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

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Yes, Ann, when I saw Virtue being cited, I realized that there would be a definite bias. Is he officially part of the ACNA now?

> On 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
>> 
>> 
>>