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Clergyman says that Anglican Church is not taken seriously because it is ‘out of step with society’

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Unlike so many clerics, at least Reverend Glynn Cardy is clear about who he thinks should be the arbiter of our moral values. Not God; not the Bible – perish the thought; not the church; and not traditional societal mores accumulated over centuries. The guardian of our ethical boundaries is the society one happens to find oneself in as it exists now; tomorrow it could all change.

So today, in the West, since gay marriage is legal the church must get in step with society and accept gay marriage; according to Cardy, this demonstrates that the church has “a strong moral compass.”

If Cardy really insists on taking his moral cues from societal surroundings, in Egypt he would be favour bombing churches, in Iran hanging homosexuals and in Saudi Arabia not allowing women to drive.

The fact that churches holding fast to revealed truth are growing and churches which have surrendered to the Zeitgeist are floundering on the precipice of extinction – in step with their societies – seems to have escaped Rev. Cardy.

CardyFrom here:

An outspoken Auckland vicar says the Anglican Church is in danger of becoming a moral dinosaur and is increasingly seen as irrelevant with the passing of the Gay Marriage Bill.

Reverend Glynn Cardy said that with the passing of the law, the state had moved well ahead of the church.

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The vicar said his comments were in relation to the church’s position on gay and lesbian people getting married or ordained when they have partners.

“It’s really about when the church gets out of step with society and society loses confidence in the church as having a strong moral compass.

“I think the church for many years has been seen as a model that tries to promote good values in society and I think the church has done that well in times in pointing our different issues of justice and promoting honesty and kindness,” he said.

“I think that society and science have said that gay people should be treated like anyone else and if the church continues to discriminate the confidence society has in it will diminish.”

He said the church could be left behind “as a relic” and needed to change to have society’s confidence as a moral body to be listened to.

Reverend Glynn Cardy explains why he won’t be officiating at a gay wedding

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Much as he would like to, he acknowledged that it is “against Anglican policy”; no doubt his bishop had a quiet word. The wedding in question was in some way “part of a radio competition”, an association that imbued it with ironclad legitimacy.

What is immediately apparent in this interview and, indeed, is apparent in every other instance of a same-sex couple wanting a church – I hate to call it “wedding” – agglutination, is that the desire has nothing at all to do with Christianity. Instead, it is a combination of: a poke in the eye to those who think marriage should be exclusively between people of the opposite sex; a liking of pageantry with ancient roots – a pageantry, though that, while it presents a pleasing aesthetic, has been rendered impotent through being drained of spiritual significance and thus, makes no demands on the participants; and an ecclesiastical stamp of approval on what, deep down, everyone knows is invalid.

Nothing to do with Christianity whatsoever; just like St. Matthews in the City.

Reverend Glynn Cardy leaving Anglican parish of St-Matthews-in-the-city

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He is off to join the Presbyterians. I don’t know whether Anglicans or Presbyterians will be rejoicing; Glynn Cardy has been instrumental in erecting heretical – known in Anglican circles as “controversial” – billboards outside his church.

From here:

The Reverend Glynn Cardy is leaving the inner-city Anglican parish of St-Matthews-in-the-city for St Luke’s, a Presbyterian church in Remuera. He takes up the job in October.

St Matthews has gained a profile for its billboards which often challenge ideas about marriage equality, homosexuality and solo mothers.

Rev Cardy says even though his new congregation will be Presbyterian and not Anglican, the job at St Luke’s was too good to say no to. He says that includes welcoming gay and lesbian people into the congregation.

In a recent interview he denied the personhood of God, making nonsense of Christianity and a mockery of his supposed calling:

There is a strong tendency to make God into a being. This “being” God, albeit with super powers, is usually male, with personality and prejudices.

My experience of God is more akin to a source of energy or power. That power is best known in mutual loving relationships.

Hence the phrase “God is love” is not describing a divine being who loves, but is using the word G-o-d to describe a transformative loving energy.