[ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-03 Terurut Topik RM Danardono HADINOTO



Lha ya kenapa to, kalo US bela Israel? pake syarat kek, nggak pake 
kek. Itu politik mereka kok, pake uang mereka kok.

Bosnia dibela karena Europa? gak lahh, sebab orang Serbia kan 
harusnya lebih dekat? Lha wong sama agamanya (walau beda jurusan)?

kalo kita mau bela Palestina, ya monggo, kirim beras, obat2an, uang, 
senjata, sukarelawan, TKW...

RMDH




--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], RG Nur Rahmat [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
 
 Bagaimana dengan dukungan Amerika terhadap Israel yang begitu kuat 
dan tanpa syarat?
 Mungkin Bosnia itu karena orang Eropa maka harus diselamatkan.
 
 rm_danardono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 
 Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
 bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
 bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
 Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
 yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku 
US 
 secara keseluruhan.
 
 Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we 
 trust.
 
 Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
 Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
 negara, agama ya agama.
 
 ya kan mBak?
 
 Salam
 
 RM D Hadinoto
 
 
 
 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
 wrote:
  
  
  america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
 founded by
  sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-
dasar
  philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
  kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
  perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen 
pemisahan 
 state
  affairs from religious affairs.
  
  
  
 
  partogi 
 samosir 
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  ahoo.com 
 cc: 
  Subject: [ppiindia] 
 Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? 
  11/01/2004 
 07:44 
 
  
 PM 
 
  Please respond 
 to 
  
 ppiindia 
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  dear all,
  Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis 
 dan
  melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta) semakin menyadarkan kita 
 bahwa
  Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
  Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan 
Kekristenan, 
 tapi
  untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
  togi
  
  dicky riyadi wrote:
  
  Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion
  
  Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
  Top Stories - Reuters
  By Dino Mahtani
  LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the 
 world's
  Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace 
 homosexuality
  should be seen as following a different religion.
  
  The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in 
 Nigeria
  to determine their future marked a growing separation between 
 conservatives
  and liberals in the 70-million strong church.
  
  The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and 
 ask for
  forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
  Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.
  
  Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk 
 alone' and
  follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior 
 clerics
  from across the continent.
  
  A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North 
 American
  congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay 
 clergy,
  but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
  reconcile the divisions.
  
  But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and 
 accused the
  North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a 
 false
  doctrine.
  
  African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland 
of
  Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top 
 cleric, has
  said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United 
 States.
  
  Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm 
 stance on
  homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are 
traditionalists 
 who
  cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops -- will desert it for 
 evangelical
  churches or Islam.
  
  Earlier this week Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo -- a born-
 again
  Christian -- backed African bishops in rejecting homosexuality 
and 
 called
  gay tendencies unbiblical, unnatural and definitely un-African.
  
  The bishops gathered in Nigeria have said they would not be 
swayed 
 in their
  rejection of ordaining gays by the lure of church funds from the 
 liberal
  West, despite Africa receiving 70 percent of its funds mainly 
from 
 America.
  
  
  But church leaders say the split between African bishops and 
their 
 American
  counterparts is not so much a geographical division as a split 
 between the
  liberal and conservative wings of the church.
  
  Already, conservatives in the same U.S. Episcopal Church that 
 ordained
  Robinson have called his appointment schismatic. Many of the 
more 
 liberal
  bishops in Africa, 

[ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? manusia bangsa

2004-11-03 Terurut Topik antonhartomo


Daripada terus nggladrah
boleh pendek diambil hikmah :
komitmen peradaban itu
 - kemanusiaan
 - kebangsaan
jang lupa logo ppiindia deh.
kapan bangsa ini bangkit dari keterpurukan ya ?
jadi bukan agama, suku, ras dan serupanya.
ok ok



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], RM Danardono HADINOTO 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 Lha ya kenapa to, kalo US bela Israel? pake syarat kek, nggak pake 
 kek. Itu politik mereka kok, pake uang mereka kok.
 
 Bosnia dibela karena Europa? gak lahh, sebab orang Serbia kan 
 harusnya lebih dekat? Lha wong sama agamanya (walau beda jurusan)?
 
 kalo kita mau bela Palestina, ya monggo, kirim beras, obat2an, 
uang, 
 senjata, sukarelawan, TKW...
 
