Including the existence of god. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of Persecuting Gay People. Did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age 01 14, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england. It was to train as an anglican priest. Train as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this idea of the lonely hero. Riding on and rescuing. I got kind of bitten by that. I was discovered by the local priest. He invited me to join the choir. The beauty of it somehow consumed me. He talked about the given away life, this mystical thing called a vocation that some people had, to give themselves to a greater purpose. I went to him when i was 13 and said tentatively, m
your writing, if at all? i think it will give it a renewed burst of energy. i think that i ve been blocked for awhile. i ve been confused and stymied. and now i feel like i m sane again for the first time in a very long while. i feel like i m talking the truth instead of remaining silent in a state of anger or making excuses for my brothers and sisters who are followers of christ. what would you like to see christianity do as far as women, as far as gays and other people you feel that they are and i don t want to put words in your mouth. being hypocritical towards. i m not somebody that can seek to reform these institutions. i can just say again that i can t find in scripture, a basis for persecuting gay people. i can t find a basis for singling out them in the secular society for as a target for the hatred of christians against them and for trying to deprive them of the civil rights or
for awhile. i ve been confused and stymied. and now i feel like i m sane again for the first time in a very long while. i feel like i m talking the truth instead of remaining silent in a state of anger or making excuses for my brothers and sisters who are followers of christ. what would you like to see christianity do as far as women, as far as gays and other people you feel that they are and i don t want to put words in your mouth. being hypocritical towards. is that correct? i m not somebody who can seek to reform these institutions, but i can just say again that i can t find in scripture a basis for persecuting gay people. i can t find a basis for singling them out in the secular society for a you know, as a target for the hatred of christians against them and for trying to deprive them of their civil rights or interfere with their civil rights revolution. i can t find the basis.
seek to reform these institutions. i can say that i can t find in scripture a basis for persecuting gay people. i can t find a basis for singling them out in society as a target for the hatred of christians against them and for trying to deprive them of civil rights or interfere with their civil rights revolution. i can t find the basis. maybe if the churches had not been so strident about these things, if they hadn t been so outspoken about political matters in this country, it would have been easier for someone like me. when i speak out about issues that concern me like gay rights or many different issues i got a lot of pressure from catholics and christians not to do this. i mean, they would go on my facebook page and say, if you re going to criticize the catholic church for the clergy abuse scandal, what kind of catholic are you? how can you post a link to a new
women, as far as gays and other people you feel that they are and i don t want to put words in your mouth being hypocritical towards, is that correct? i m not somebody that would seek to reform these institutions. i would just say again, i can t find in scripture, a basis for persecuting gay people. for segregating them as a target for the hatred of christians against them and for trying to deprive them of civil rights, or interfere with their civil rights revolution. i can t find the basis. so maybe if the churches had not been so strident about these things. if they hadn t been so outspoken about political matters in this country, it would have been easier for somebody like me. when i spoke out about issues that concern me like gay rights or many different issues, i got a lot of pressure from catholics and from christians, not to do this. they would go on my facebook