Very true indeed, Huw. I have come to a point in my life where I no longer feel threatened by someone who doesn’t see things the same way I do. Unless, of course, that someone attempts to manipulate me in to thinking the same way they do.

And, having said that, I respect a church that not only has diversity but celebrates it. Which is why I think some on both the conservative and liberal sides of the Anglican argument are not really very Anglican at all.

We disagree often, politically and doctrinally. … But we have a sense of unity. We respect the fact that we don’t agree. Some people wish we would agree. I, personally, don’t want a church where everyone agrees. I’m not looking for a church where everyone sees things the same way I do.”

This is the main reason why I’ve decided to leave Orthodoxy and return to the Episcopal Church. I was tired of being dictated to by my priest as if I were a child who doesn’t have the mental and moral capacity to make up his own mind.