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Gay bishop row may spark worldwide schism<\/a> Funny how splits happen. A denomination that was born out of a desire by a King to divorce his wife may end through the desire of a man to live with another. It is perhaps sad that we have come to such a situation that two men living together are automatically assumed to be gay. It is even sadder in a way that it is of interest to us that they used to have a sexual relationship. However, given the public office, given what the bible clearly says about homosexual acts, and given the command to \u2018Flee from sexual immorality\u2019 <\/a> it is hard to come to any other conclusion than that the Bishop ought not to live with a man who he has a sexual attraction for. I certainly wouldnt live with an attractive woman who was not my wife if I\u2019d had a sexual relationship with her in the past.<\/p>\n

Some schisms are waiting to happen though, and although it may seem as though this crisis is doomed to split the church, this can only be a last straw. There are many reasons why the English and American wings of the Anglican denomination deserves to be criticised by those who actually believe the bible.<\/p>\n

If this isnt the begining of the end for the Anglican denomination as we know it, then something else happening soon will be. I\u2019m sad to say that I for one won\u2019t mourn its passing too strongly.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"