 RMDH
 
 
 
 
 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], RG Nur Rahmat [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 wrote:
  
  Bagaimana dengan dukungan Amerika terhadap Israel yang begitu 
kuat 
 dan tanpa syarat?
  Mungkin Bosnia itu karena orang Eropa maka harus diselamatkan.
  
  rm_danardono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  
  
  Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
  bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
  bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
  Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
  yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam 
perilaku 
 US 
  secara keseluruhan.
  
  Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God 
we 
  trust.
  
  Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
  Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
  negara, agama ya agama.
  
  ya kan mBak?
  
  Salam
  
  RM D Hadinoto
  
  
  
  --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
  wrote:
   
   
   america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
  founded by
   sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-
 dasar
   philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
   kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
   perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen 
 pemisahan 
  state
   affairs from religious affairs.
   
   
   
  
   partogi 
  samosir 
  
   [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
   ahoo.com 
  cc: 
   Subject: [ppiindia] 
  Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? 
   11/01/2004 
  07:44 
  
   
  PM 
  
   Please respond 
  to 
   
  ppiindia 
  
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
   
   
   dear all,
   Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama 
jenis 
  dan
   melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta) semakin menyadarkan kita 
  bahwa
   Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
   Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan 
 Kekristenan, 
  tapi
   untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
   togi
   
   dicky riyadi wrote:
   
   Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion
   
   Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
   Top Stories - Reuters
   By Dino Mahtani
   LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of 
the 
  world's
   Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace 
  homosexuality
   should be seen as following a different religion.
   
   The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference 
in 
  Nigeria
   to determine their future marked a growing separation between 
  conservatives
   and liberals in the 70-million strong church.
   
   The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent 
and 
  ask for
   forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating 
Gene
   Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.
   
   Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk 
  alone' and
   follow another religion, said the statement issued by the 
senior 
  clerics
   from across the continent.
   
   A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged 
North 
  American
   congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of 
gay 
  clergy,
   but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid 
to
   reconcile the divisions.
   
   But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and 
  accused the
   North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing 
a 
  false
   doctrine.
   
   African bishops want their continent to become the new 
heartland 
 of
   Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top 
  cleric, has
   said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the 
United 
  States.
   
   Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a 
firm 
  stance on
   homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are 
 traditionalists 
  who
   cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops -- will desert it for 
  evangelical
   churches or Islam.
   
   Earlier this week Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo -- a 
born-
  again
   Christian -- backed African bishops in rejecting homosexuality 
 and 
  called
   gay tendencies unbiblical, unnatural and definitely un-
African.
   
   The bishops gathered in Nigeria have said they would not be 
 swayed 
  in their
   rejection of ordaining gays by the lure 

Re: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-03 Terurut Topik Rosi

Pak bapak masih ada hubungan darah dengan sigit respati danardono engak pak ?
dia HRD Mgr  di tenpat saya 



- Original Message - 
  From: RM Danardono HADINOTO 
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:25 PM
  Subject: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?




  Lha ya kenapa to, kalo US bela Israel? pake syarat kek, nggak pake 
  kek. Itu politik mereka kok, pake uang mereka kok.

  Bosnia dibela karena Europa? gak lahh, sebab orang Serbia kan 
  harusnya lebih dekat? Lha wong sama agamanya (walau beda jurusan)?

  kalo kita mau bela Palestina, ya monggo, kirim beras, obat2an, uang, 
  senjata, sukarelawan, TKW...

  RMDH




  --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], RG Nur Rahmat [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  wrote:
   
   Bagaimana dengan dukungan Amerika terhadap Israel yang begitu kuat 
  dan tanpa syarat?
   Mungkin Bosnia itu karena orang Eropa maka harus diselamatkan.
   
   rm_danardono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
   
   
   Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
   bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
   bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
   Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
   yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku 
  US 
   secara keseluruhan.
   
   Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we 
   trust.
   
   Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
   Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
   negara, agama ya agama.
   
   ya kan mBak?
   
   Salam
   
   RM D Hadinoto
   
   
   
   --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
   wrote:


america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
   founded by
sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-
  dasar
philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen 
  pemisahan 
   state
affairs from religious affairs.



   
partogi 
   samosir 
   
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
ahoo.com 
   cc: 
Subject: [ppiindia] 
   Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? 
11/01/2004 
   07:44 
   

   PM 
   
Please respond 
   to 

   ppiindia 
   

   

   





dear all,
Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis 
   dan
melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta) semakin menyadarkan kita 
   bahwa
Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan 
  Kekristenan, 
   tapi
untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
togi

dicky riyadi wrote:

Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion

Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
Top Stories - Reuters
By Dino Mahtani
LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the 
   world's
Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace 
   homosexuality
should be seen as following a different religion.

