kiya

Hmm. I guess in Christianity (and perhaps in Judaism, but others will know better than I) the Discordian role is the role of the prophet, which is one we no longer do very well. The established churches mostly shoo anyone with any hint of a vocation in the priestly/pastoral direction, and the charismatic churches either have no quality control at all (no process of discernment, to use the technical term), or base the process on conformity to scripture, which only works so long as God isn't trying to do something new. I have read that in the current Anglican fracas about the consecration of gay bishops and blessing of gay marriages, the Presiding Bishop of ECUSA sees the US and Canadian churches in the prophetic role to the rest of the Communion, which is interesting, and makes some sense to me - but then I try to imagine Isaiah or Jeremiah or Ezekiel signing the communique that came out of the bishops' meeting in Northern Ireland a few weeks ago, and I despair.

Er, that turned into a thoroughly Anglican little rant. Don't mind me.