Great stats about the “Progressive Evangelicals”, the religious group that see a dire need to get Bush out of the White House. Closing the ‘Religion Gap’ The big mouth guys aren’t too popular: A recent survey by Religion & Ethics Newsweekly found that evangelical Christians on the whole gave Falwell a marginally unfavorable rating. It also found that many evangelicals Continue Reading
Sojourners with an animated video on the Religious Right
Such a rude obnoxious , jerk. Interrupting. Cut HIS Mike. What a absolute travesty. The Religious Right needs to decide if they really need this guy, who can’t be civil, to be a spokesperson. What a complete JERK. Listen, if you can stand it. I wanted to hear Wallis. That was hard to do because never failed once to interrupt Continue Reading
God is Not a Republican or a Democrat has already gotten comments from people saying “this sounds awfully democrat”. This petition, no matter the title, leaves one feeling as though God must surely be a Democrat. A bit one sided. Regardless of how polite the bashing is… should it not be equal? (additional note a few minutes later: to the Continue Reading
I just wrote a comment to a thread on Jordan Cooper’s site, where he had posted a link to the Sojourners Take Back The Faith site, which asks for signatures. There were comments like: —This petition, no matter the title, leaves one feeling as though God must surely be a Democrat. A bit one sided. Regardless of how polite the Continue Reading
Found a new blog via my fixing of an old RSS that needed refreshing (Gutless Pacifist) The Mountaintop » Plowshares If you ever wondered where you could find proof that Mr. Bush and his cronies lied about the justification for war, now you know. You could draw up articles of impeachment from this! I can only pray that some a Continue Reading
My sojomail today, thought it should be shouted from the mountaintops, AND/OR on my blog: Use this link to sign the petition, go there and read it, or read it below and then go sign Take Action: God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat. These leaders of the Religious Right mistakenly claim that God has taken a side in Continue Reading
This is a link to a sermon collection that includes some people whose messages have meant a great deal to me, especially during times like these. Campolo is just one, but I wanted to link to it here.. The collection also includes Jim Wallis (Two sermons, one with video and some related music by Ken Medema, another favorite of mine) Continue Reading
Politics and Religion; An Interview With Huston Smith Politics and Religion; An Interview With Huston Smith an interview with the world’s leading author on world religions discussing Jihad, the rapture, the Left Behind Series, and the use of religion to influence politics
Hijacking God for Empire – BuzzFlash Guest Commentary America’s preachers have a task more difficult, perhaps, than those faced by us under South Africa’s apartheid, or by Christians under Communism. We had obvious evils to engage; you have to unwrap your culture from years of red, white, and blue myth. You have to expose and confront the great disconnect between Continue Reading
The excerpt below from Jim Wallis’ speech to the Democratic Party’s People of Faith Luncheon. It was an appeal to not allow the Religous Right to completely frame what is and is not a moral issue of our National Life. Wallis feels it is possible (and so do I) to speak of issues of justice and democracy in theological terms Continue Reading
Wow, here’s the National Council of Churches, heading a movement with a website similar in spirit to the Call To Renewal speaheaded by Jim Wallis and others like Tony Campolo. I hear criticism of them , usually in the same breath, from Religious Right fundamentalists, including Southern Baptists, who disdain and cast aspersion on all things ecumenical. I think it Continue Reading
This lays it on the line: A peace church is a church which knows what happened to the body of Christ in the world, and still wants to be the body of Christ in the world. Every Church A Peace Church Our GOAL and MISSION is to invite churches to make this AFFIRMATION and to act upon it: “Following Jesus Continue Reading
Jus tlooking for Websites where Churches actually INSIST that the Church is about seeking peace. Not fudging with the gospel, and pretending that the warmongers and Christians can be “compatible”. They cannot. There are some things that are so alien to the person of Jesus, and this is certainly one. Full Story 10/16/01 Tuesday “When Silence is Betrayal” King
Another point made by the author is that Muslimes are not, as Bush asserts, reacting violently toward us because “they hate freedom” and “our way of life”. Those that hate America do so becuase becuase of what America has done. This is not to take any forward steps toward any semblance of justification for ANY violence against civilians who have Continue Reading