The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in 
   Nigeria
to determine their future marked a growing separation between 
   conservatives
and liberals in the 70-million strong church.

The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and 
   ask for
forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.

Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk 
   alone' and
follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior 
   clerics
from across the continent.

A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North 
   American
congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay 
   clergy,
but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
reconcile the divisions.

But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and 
   accused the
North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a 
   false
doctrine.

African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland 
  of
Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top 
   cleric, has
said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United 
   States.

Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm 
   stance on
homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are 
  traditionalists 
   who
cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops -- will desert it for 
   evangelical
churches or Islam.

Earlier this week Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo -- a born-
   again
Christian -- backed African bishops in rejecting homosexuality 
  and 
   called
gay tendencies unbiblical, unnatural and definitely un-African

Fw: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? -- Kalau AS bukan negara Kristen, Indonesia juga bukan negara Islam.

2004-11-03 Terurut Topik RM Danardono HADINOTO
 
tidak wajar sesuai sudut keperluan pandangan itu sendiri. Misalnya, 
tidak mungkin seorang menteri dalam negerinya era Orde Baru adalah 
non-muslim karena acara nasional tahunan Musabaqoh Tilawatil Qur'an 
(MTQ) ada dalam kalender kegiatan tiap provinsi. Tidak mungkin 
seorang menteri luar negeri (berturut-turut Adam Malik, Mochtar 
Kusumaatmadja, Ali Alatas, Alwi Shihab dan Hassan Wirajuda) beragama 
non-Islam karena RI menginginkan citra khusus di kalangan dunia 
Islam/Arab meski negara-negara Arab penghasil petrodollar pelit 
membantu Indonesia dan bukan merupakan pasar untuk obyek-obyek wisata 
RI (NB: turis-turis Timur Tengah, ketimbang yang dari Eropa, tidak 
memiliki ketertarikan emosional khusus dengan obyek-obyek wisata yang 
merupakan warisan historis era nusantara Hindu semisal Bali dan 
Tengger).
 
 Sekian dulu.
 
 Salam hangat,
 Kaboel
 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
 
 
 - Original Message - 
 From: rm_danardono [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:11 PM
 Subject: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?
 
 
  
  
  
  Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
  bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
  bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
  Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
  yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam 
perilaku US 
  secara keseluruhan.
  
  Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God 
we 
  trust.
  
  Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
  Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
  negara, agama ya agama.
  
  ya kan mBak?
  
  Salam
  
  RM D Hadinoto
  
  
  
  --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
   
   america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
  founded by
   sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-
dasar
   philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
   kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
   perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen 
pemisahan 
  state
   affairs from religious affairs.
   
 
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[ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik rm_danardono



Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku US 
secara keseluruhan.

Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we 
trust.

Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
negara, agama ya agama.

ya kan mBak?

Salam

RM D Hadinoto



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
founded by
 sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-dasar
 philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
 kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
 perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen pemisahan 
state
 affairs from religious affairs.
 
 
 
   
   partogi 
samosir   
   
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:   
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  
   ahoo.com
cc: 
Subject:  [ppiindia] 
Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? 
   11/01/2004 
07:44 

   
PM
   
   Please respond 
to
   
ppiindia  
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 dear all,
 Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis 
dan
 melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta)  semakin menyadarkan kita 
bahwa
 Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
 Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan Kekristenan, 
tapi
 untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
 togi
 
 dicky riyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion
 
 Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
 Top Stories - Reuters
 By Dino Mahtani
 LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the 
world's
 Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace 
homosexuality
 should be seen as following a different religion.
 
 The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in 
Nigeria
 to determine their future marked a growing separation between 
conservatives
 and liberals in the 70-million strong church.
 
 The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and 
ask for
 forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
 Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.
 
 Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk 
alone' and
 follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior 
clerics
 from across the continent.
 
 A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North 
American
 congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay 
clergy,
 but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
 reconcile the divisions.
 
 But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and 
accused the
 North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a 
false
 doctrine.
 
 African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland of
 Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top 
cleric, has
 said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United 
States.
 
 Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm 
stance on
 homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are traditionalists 
who
 cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops -- will desert it for 
evangelical
 churches or Islam.
 
 Earlier this week Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo -- a born-
again
 Christian -- backed African bishops in rejecting homosexuality and 
called
 gay tendencies unbiblical, unnatural and definitely un-African.
 
 The bishops gathered in Nigeria have said they would not be swayed 
in their
 rejection of ordaining gays by the lure of church funds from the 
liberal
 West, despite Africa receiving 70 percent of its funds mainly from 
America.
 
 
 But church leaders say the split between African bishops and their 
American
 counterparts is not so much a 

Re: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik Carla Annamarie



Pak, it's true..i completely agree w/u.., yg saya jelaskan td adalah in
american history..since the separation of state affairs from religious
affairs, bnyk terjadi perubahan.., justru..pak, kalo tidak ada
separation..n policy US berlandaskan ajaran kristen..mungkin pembom2an yang
bapak sebutkan td malah ga da..

right?


   

  rm_danardono   

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  oo.de   cc: 

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Negara Krsiten ? 
  11/02/2004 03:11 

  PM   

  Please respond to

  ppiindia 

   

   








Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara
bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya
bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang
Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2
yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku US
secara keseluruhan.

Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we
trust.

Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system
Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya
negara, agama ya agama.

ya kan mBak?

Salam

RM D Hadinoto



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or
founded by
 sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-dasar
 philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
 kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
 perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen pemisahan
state
 affairs from religious affairs.




   partogi
samosir

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 dear all,
 Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis
dan
 melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta)  semakin menyadarkan kita
bahwa
 Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
 Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan Kekristenan,
tapi
 untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
 togi

 dicky riyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion

 Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
 Top Stories - Reuters
 By Dino Mahtani
 LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the
world's
 Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace
homosexuality
 should be seen as following a different religion.

 The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in
Nigeria
 to determine their future marked a growing separation between
conservatives
 and liberals in the 70-million strong church.

 The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and
ask for
 forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
 Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.

 Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk
alone' and
 follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior
clerics
 from across the continent.

 A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North
American
 congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay
clergy,
 but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
 reconcile the divisions.

 But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and
accused the
 North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a
false
 doctrine.

 African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland of
 Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top
cleric, has
 said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United
States.

 Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm
stance on
 homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are traditionalists
who
 cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops

Re: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik dicky riyadi


apa ya alasan Amerika mengebom Afghanistan, Irak, dan memprovokasi Korea Utara...
 
apa pula yg dikatakan ZA MAulani strategi mengepung China melalui Korea Selatan, 
Jepang, Australia...
 
 
gua pingin tahu entar kalo amerika bangkrut, apa katamu...
 
ya mas RM Danardhono.


rm_danardono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku US 
secara keseluruhan.

Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we 
trust.

Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
negara, agama ya agama.

ya kan mBak?

Salam

RM D Hadinoto



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
founded by
 sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-dasar
 philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
 kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
 perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen pemisahan 
state
 affairs from religious affairs.
 
 
 
   
   partogi 
samosir   
   
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Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? 
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PM
   
   Please respond 
to
   
ppiindia  
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 dear all,
 Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis 
dan
 melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta)  semakin menyadarkan kita 
bahwa
 Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
 Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan Kekristenan, 
tapi
 untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
 togi
 
 dicky riyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion
 
 Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
 Top Stories - Reuters
 By Dino Mahtani
 LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the 
world's
 Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace 
homosexuality
 should be seen as following a different religion.
 
 The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in 
Nigeria
 to determine their future marked a growing separation between 
conservatives
 and liberals in the 70-million strong church.
 
 The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and 
ask for
 forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
 Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.
 
 Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk 
alone' and
 follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior 
clerics
 from across the continent.
 
 A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North 
American
 congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay 
clergy,
 but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
 reconcile the divisions.
 
 But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and 
accused the
 North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a 
false
 doctrine.
 
 African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland of
 Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top 
cleric, has
 said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United 
States.
 
 Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm 
stance on
 homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are traditionalists 
who
 cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops -- will desert it for 
evangelical
 churches or Islam.
 
 Earlier this week Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo -- a born-
again
 Christian -- backed African bishops in rejecting homosexuality and 
called
 gay tendencies unbiblical, unnatural and definitely un-African.
 
