tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post97503865345141355..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: A sad, sterile symbiosisTLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-38001923787941394862010-11-05T10:24:21.575-06:002010-11-05T10:24:21.575-06:00David+, I agree. The older majority have served a...David+, I agree. The older majority have served and struggled in all of life's demands, and it is normal and natural for them to look to the church for comfort.<br /><br />I don't for a moment think of them as doing something intentionally bad or manipulative. But because they are the overwhelming majority in the church, it sets up the symbiosis.TLF+https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-14564587986821381662010-11-05T09:11:13.188-06:002010-11-05T09:11:13.188-06:00We shouldn't be too hard on the elderly, eithe...We shouldn't be too hard on the elderly, either. In many cases, they've earned a well-deserved rest from their hard labors over the years. And many of them naturally have a prime interest in being buried someday out of the beloved church they did so much to build up. <br /><br />They don't have the desire or energy that it would take to help launch a new church that is more faithful to Scripture and historic Anglicanism (or Lutheranism, etc.).<br /><br />I don't blame them for staying on the sidelines.<br /><br />But at the same time, it is the role of clergy as shepherds to guard the flock against ravenous wolves who only want to fleece the sheep and exploit the church for their own unworthy purposes.<br /><br />I'm glad you're helping guard the flock, Tim.David Handy+noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-51989601466193992372010-11-04T20:39:30.872-06:002010-11-04T20:39:30.872-06:00Yes, Fr Tim, that's exactly what I saw.Yes, Fr Tim, that's exactly what I saw.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139260051111249724noreply@blogger.com