01-17-2008, 02:14 PM
Shlama Albion,
I agree with what Akhan Paul said - that a private message would be better. But I will say, especially for the benefit of others who may be reading this thread, while I will defend the CoE to my very last breath, I don't speak for the Church of the East because I'm not a cleric or a spokesperson for her. Akhan Paul is a cleric though. All I can offer, which will be in a private message, is a personal opinion through personal study and based on my own traditional upbringing, but it may not necessarily be exactly the same thing that CoE would say today.
I agree with what Akhan Paul said - that a private message would be better. But I will say, especially for the benefit of others who may be reading this thread, while I will defend the CoE to my very last breath, I don't speak for the Church of the East because I'm not a cleric or a spokesperson for her. Akhan Paul is a cleric though. All I can offer, which will be in a private message, is a personal opinion through personal study and based on my own traditional upbringing, but it may not necessarily be exactly the same thing that CoE would say today.