 The bishops gathered in 

[ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik Carla Annamarie




Pak, it's true..i completely agree w/u.., yg saya jelaskan td adalah in
american history..since the separation of state affairs from religious
affairs, bnyk terjadi perubahan.., justru..pak, kalo tidak ada
separation..n policy US berlandaskan ajaran kristen..mungkin pembom2an yang
bapak sebutkan td malah ga da..

right?


   

  rm_danardono   

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Negara Krsiten ? 
  11/02/2004 03:11 

  PM   

  Please respond to

  ppiindia 

   

   








Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara
bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya
bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang
Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2
yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku US
secara keseluruhan.

Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we
trust.

Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system
Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya
negara, agama ya agama.

ya kan mBak?

Salam

RM D Hadinoto



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or
founded by
 sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-dasar
 philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
 kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
 perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen pemisahan
state
 affairs from religious affairs.




   partogi
samosir

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Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?
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 dear all,
 Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis
dan
 melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta)  semakin menyadarkan kita
bahwa
 Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
 Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan Kekristenan,
tapi
 untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
 togi

 dicky riyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion

 Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
 Top Stories - Reuters
 By Dino Mahtani
 LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the
world's
 Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace
homosexuality
 should be seen as following a different religion.

 The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in
Nigeria
 to determine their future marked a growing separation between
conservatives
 and liberals in the 70-million strong church.

 The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and
ask for
 forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
 Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.

 Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk
alone' and
 follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior
clerics
 from across the continent.

 A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North
American
 congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay
clergy,
 but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
 reconcile the divisions.

 But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and
accused the
 North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a
false
 doctrine.

 African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland of
 Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top
cleric, has
 said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United
States.

 Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm
stance on
 homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are traditionalists
who
 cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops

Fw: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? -- Kalau AS bukan negara Kristen, Indonesia juga bukan negara Islam.

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik Amir S. Dewana
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:11 PM
Subject: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?


 
 
 
 Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
 bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
 bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
 Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
 yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku US 
 secara keseluruhan.
 
 Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we 
 trust.
 
 Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
 Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
 negara, agama ya agama.
 
 ya kan mBak?
 
 Salam
 
 RM D Hadinoto
 
 
 
 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  
  america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
 founded by
  sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-dasar
  philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
  kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
  perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen pemisahan 
 state
  affairs from religious affairs.
  

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Re: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? -- Kalau AS bukan negara Kristen, Indonesia juga bukan negara Islam.

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik Hotben


Sulit memang mengembalikan segala sesuatu pada akar yang telah ditinggalkan.

Jika direnungkan lagi berdirinya negara ini hanya bisa dicapai dengan
persatuan  sesama masyarakat terjajah dan hasilnya kita bangsa ini terbentuk
dan berhasil mengusir  penjajah
Sekian tahun kemudian bangsa ini terbagi menjadi kelompok beragama dan
komunis, alhasil kelompok beragama berhasil mengucilkan yang tidak
beragama (komunis)
Sepertinya belakangan muncul ide kelompok tertentu memisahkan diri
berdasarkan agama
Jika hal ini terus dibiarkan dan memang kemudian mereka berhasil maka
dikemudian hari akan terjadi lagi pemisahan berdasarkan  .suku.
ras,   ideologi, dan entah apa lagi
Terkadang saya bertanya sendiri : Jika memang sorga itu ada untuk kedamaian
tanpa batas kenapa untuk sang pencipta menghendaki manusia saling bunuh /
hujat ...dll guna mencapai sorga yang dimaksud.

- Original Message -
From: Amir S. Dewana [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: Fw: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ? -- Kalau AS bukan
negara Kristen, Indonesia juga bukan negara Islam.



 Yth:
 Bpk.RM Danardono HADINOTO
 mBak Carla Annamarie
 dan terutama para fans ppiindia di mana saja berada yang umumnya kaum muda
yang terlahir jauh setelah Proklamasi.


 Apa khabarnya Pak Danardono. Masih ingat saya? Perkenankanlah saya
mengegongi tukar info anda berdua. Dalam tataran perilaku, semacam 'E
Pluribus Unum terutama di militer kita (dulu ABRI, sekarang TNI setelah
Polisi dipisahkan) pantas diacungi jempol, paling tidak selama periode
1945 - medio 1992 (sampai dengan munculnya faksi Abri merah putih vs Abri
hijau).

