Justifying Lambeth

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[Hills of the North] 1 Aug 2008--There has been a smug (and bitter) implication from the Archbishop and others that somehow those who did not come to Lambeth would be sorry they missed out. But at least at this point it's hard to see why they would regret their absence. They missed being told they were wife beaters by a radical feminist bishop from the States. They missed being called "demonic" by another bishop from America who has a soft spot for the world's most hideous tyrants. They missed a Bible studys from a guy who viewed homosexual rape as nothing more than the sin of "inhospitability." They missed the blatant lies from American bishops about how no same-sex blessings were being done or were authorized. They missed a meaningless protest march in the London streets against poverty and the excessive feast that appeared to be the real main point of the exercise. They missed having to walk out of a highly offensive and accusatory session in which males were portrayed as inherently prone to abuse of women. They missed being surrounded by Americans whose excessive numbers underscore the colonialist reflex of the church's white, liberal, Western overlords. They missed the freak shows happening at the fringes of the conference. But what else did they really miss? Truly there was nothing that happened at Lambeth that would cause them to think twice about their decision. And the same can't be said about the decisions some of their orthodox colleagues made to attend