About a month ago I posted a strange bit of spam I received that seemed connected to my work on the Family and a very conservative, and very influential, church to which it has ties, The Falls Church (Anglican). Falls Church isn't what most people think of when they think fundamentalism -- it's old, it's upper crust, and its membership includes some genuine elites -- Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard, Tucker Carlson, former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, former CIA director Porter Goss, Rep. Robert Aderholt (a Republican Family man from Alabama), and others. Here's a 2004 portrait by liberal evangelical writer Ayelish McGarvey, "Evangelical Elitists," written before Falls Church broke away from the Episcopal Church USA, which it viewed as too tolerant of homosexuality.
No real news. Just the arrival, this evening, of a pungent little defense of Falls Church, a response to my small critique.
"You typical demonizing Jew."
This is, I believe, what the Falls Church Anglican schismatics call "traditionalism."
6 comments:
A real fundy would have sentenced you to hell. :)
The breakaways are blowhards and cowards to boot. Whenever I do a piece critical of this crew, I tend to get my ass chewed off. And I'm a prenatal Episcopalian (late dad was a priest.) So I'm Anglican to my inner DNA.
I'd worry more if they started liking you.
Becky Garrison
google that strange bit of spam. it's posted all over the net, back to 2008. ?
I'll chalk it up to the genius timing of spam, then!
And the bit about me as a demonizing Jew?
Hm. I found a source for it
http://listserv.virtueonline.org/pipermail/virtueonline_listserv.virtueonline.org/2008-April.txt
I'll email the specfic letter since it's too long for a comment. This source, however, posted in 2008, and I see the spam as early as 2005. ?
And the demonizing jew comment -- who knows. Even Ishmael wasn't Jewish. A "son of God" in the old (and yes, New Testament) parlance.
Just wondered if Herb Titus is a member of Falls Church.
Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.
- Daniel
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