Block, SkipCaptcha, apieditor, Automoderated users, Bots, edit, ratelimit-exempt
59,252
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 4:
Line 4: − +
→Teaching and leadership: HTTP --> HTTPS #3, replaced: http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk → https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk
==Teaching and leadership==
==Teaching and leadership==
Welby is seen by conservative and orthodox members of the church as weak in defending traditional or unfashionable doctrines, and has been criticized by [[Anglican Mainstream]] and other spokesmen for his failure to defend Christian doctrine on marriage. In an interview by Alastair Campbell for GQ magazine, when asked whether homosexual practice was sinful, he replied that he was "unable to give a straight answer" then went on to replicate LGBT rhetoric by insisting that "homophobia" far more sinful because it involves "hating" someone.<ref>http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/archbishop-of-canterbury-queens-death-gay-sex</ref>
Welby is seen by conservative and orthodox members of the church as weak in defending traditional or unfashionable doctrines, and has been criticized by [[Anglican Mainstream]] and other spokesmen for his failure to defend Christian doctrine on marriage. In an interview by Alastair Campbell for GQ magazine, when asked whether homosexual practice was sinful, he replied that he was "unable to give a straight answer" then went on to replicate LGBT rhetoric by insisting that "homophobia" far more sinful because it involves "hating" someone.<ref>https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/archbishop-of-canterbury-queens-death-gay-sex</ref>
Some observers who understand the correct Christian doctrine which is to disapprove of ''sinful behavior'' regarded his reply as disappointing.
Some observers who understand the correct Christian doctrine which is to disapprove of ''sinful behavior'' regarded his reply as disappointing.
<ref>https://ashenden.org/2017/10/03/justin-welby-unable-to-give-a-straight-answer-on-whether-gay-sex-is-sinful/</ref> Welby's claim that marriage in the Old Testament was defined sometimes as the union of "a man and several women" was also incorrect. He was confusing polygamy (many marriages, with one wife in each) with polyamory (a group marriage in which all partners are married to each other).
<ref>https://ashenden.org/2017/10/03/justin-welby-unable-to-give-a-straight-answer-on-whether-gay-sex-is-sinful/</ref> Welby's claim that marriage in the Old Testament was defined sometimes as the union of "a man and several women" was also incorrect. He was confusing polygamy (many marriages, with one wife in each) with polyamory (a group marriage in which all partners are married to each other).