tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post6533905902626679394..comments2023-11-02T09:15:14.899-04:00Comments on Shellfish: 2 ELCA Seminaries Consider "RIC" StatusCetaceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09053214636263576330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-35075211526068968502009-03-09T17:16:00.000-04:002009-03-09T17:16:00.000-04:00RIC is also, one might note in passing, an(other) ...RIC is also, one might note in passing, an(other) example of the LCNA folks doing a very effective job on strategy and tactics. The actual text of the affirmation is, as Pastor Zip notes, unobjectionable if read a certain way. That makes it difficult for opponents to fight when it comes to a church council or congregational meeting. Yet it has become (and seems quite clearly intended to be) a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-3736391913427873742009-03-07T19:16:00.000-04:002009-03-07T19:16:00.000-04:00Pastor Zip!Agreed. I will keep you and all who fig...Pastor Zip!<BR/><BR/>Agreed. I will keep you and all who fight for the faith in the ELCA in prayer.<BR/><BR/>Peace in the Lord!<BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-17375893216778359262009-03-07T18:07:00.000-04:002009-03-07T18:07:00.000-04:00I believe it is another case of symbol rather than...I believe it is another case of symbol rather than substance, Rob. Openly lesbigay folks are welcomed as integral parts of all of our seminary communities -- it certainly was that way at PLTS 20 years ago. As Shrimp notes with the ELM relationship, in one sense all RIC does is declare in another way what already is.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, while not changing its words, RIC became something Pastor Ziphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236185339118076545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-67951354729492674122009-03-07T16:05:00.000-04:002009-03-07T16:05:00.000-04:00I'm surprised Trinity isn't involved. There was a ...I'm surprised Trinity isn't involved. There was a fairly vocal pro-homosexual sex party there when I went to that school.<BR/><BR/>Peace in the Lord!<BR/>Rob BuechlerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com