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Thread ID: 11125 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2003-11-17
2003-11-17 17:01 | User Profile
See people, not all Churches are surrendered to the :dung: Judeo-Christian nonsense.
** Russian Orthodox Church freezes relations with Episcopal Church in USA MOSCOW. Nov 17 (Interfax) - The Russian Orthodox Church is freezing relations with the Episcopal Church in the United States, the External Relations Department of the Russian Orthodox Church reported on Monday.
Gene Robinson's ordination as a bishop of the church was cited as the reason for this decision, the department said. Gene Robinson is the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop.
The Russian Orthodox Church believes "homosexuality to be a sin, which isolates man from God."
The Moscow Patriarchate referred to a verse in the Bible stating that sex between two men is loathsome and neither fornicators nor sodomites will enter God's realm.
"The Church does not deny assistance to the unfortunate people who suffer from this ailment. God is love, and Christians must pray for all sinners and for their salvation. However, the Church cannot approve of perversions of human nature created by the Lord himself," the statement says.
The Russian Orthodox Church had maintained good relations with the Episcopal Church in the United States for almost 200 years, including during the Cold War period, "when Christians retained mutual understanding in a world divided by military blocs," it says.
"However, the bishopric of a homosexual makes impossible any contacts with him and his electors in clerical dialog and the humanitarian, religious and public spheres," the statement says.
"We must not show any signs of consent with their position, which we regard as anti-Christian and blasphemous," the Moscow Patriarchate said.
At the same time, the Russian Orthodox Church is praying "to God, the Lord of love and reconciliation, to bring members of the American Episcopal Church to their senses and help them return to the path of truth." **
2003-11-17 21:53 | User Profile
Fvck Judeo-"Christianity" and pc "Christians".