 Jabatan-jabatan tertinggi di militer/polisi kita bisa diduduki perwira
kompeten mana saja tanpa pandang suku dan agamanya. Siapa tahu kalau Gatot
Subroto yang punya ide mendirikan Akademi Milter Nasional/AMN adalah perwira
AD yang beragama Buddha??

 Panglima Besar Jenderal Soedirman, cikal bakal pimpinan militer RI, adalah
sosok begawan militer dari lingkungan  religius kental Muhammadiyah. RI
pernah mempunyai Kepala Staf Angkatan Perang Jenderal Majoor (pangkat waktu
itu) Tahi Bonar Simatupang yang bersuku Batak dan beragama Kristen
Protestan. Juga Menhankam/Panglima Abri pernah dijabat oleh Jenderal Maraden
Panggabean yang sosok Batak dan beragama Kristen Protestan.

 Jenderal TNI Try Sutrisno yang pernah menjadi Panglima Abri dan juga
kemudian Wapres berasal dari lingkungan muslim santri yang kental. Saat
inipun pimpinan tertinggi di Angkatan Laut adalah Laksamana Bernard Kent
Sondakh, pria Minahasa yang beragama Kristen Protestan. Kepala Kepolisian RI
juga pernah dijabat seorang beragama Kristen Protestan, yaitu Jenderal
Polisi Widodo Budidarmo.

 Siapa penggagas terbentuknya satuan komando pada AD kita kalau bukan
Brigjen TNI (Anumerta) Ignatius Slamet Rijadi, putra Jawa asal Surakarta
yang beragama Katholik Roma. Dan Laksamana Muda (Anumerta) Yos[afat]
Soedarso adalah Pahlawan Aru yang ditenggelamkan oleh Belanda di perairan
Aru dalam rangka merebut Irian Barat dari Belanda di dalam apa yang disebut
Operasi Trikora.

 Kita juga pernah mempunyai Menteri Pertambangan dan Energi Letnan Jenderal
TNI (pur) Ida Bagus Sudjana yang bersuku Bali dan beragama Hindu Bali. Wakil
Komandan Jenderal Komando Pasukan Khusus (dulu RPKAD) pernah dijabat oleh
Brigadir Jenderal TNI Sang Nyoman Suwisma yang bersuku Bali dan beragama
Hindu Bali.

 Yang saya sebutkan tadi di lingkungan militer/polisi yang bisa meniadakan
preferensi atas dasar agama. Di jajaran birokrasi sipil pernah tidak kalah
cemerlangnya. Sosok satu ini pernah menjadi Menteri Dalam Negeri, juga
Menteri Luar Negeri; siapa dia kalau bukan Ida Anak Agung Gede Agung yang
berasal dari Bali dan beragama Hindu Bali. Pada saat-saat puncak ketegangan
dengan Belanda pasca Proklamasi Kemerdekaan RI, inilah Kepala Perwakilan RI
di PBB New York, siapa lagi yang membela posisi RI kalau bukan Lambertus
Nicodemus Palar yang asli Minahasa dan beragama Kristen Protestan. Kita
pernah mempunyai Menteri Penerangan yang bukan bersuku Jawa, yaitu Arnold
Mononutu yang asli Minahasa dan Kristen.

 Bahwa jajaran pimpinan di militer/polisi dan birokrasi sipil banyak yang
beragama Islam adalah sangat wajar karena warga negara beragama Islam memang
mayoritas.

 Pada lambang-lambang angkatan di militer RI seperti Kartika Eka Paksi
(AD), Jalesveva Jayamahe (AL) dan Swa Bhuwana Paksa (AU), dan juga yang
non-militer Rastra Sewakottama (Polisi) menunjukkan masih adanya apresiasi
pada kejayaan Kerajaan Majapahit yang hinduistis.

 Bung Karno pernah oleh Belanda dibuang di Ende, Pulau Flores, Nusa
tenggara Timur yang penduduknya umumnya beragama Katholik Roma. Bacalah buku
Di Bawah Bendera Revolusi, seperti apa apresiasi Bung Karno kepada para
padri Katholik Roma yang digambarkan sebagai orang yang suka bekerja.

 Setelah menguatnya Orde Baru di bawah pimpinan Jenderal Soeharto, ada
trend sedikit demi sedikit preferensi atas

Re: [ppiindia] Re: Amerika = Negara Krsiten ?

