[Magdalen] A California court has been asked to block the sale of St Jame...

[Jay Weigel]

Martin, if you're going to use David Virtue as your "reliable source" here,
you'd best be an aficionado of asbestos skivvies. Consider this a friendly
warning.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> David Virtue?  It figures.  David Virtue is one of the more biased people
> you could possibly read.  Martin, try to consider (and broaden, and
> balance) your sources.  I feel badly for your limited view of God and
> scripture.  I will pray that your eyes, heart and mind may be opened.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > Jim
> >
> > This is the article to which I was referring
> >
> >
> http://www.virtueonline.org/binghamton-ny-episcopal-diocese-sells-historic-church-muslims
> >
> > The  death knell for the structure as a Christian house of worship was
> > delivered on  February 9, 2010, when it was sold to Imam Muhammad Affify,
> > doing
> > business as  the Islamic Awareness Center, for a mere $50,000, a fraction
> > of
> > the church's  assessed $386,400 value.
> >
> > That  isn't even mart business
> >
> > Blessings
> > Martin
> >
> > In a message dated 27/06/2015 22:28:24 GMT Daylight Time,
> > jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
> >
> > From:  Zephonites--- via Magdalen
> >
> > >You know that TEC's policy under the  present PB is not to sell back to
> a
> > >departing congregation (but rather  in one case they sold the building
> > below
> >
> > I know no such thing. Our PB  does not have that power. Several dioceses
> > have
> > sold churches to departed  congregations during the past 30 years or so
> > when this
> > crap started over  the 1979 BCP and Women's Ordination.
> >
> > I do like the Xenophobic Muslim  reference in your e-mail though. In some
> > quarters here in the U.S., that  would extend to "The PB is okay selling
> > churches
> > to Muslims but not okay  selling to poor downtrodden schismatics who
> harass
> > their
> > bishop (and hate  those LGBT people).
> >
> > Seriously, I think you're unfamiliar with TEC, or  have at least been
> > reading
> > anti-TEC propaganda in lieu of actual news  of  TEC. Heck some of us even
> > get a
> > dose of that when The Livid  Church chows up on the doorstep <g>.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
>