I was very amused by the story, particularly given that pagans allow quite a bit of latitude in terms of which of the multiplicity of dieties one chooses to worship, however, the converse is not true of the Episcopal Church of the United States, or of the Anglican Communion in general. I seem to recall a recent article about two British Anglican Bishops having to give up their membership in a British Druidic Order. I'm still looking for that one, but here's
BBC article about the induction in August 2002.
Edited to add
As I was doing some additional searching for the article about the resignation from the druid order, I stumbled across something far better ... The Good Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Honorary White Druid, apparently gave approval for a new version of the bible, called
Good as New.
I think I have to get one now, if it is anything
close to what's described in the article.
Quote:
The KJV translation of Matthew 26:69-70 reads: "Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, 'Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.' But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest."
The "Good as New" version?
"Meanwhile Rocky was still sitting in the courtyard. A woman came up to him and said: 'Haven't I seen you with Jesus, the hero from Galilee?" Rocky shook his head and said: 'I don't know what the hell you're talking about!'"
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