2004-11-02 Terurut Topik RG Nur Rahmat


Bagaimana dengan dukungan Amerika terhadap Israel yang begitu kuat dan tanpa syarat?
Mungkin Bosnia itu karena orang Eropa maka harus diselamatkan.

rm_danardono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



Mbak, dengan pekik juangnya El Pluribus Unum US adalah negara 
bhineka budaya dan agama, dan tak pernah merumuskan policy-nya 
bersandang pada kajian agama. US membela Kosovo dan Bosnia yang 
Muslim, dan membom Seebia yang Kristen. Lain kali membpom negara2 
yang beragama lain. jadi tak ada kriteria keagamaan dalam perilaku US 
secara keseluruhan.

Satu2nya kaitan US dengan religiousitas adalah ungkapan In God we 
trust.

Kalau kita pelajari system hukum US yang termasuk kelompok system 
Anglo Saxon, maka kita lihat ketatnya azas sekularisme. Negara ya 
negara, agama ya agama.

ya kan mBak?

Salam

RM D Hadinoto



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Carla Annamarie 
wrote:
 
 
 america memang bukan negara agama, tp negara america berdiri or 
founded by
 sekelompok org kristen puritan, makanya kalo dilihat dr dasar-dasar
 philosophy negaranya bnyk terkandung ajaran kristen.
 kalo dilihat sejarahnya, america adalah negara religious, tp dgn
 perkembangan jaman bnyk perubahan, sejak adanya amandemen pemisahan 
state
 affairs from religious affairs.
 
 
 

 partogi 
samosir 

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 dear all,
 Sikap gereja di Amerika (yang mengesahkan pernikahan sesama jenis 
dan
 melantik seorang Gay menjadi pendeta) semakin menyadarkan kita 
bahwa
 Amerika bukan negara Kristen.
 Semua aksi dan policy Amerika bukan untuk kepentingan Kekristenan, 
tapi
 untuk kepentingan Amerika sendiri.
 togi
 
 dicky riyadi wrote:
 
 Africans: Pro-Gay U.S. Church Follows New Religion
 
 Fri Oct 29,11:22 AM ET
 Top Stories - Reuters
 By Dino Mahtani
 LAGOS (Reuters) - African bishops representing a majority of the 
world's
 Anglicans said on Friday North American sections that embrace 
homosexuality
 should be seen as following a different religion.
 
 The statement by top Anglican clerics at a landmark conference in 
Nigeria
 to determine their future marked a growing separation between 
conservatives
 and liberals in the 70-million strong church.
 
 The bishops told their North American counterparts to repent and 
ask for
 forgiveness for approving same-sex marriages and consecrating Gene
 Robinson, a divorced homosexual and father of two, as a bishop.
 
 Failure to do so would indicate that they have chosen to 'walk 
alone' and
 follow another religion, said the statement issued by the senior 
clerics
 from across the continent.
 
 A report earlier this month by senior Anglican clergy urged North 
American
 congregations to ban same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay 
clergy,
 but stepped back from an outright condemnation of gays in a bid to
 reconcile the divisions.
 
 But African church leaders said it did not go far enough and 
accused the
 North American communions of subverting the faith and imposing a 
false
 doctrine.
 
 African bishops want their continent to become the new heartland of
 Anglicanism and Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola, Africa's top 
cleric, has
 said the Church of Nigeria aims to set up branches in the United 
States.
 
 Church leaders in Africa fear if Anglicanism fails to take a firm 
stance on
 homosexuality, its parishioners -- many of whom are traditionalists 
who
 cannot stomach the idea of gay bishops -- will desert it for 
evangelical
 churches or Islam.
 
 Earlier this week Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo -- a born-
again
 Christian -- backed African bishops in rejecting homosexuality and 
called
 gay tendencies unbiblical, unnatural and definitely un-African.
 
 The bishops gathered in Nigeria have said they would not be swayed 
in their
 rejection of ordaining gays by the lure of church funds from the 
liberal
 West, despite Africa receiving 70 percent of its funds mainly from 
America.
 
 
 But church leaders say the split between African bishops and their 
American
 counterparts is not so much a geographical division as a split 
between the
 liberal and conservative wings of the church.
 
 Already, conservatives in the same U.S. Episcopal Church that 
ordained
 Robinson have called his appointment schismatic. Many of the more 
liberal
 bishops in Africa, particularly from South Africa, have taken a 
softer
 approach to gays and have snubbed the conference in Nigeria.
 
 
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