Nut Up

Oh hello, here it is again... Vatican, Inc. Boys Club upset that the girls are sneaking into the treehouse to be bishops. They stomp their feet, get huffy, and throw around the unfounded and completely ridiculous notion that Jesus only wanted men to preach.

Again, one has to wonder why God would have sent His son to bring His message of love to the world in the form of a man. Perhaps because, at the time, men were more likely to be heard. If it had been the other way around, God would have sent His only daughter. Who is to refute this idea?

What these guys are trying to say is this: Men serve God, women serve men.

Women-hating takes various forms. This is one of them. And to tell someone they cannot perform for the glory of God is telling God that He is essentially not worthy of the praise and reverence practiced by ALL SEXES. As all are created in His image, no? As ALL knees shall bow, it makes no difference what sex organ those knees are attached to. And if we're gonna get specific, Vatican Council, then you may as well ban white caucasians from being bishops, too, as if I recall correctly, Jesus was a darker-skinned Jew. Oh, and also anyone wearing full fancy gowns and expensive Italian leather shoes, as I also recall that Jesus was poor. Yes, no one who has money can be a true preaching servant of God. If you go with one assumption, you have to go with all, right?

UM, GUYS, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!

Where, in your whole hierarchical mess, Vatican, did the actual worship of God take a backseat to who is leading the worshipping?

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Vatican 'regrets' female bishops decision

July 8, 2008 - (CNN) -- The Vatican said Tuesday it regrets the decision by the Church of England's governing body to allow the ordination of women as bishops. The move by the Anglican Church's General Synod "is a rift to the apostolic tradition" of ordaining only men as bishops, the Vatican said in a statement, and is another obstacle to reconciliation between Anglicans and Roman Catholics. "This decision will have consequences on the dialogue which had brought good fruits," the Vatican statement said. The General Synod passed a resolution Monday night that allows women to become bishops, acting over the objections of traditionalists who argued that Jesus only wanted men in leadership positions. Some traditionalists have threatened to abandon the Anglican Church for the Roman Catholic Church if women become bishops. Several hundred Anglican priests made that move when women were first ordained 16 years ago. The synod narrowly rejected a proposal for "super bishops," which would have allowed parishes opposed to women bishops to opt out. Opponents argued the plan would be insulting to women bishops. The Church of England has about 114 bishops. They supervise parishes in Britain. The final hurdle for the consecration of women bishop is expected next February with a vote on a "code of practice" intended to protect people who as a matter of theological conviction will not be able to receive the ministry of women as bishops or priests." The first consecration of a woman bishop could potentially happen in 2015. The theological debate over women bishops has centered over the question "What would Jesus do?" The traditionalists argued that bishops must be men, as were Jesus and his apostles. Retired Canon Alan Duke, a longtime supporter of women in church leadership posts, said those arguments "simply do not stack up." Duke said that while Jesus named no female disciples, he used and valued woman in radical and different ways for his time. "He was hardly going to choose women and send them into a situation where they might have been in grave risk," Duke said. Christina Rees, with the pro-women lobby Women and the Church, described what was at stake as "an acceptance by the Church of England of women on equal terms as men in the ordained ministries." David Holding, a traditionalist church member, said he does not object to women bishops, but "there must be a proper provision made for those who can't go along with it." The lack of a provision to allow traditionalist choose to be under a "super bishop" instead of a woman raises concern that a schism could develop in the Church of England. Duke described "an awful lot of bluster" but doubted there "will be a mass exodus."