Crap like this is why I left the Episcopal Church

I am, for all intents and purposes, a Methodist. I was raised as one, but baptized in the Episcopal Church when I went to an Episcopal High School (named, originally enough, Episcopal High School). By the time I was in my late 20s, I had left the Episcopal faith and will be damned if I will ever go back. I don't like politics in any church; I especially don't like it when the politics is violently, hatefully liberal.

Unfortunately, this is the Episcopal Church. They're more about politics than faith and have no hesitation pushing their causes. If they didn't, they wouldn't let a scumbag like the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale lead the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass. (figures). They certainly wouldn't reward anyone who ends a sermon like this:

"Finally, the last sign I want to identify relates to my fellow clergy. Too often even those who support us can be heard talking about abortion as a tragedy. Let's be very clear about this:

When a woman finds herself pregnant due to violence and chooses an abortion, it is the violence that is the tragedy; the abortion is a blessing.

When a woman finds that the fetus she is carrying has anomalies incompatible with life, that it will not live and that she requires an abortion - often a late-term abortion - to protect her life, her health, or her fertility, it is the shattering of her hopes and dreams for that pregnancy that is the tragedy; the abortion is a blessing.

When a woman wants a child but can't afford one because she hasn't the education necessary for a sustainable job, or access to health care, or day care, or adequate food, it is the abysmal priorities of our nation, the lack of social supports, the absence of justice that are the tragedies; the abortion is a blessing.

And when a woman becomes pregnant within a loving, supportive, respectful relationship; has every option open to her; decides she does not wish to bear a child; and has access to a safe, affordable abortion - there is not a tragedy in sight -- only blessing. The ability to enjoy God's good gift of sexuality without compromising one's education, life's work, or ability to put to use God's gifts and call is simply blessing.

These are the two things I want you, please, to remember - abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Let me hear you say it: abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done."

Ok, the first part of that, about the violence, I can almost get. Nobody should be forced to carry a baby conceived through rape or incest. The rest of this is simply a leftist woman saying "it's ok to eliminate a kid if they're an inconvenience." It's utterly disgusting to think she'd say such things while posing as a teacher of God's word.

Compare those comments with these:

"If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost."

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy."

Those words, of course, come from the mouth of Jesus of Nazareth, whose work, it is supposed, is also not done. In fact, Ragsdale's supposed to be doing His work! In those quotes, it's pretty apparent that Jesus places great value on all lives--particularly those of children and those who cannot protect themselves. He also looks well upon those are kind and caring to those in need, even if it's tough for them to do so.

Ragsdale, on the other hand, would have those in tough situations to eliminate their problem, should it be a pregnancy, via abortion.

Herein lies my biggest problem with the Episcopal Church: they'll support mass murderers--they hold prayer vigils at the church in Huntsville, Texas, every time there's an execution, and it's not just to condemn the practice, it's to praise the deceased. They feel bad for the death of a criminal who violated his social contract, yet are all kinds of fired up to abort a child who hasn't even been given a chance to make a mistake? Disgusting.

That Jesus fellow also said, "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'" By that statement, Rev. Ragsdale is one filthy biatch--and a perfect representative of her church.