Episcopal Church: Divinity of Christ No Longer Central To Christianity

At last, the first Muslim /Christian priest/imam Islamist/infidel!

Not only is she obviously not a Christian at all -- I'm sorry, but that bit about "have no other Gods before me" and that other one about "the light, the truth, and the way" are rather important -- but she's not a Muslim, either. Newsflash: Islam considers "polytheists" infidels and blasphemers. And what the hell is she but a polytheist?

Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.

On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.

She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim.

Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she's ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she's also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved.

Her announcement has provoked surprise and bewilderment in many, raising an obvious question: How can someone be both a Christian and a Muslim..?

She says she felt an inexplicable call to become Muslim, and to surrender to God — the meaning of the word "Islam."

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"I could not not be a Muslim..."

Redding's bishop, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, says he accepts Redding as an Episcopal priest and a Muslim, and that he finds the interfaith possibilities exciting.

Don't we all.

Steyn's post notes that Scrappleface offered this exact -- exact -- story up as a joke long ago.

posted by Ace at 05:03 PM

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