There's a bit of an ideological scuffle going on over in merry old England. Supreme leader of the Church of England, Rowan Williams - the Archbishop of Canterbury - and his number two, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu took decidely different stances on the Church's future this weekend - particularly over the protracted gay debate.

Sentamu told The Daily Mail:

The Church has not been very good at clearly spelling out what the message of Jesus is about.

We have been indulging in a lot of debates which I don't think really have much to do sometimes with the Christian faith.

We're not theologians, but isn't Christianity based on loving all mankind and accepting people into their fold? Didn't Jesus allegedly die for all of man's sins? Didn't he give up his life so that there could be a more hopeful future for mankind, so that people could come together to further humanity? It seems to us the gay debate's integral to understanding these popular teachings.

Sentamu went on to lament the loss of "traditional" religion, saying that church attendance has dropped and blasted the Church: "It is a corporate failure of the Church, not actually doing the ministry of Jesus Christ out in the world." Corporate? Is he trying to be ironic, or something?

Meanwhile, Williams offered an Easter address in which he urged followers to accept change:

Going forward requires us all to learn a measure of openness to discovering things about ourselves we did not know, seeing ourselves through the eyes of another.

What they see may be fair or unfair, but it is a reality that has been driving someone's reactions and decisions. We'd better listen, hateful and humiliating though it may be.

Williams better watch out lest Senntamu plans an anti-Christian coup.