{"id":72368,"date":"2018-06-26T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=72368"},"modified":"2018-06-26T19:03:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T23:03:45","slug":"david-ould-which-is-the-real-josiah-fearon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=72368","title":{"rendered":"(David Ould) Which is the Real Josiah Fearon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

But Archbishop Fearon wasn\u2019t always so positive about attendance at Lambeth. In 2006 davidould.net\u00a0interviewed Archbishop Fearon<\/a>\u00a0during a visit to Sydney. The\u00a0full transcript<\/a>\u00a0of that interview is still available on this website. Of particular interest are the following exchanges (DO = David Ould, BJ = (then) Bishop Josiah):<\/p>\n

BJ When Christian leaders say something like, \u201cResurrection Jesus, he didnt rise, its an idea\u201d, Muslims find that very difficult and we say \u201cthere is no Resurrection, there is no Christianity\u201d. Muslims now say, \u201chey! Where did you get your Christianity from? Look at those who actually brought the faith to you!\u201d So when Christian leaders begin to deny the\u00a0essentials<\/em>\u00a0of the Faith, they say, \u201cJesus wasnt really God or He didnt die on the Cross\u201d these are the kind of things that we find in the Quran! So Christian leaders make statements to affirm what is in the Quran, they make evangelism very difficult for us. Number two: you see in the area of morality. This is where I am a little bit uncomfortable with the West (we have problems in Africa we will talk about this eventually), something like same-sex; the Quran condemns it. There are about 14 passages in the Quran that talk about homosexuality or lesbianism; simply, God does not like it. It comes under what they call\u00a0haran<\/em>: something God hates and the punishment is with God the Quran doesn\u2019t tell us what the punishment is. Anything under\u00a0haran<\/em>\u00a0a Muslim is expected not to do it. Now you have Christians who say \u201cI am homosexual and I want to live this way and I want to promote it\u201d \u2013 this is where we have problems.<\/p>\n

MC For example, Gene Robinson.<\/p>\n

BJ Yes. You see that for us is a big, big problem. Why is it a problem? The Bible, the way that we understand it, is very clear: adultery, fornication, lying they are all together termed as sinful. Now when you begin to flag something the Bible says is sinful it works against it. So now we have no gospel! What do you want to preach?!<\/p>\n

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DO If things stay as they are and Lambeth 98 comes along and lets say Robinson and Jefferts-Schori are invited do you feel able to take seats at that conference?<\/p>\n

BJ No. No we dont. We\u2019ve made our position very clear.<\/p>\n

DO So what will happen?<\/p>\n

BJ We don\u2019t know, but as far as the Anglican Church in Nigeria is concerned the decision is that we are not going.\u00a0It\u2019s just not right!<\/em>\u00a0Unless there is an agreement\u2026\u00a0Windsor<\/a>\u00a0is the bottom line but these guys are not accepting Windsor so we feel there is nothing to discuss, there is nothing to discuss.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fearon\u2019s position\u00a0(read it all in context<\/a>) was quite clear. Those rejecting the Biblical traditional position on human sexuality\u00a0have no gospel and nothing left to preach<\/em>\u00a0and therefore attendance at Lambeth for those upholding Biblical truth is\u00a0just not right\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0there is nothing to discuss<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But Archbishop Fearon wasn\u2019t always so positive about attendance at Lambeth. In 2006 davidould.net\u00a0interviewed Archbishop Fearon\u00a0during a visit to Sydney. The\u00a0full transcript\u00a0of that interview is still available on this website. Of particular interest are the following exchanges (DO = David…<\/span><\/p>\n

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