Thread: The controversy over the appointment of the suffragan Bishop of Reading
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Old 21-06-2003, 14:36   #1
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The controversy over the appointment of the suffragan Bishop of Reading
Extracts from 2 emails quoted in today's Guardian.

1) "If you disagree with the Bible then refrain from reading it."
Indeed, but as long as fundamentalist Christians insist on trying to force the rest of us to follow their beliefs, I retain the right to criticise the Bible. Fair enough, is it not?

2) "What a loving Father we have who would send his Son for my sins and all of mankind's."
The unspoken Evangelical subtext is that if you do not believe this, then the same loving father will arrange for you to be tortured for all eternity. Would any Evangelical care to argue that this is doctrinally incorrect?
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