark. In fact, you didn't even hit the target board, much less come close to hitting the bullseye.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com