Sweden's first openly lesbian bishop says she has more in common with some Muslims than with conservative Christians and believes Christians and Muslims pray to the same god.Perhaps some see this as a sign that the Christian Swedes are broad-minded and tolerant. No, they are not.Eva Brunne, a Church of Sweden bishop in Stockholm, has also said Muslim worshippers in churches are "angels" and that churches should remove all crosses that might offend them and instead mark the direction to Mecca for prayers.
This follows a trend in the Swedish Church to find common ground with Islam. During a church meeting last November, a motion to ban the Islamic call to prayer in Swedish cities was voted down, with some church officials saying it would be an "amazing" opportunity for more people to meet the "love of Allah."
First is the obvious contradiction. Moslems would hate a lesbian bishop.
Second, believing in Christianity means rejecting rival religions like Islam.
I understand Christians who believe in the Bible, or those who accept the teachings but reject the miracles, or atheists who reject it all. But why would someone attend a Christian church headed by someone who seems to think that Islam is a better religion?
Maybe that is inaccurate. A lesbian bishop cannot possibly think that Islam is a better religion. But what is her message? Is she preaching Christianity or not?
I am afraid that European Christianity is dying, and she is a symptom.
Update: Here is an Episcopal Church, supposedly Christian, but really all-gay.
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I would posit that Eva Brunne isn't a Christian if she is more concerned about pleasing Muslims than her own congregation. If her own congregation is fine with this, maybe they should become a mosque instead and cut to the chase, after all 'Islam' literally means surrender.
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