Well, my own opinion would be that God is a being, and that different cultures use different words, and different approaches to understand the same thing. We call him God. Mulsims call him Allah. Aboriginals, “The Creator”. For me, I was brought up in the Anglican church and that is how I understand God — but I wouldn’t codemn other religions for using a different approach. That’s how they were raised, and how they understand God.

I also don’t believe that God has a gender, and that Christ may well have been happily married (though I doubt it makes a difference). I also doubt that God will strike me down if I forgot to bow at the cross when I pass it, or that I snuffed out the altar candles incorrectly as an altar boy (there are plenty in my own parish who probably do believe that ). That wasn’t taught in my parish, but is just a realization that the world is a big place and God is a very complicated being to understand.

If you are reflecting what you have been taught in your parish, and not just your personal opinion, then your parish is not a Christian one. I don’t know how to characterize what is being preached (I think false gospel would be far too kind), but those who are teaching you will have much to answer for on judgment day.

So, that means that Christians go to heaven — Hindus, Muslims, Buddhist and Mormons all go to Hell?

Wow. Just…wow.

The tragedy is that this apostasy is not only unchallenged but is promoted by Fred Hiltz and other apostates within the House of Bishops. As they have clearly renounced their vows spoken initially at their ordination and reaffirmed at their consecration, I do not refer to them as “bishops”.