[CS-FSLUG] OT: PC(USA) okay with 'gay' clergy

[Ed Hurst]

On Thu, 12 May 2011 11:46:12 -0500, sjm <sjm.mlists at gmail.com> wrote:

>> And about leaving, or staying... if all the people, that think the
>> organization is moving in the wrong direction, just leave, the others
>> will take over the organization and nothing will change back to the
>> good! So staying and fighting might be more appropriate?
>
> Reminds me of a friend of mine who chose to stay in the Roman Catholic  
> Church to try to be an influence for God there.  He strongly felt that  
> that was what God wanted him to do.

Quite so. I've done both the stand-n-fight and cut-n-run at various times  
and places. I must admit some regrets with both choices, but only when I  
didn't follow my own best spiritual instincts. Trying to let someone else  
choose for me, for whatever reason, has always been the wrong choice.

-- 
Ed Hurst
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