An Anglican Future without Canterbury and Lambeth?
David W. Virtue ~
"There is an old fable of the scorpion and the frog. The scorpion wanted to cross the river
and asked the frog if he would carry him on his back to get across to the other side. The
frog replied that if he tried to help him, the scorpion would surely try to kill him. The
scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"
The frog agreed to carry the scorpion. Half way across the river, the scorpion began to
sting the frog. The frog protested, "You promised not to sting me. Now we shall both
die. Why did you do it?" The scorpion shrugged, "I could not help myself. It is my
nature."
This is precisely what is happening in The Episcopal Church. The scorpion of liberalism
has been riding the frog of orthodoxy for more than 40 years. The frog has vainly been
believing that its generosity in carrying the scorpion would lead him to the belief that he
has been wrong on matters of faith and morals, and would reform, repent and return
to the faith once delivered for all to the saints. Alas, it is has not happened. As the journey
of orthodoxy in The Episcopal Church nears its end, again and again the scorpion sting of
revisionism has pierced the shell of orthodox Anglicanism, leaving the orthodox faith
without hope of carrying the scorpion to any kind of repentance."
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