Sunday, November 26, 2006

Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Says Don't Multiply

Mark Steyn reports on the decline of the Episcopal Church:
the new Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman to run a national division of the Anglican Communion. Bishop Kate gave an interview to the New York Times revealing what passes for orthodoxy in this most flexible of faiths. She was asked a simple enough question: "How many members of the Episcopal Church are there?"

"About 2.2 million," replied the presiding bishop. "It used to be larger percentage-wise, but Episcopalians tend to be better educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than other denominations."

This was a bit of a jaw-dropper even for a New York Times hackette, so, with vague memories of God saying something about going forth and multiplying floating around the back of her head, a bewildered Deborah Solomon said: "Episcopalians aren't interested in replenishing their ranks by having children?"

"No," agreed Bishop Kate. "It's probably the opposite. We encourage people to pay attention to the stewardship of the earth and not use more than their portion."
We are beginning to wonder if some of these people in the Episcopal Church are secretly working to increase the membership of the Religious Right.You have to wonder about the MSM portraying certain religious denominations as intelligent,while suggesting evangelical Christians as less educated.After reading these quotes by Bishop Kate:is Bishop Kate all that intelligent?