{"id":1114,"date":"2006-06-15T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2006-06-15T07:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/dave-and-the-episcopalians.html"},"modified":"2006-06-15T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T07:48:10","slug":"dave-and-the-episcopalians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/dave-and-the-episcopalians.html","title":{"rendered":"Dave and the Episcopalians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Hartline of the Catholic Report is reporting from the General Convention:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span>Some of the conservative folks think the Episcopal Church isn\u2019t following the Scriptures. How do you answer their concerns?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bishop Chilton Knudson<\/strong>  <\/span>Well that is an interesting question and unfortunately time constraints doesn\u2019t permit me to answer it.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It was awfully nice of her to give me some time. However, I needed someone I could speak with who could talk to for more than just a few minutes.  <\/span>Fortunately, I came across Herschel Hartfield of Arkansas.  <\/span>He\u2019s an alternate delegate.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>    <\/span>I just spoke with Bishop Chilton and she was pressed for time so I was wondering if you could answer the question the conservative folks are asking.  <\/span>Is the Episcopal Church following Scripture.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Herschel Hartford<\/strong>  <\/span>You know scripture is more than the meaning of words. It is the meaning of the word.  <\/span>I believe we are following the overall word of God. We are accepting people as God sends them to us.  <\/span>How anyone can say, that they can\u2019t accept a person who has certain feelings contrary to their own, is beyond my understanding.  <\/span>Where in Scripture does it say we should have a blessing of the animals, or boats and houses?  <\/span>We bless all of those things. I am a heterosexual man who is married and has six kids.  I don’t understand how anyone could be against blessing a consensual relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span>The traditional side says 2,000 years of Christian tradition is being altered.  <\/span>How do you respond?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Herschel Hartford   <\/span><\/strong>Who are we to tell someone how to live and think?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span>Do you think there is any black and white in the Episcopal Church?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Herschel Hartford<\/strong>   <\/span>Yes, we are against poverty, racism, sexism and bias against sexual orientation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>       <\/span>Is abortion black and white <\/span><\/p>\n

Herschel Hartford<\/strong>   <\/span>No, it is in the eye of the beholder.  <\/span>It is a very complicate issue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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