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changeset 160:fad00ec1fcce
revised with one change from Philip, as sent to AM Clerks
| author | Henry Thompson <ht@markup.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:11:31 +0000 |
| parents | 172b0f3a4ccd |
| children | 06aae841dfd3 |
| files | philip_20190224.html philip_20190224.pdf philip_20190224.xml |
| diffstat | 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/philip_20190224.html Fri Mar 15 19:37:33 2019 +0000 +++ b/philip_20190224.html Sun Mar 17 17:11:31 2019 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//HST//DTD XHTML5 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/xhtml5.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta name="copyright" content="Copyright © 2019 <a href="http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/">Henry S. Thompson</a>&#160;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en">CC-BY-SA</a>"/><meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><style type="text/css"> @@ -148,21 +149,21 @@ But there was still something missing. Philip began, privately and tentatively, to explore faith. He recognised that because of the -environment he grew up in he was culturally Christian, but he doesn't -take Christian doctrine or the Bible literally. The Bible has stories -about how to live, without being historically true. He began looking -for a religious context that was consistent with that, while having at -the back of his mind that even if he did seek fellowship he wouldn't -be welcomed due to his sexuality. He experimented with local churches, -firstly by reading about them extensively online, then contacting them -through email, in particular asking for their opinion on gay -marriage. First-time response was always positive, but beyond that -there was usually some vagueness, along with some explicit -negatives. He had looked at Quakers quite early on, along with -Humanism, Buddhism and meditation. It took a long time to get to the -point of attending a Meeting for Worship, as Philip felt he needed to be hopeful it -was going to work, and also that it would be OK with his husband. Mark -was unconditionally supportive of Philip's search, and on sending an +environment he grew up in he was culturally Christian. In his view, +The Bible isn't necessarily historically accurate, but it does contain +stories about how to live. He began looking for a religious context +that was consistent with that, while having at the back of his mind +that even if he did seek fellowship he wouldn't be welcomed due to his +sexuality. He experimented with local churches, firstly by reading +about them extensively online, then contacting them through email, in +particular asking for their opinion on gay marriage. First-time +response was always positive, but beyond that there was usually some +vagueness, along with some explicit negatives. He had looked at +Quakers quite early on, along with Humanism, Buddhism and +meditation. It took a long time to get to the point of attending a +Meeting for Worship, as Philip felt he needed to be hopeful it was +going to work, and also that it would be OK with his husband. Mark was +unconditionally supportive of Philip's search, and on sending an enquiring email, Philip received a positive response from Laurie Naumann.
--- a/philip_20190224.xml Fri Mar 15 19:37:33 2019 +0000 +++ b/philip_20190224.xml Sun Mar 17 17:11:31 2019 +0000 @@ -74,21 +74,21 @@ But there was still something missing. Philip began, privately and tentatively, to explore faith. He recognised that because of the -environment he grew up in he was culturally Christian, but he doesn't -take Christian doctrine or the Bible literally. The Bible has stories -about how to live, without being historically true. He began looking -for a religious context that was consistent with that, while having at -the back of his mind that even if he did seek fellowship he wouldn't -be welcomed due to his sexuality. He experimented with local churches, -firstly by reading about them extensively online, then contacting them -through email, in particular asking for their opinion on gay -marriage. First-time response was always positive, but beyond that -there was usually some vagueness, along with some explicit -negatives. He had looked at Quakers quite early on, along with -Humanism, Buddhism and meditation. It took a long time to get to the -point of attending a Meeting for Worship, as Philip felt he needed to be hopeful it -was going to work, and also that it would be OK with his husband. Mark -was unconditionally supportive of Philip's search, and on sending an +environment he grew up in he was culturally Christian. In his view, +The Bible isn't necessarily historically accurate, but it does contain +stories about how to live. He began looking for a religious context +that was consistent with that, while having at the back of his mind +that even if he did seek fellowship he wouldn't be welcomed due to his +sexuality. He experimented with local churches, firstly by reading +about them extensively online, then contacting them through email, in +particular asking for their opinion on gay marriage. First-time +response was always positive, but beyond that there was usually some +vagueness, along with some explicit negatives. He had looked at +Quakers quite early on, along with Humanism, Buddhism and +meditation. It took a long time to get to the point of attending a +Meeting for Worship, as Philip felt he needed to be hopeful it was +going to work, and also that it would be OK with his husband. Mark was +unconditionally supportive of Philip's search, and on sending an enquiring email, Philip received a positive response from Laurie Naumann.