You truly are ignorant of the diversity of Christianity. I posted either here or on the other thread that I am a member of Lutheran Church Canada (
Home - Lutheran Church–Canada). There are two distinct groups within Lutheranism. Liberal and Conservative-confessional.
We do not even ordain Women. We are not "woke", we are not "social Marxists" who disregard the clear reading of Scripture regarding sexuality, the structure of the family, and the Church. Us, and other traditional Lutheran Church Synods are members of the International Lutheran Council (
Home - International Lutheran Council). While not all of the Churches in this world wide organization are in full fellowship, many are. Here in North America, we are in fellowship with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. We are also in fellowship with the following Synods:
Unfortunately, the heterodox behavior of congregations and synods that retain the name "Lutheran" that we are not associated with get top billing in the news because of their woke, social Marxist, social justice theology and practice.
If you had taken time to look outside of your own comfort zone, you will notice, even here at Christian Forums, that in the Lutheran Forum, there or two sub-forums, one for the Liberals (ELCA, ELCIC, and another for the conservatives (LCMS, LCC, WELS)
Most paint us with the same brush, but both in theology and practice, we are two completely different Churches, with completely different theologies.
My ancestors were refugees, just like most of the Confessional Churches, we left our homelands in one of the various states in western Europe (in our case, Alsace) to escape persecution by the Calvinist who confiscated our Churches and farms, imprisoned and killed our clergy, and profane the Sacraments by denying their efficacy.
You have a lot of catching up to do if you ever hope to understand Christianity. If you equate your journey through life and faith with a road trip, if you don't know where you started, there is no way you can ever hope to find your destination... Even a GPS needs to figure out your present location before it can direct you to your destination.
You owe it to yourself ot open up your mind, otherwise you end up looking foolish like the remark about the gender-bending Bishop.
BTW, this is our National Bishop, and my former Pastor; The Rev. Timothy Teuscher, President of Lutheran Church Canada: