God and Son plc

By Roshan Doug on Jul 8, 08 04:10 PM in

Yesterday's decision of the Church of England's ruling body - the General Synod - to allow the consecration of women, seems to be an historical landmark.

Apparently, some 1300 of its traditional membership had been threatening to leave unless the Synod puts in place some safeguards.

Although it rejected the idea of 'super-bishops' - allowing C of E membership to opt for a male bishop if it so wished - the Synod has until next February to devise a (and so far, unspecified) compromise which will essentially be seen by modernists as nothing much short of an appeasement.

But yesterday after the decision had been taken - which, of course, women and modernists welcomed - there were reports of some traditional members in tears. There they were praying, calling for a divine force to show them the way.

Now maybe it's because I have only a basic, rudimentary knowledge of the issues concerned - coupled with a mere Sunday school familiarity with the actual text - but, to be honest, I can't understand what all the fuss is about.

Now far from me to call other organisations sexist, but why can't we have women bishops? What's wrong with women reading the word of God and carrying out all the holy pomp and ceremony?

And surely all organisations should move with the times, keep abreast with the social climate of the world in which they serve. Otherwise, they could end up like some religions that exist in isolation to the social and cultural flux.

Marketing and the laws of supply and demand dictate the nature and the workings of any large business. And that also applies to the Church, even if it's a mere PR company for God and his only Son.