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A false priest preaches blasphemy in Seattle

 One of the most basic creeds in the Christian Church is the Apostle's creed:

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
    the Creator of heaven and earth,
    and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
    born of the Virgin Mary,
    suffered under Pontius Pilate,
    was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell.

The third day He arose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven
    and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
    whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy *catholic church,
    the communion of saints,
    the forgiveness of sins,
    the resurrection of the body,
    and life everlasting.

Amen.

In a nutshell this is the basis of Christianity. There is also the Nicene creed, which says in part:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

These two creeds make it plain that the Christian believes not only that Jesus was the Son of God but that He Is God. This is also part of the doctrine taught by the Episcopal church.

The basic teachings of the church, or catechism, includes:

• Jesus Christ is fully human and fully God. He died and was resurrected from the dead.

So how then can an Episcopal priest still call herself a Christian and adhere to a religion that teaches that Jesus is neither God nor the Son of God? I guess we'll have to ask Janet I. Tu, the "Seattle Times religion reporter", who wrote a glowing, gushing article about Ann Holmes Redding:

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 will begin teaching the New Testament as a visiting assistant professor at Seattle University this fall, has a different analogy: "I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I'm both an American of African descent and a woman. I'm 100 percent both."

Redding doesn't feel she has to resolve all the contradictions. People within one religion can't even agree on all the details, she said. "So why would I spend time to try to reconcile all of Christian belief with all of Islam?

"At the most basic level, I understand the two religions to be compatible. That's all I need."

Face it folks, The "Reverend" Redding is an apostate, if she was ever truly a Christian. She seems to believe that it's possible that all religions are equal, even when the two that she professes to practice are mutually contradictory.

The only way that all religions can be equally valid, is if they are all equally false. Ann Holmes Redding obviously believes that Christianity and Islam are equally valid, despite fundamental differences in the basic doctrines of the two religions. It is plain that she either believes in neither religion, or that she is willfully attempting to corrupt one of them.

Ann Holmes Redding is a false priest, and her teachings are blasphemous. Which of her two "faiths" is she blaspheming? You decide.

Cross posted at NW Bloggers

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Sammy Benoit responded with:

As the saying goes...you cant be all things to all people. It seems that Ann needs to go back to the seminary and get a refresher course