Losing their religion

[Mr-Fusion]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/losing-their-religion/2006/04/09/1144521208574.html?page=2

Interesting article about the religious right in America.

If I'm an unborn child I should stay unborn. Once I'm born I'm off the radar screen of the religious right - no child care, no support for mothers. It's pro-birth, not pro-life.

"The religious right are more American nationalists than evangelical Christians. They talk about taking back the nation, I'm talking about taking back the faith. It's hard to find many references to patriotism in the Bible. ‘God bless America' is not in the Bible."

So many of Jesus' teachings in the bible consist him strolling into a bunch of blinded fools and telling them how it is and where there priorities should be at. Helping the poor? Helping the lepers? Helping the sick? What would Jesus say about the Iraq invasion ?(something the religious right supported)

And for Wallis hope, even more than faith, is the key. The biggest choice of our time, he believes, is not between religion and secularism but between hope and cynicism. "Cynics are realists, they see the world as it is, and are against the bad stuff.

But they get discouraged and believe the bad stuff can't change. Cynicism becomes a buffer against commitment."

Hope, in contrast, is not a state of mind or a feeling, but a decision you make. "And it's a decision that animates social change. Desmond Tutu used to say, ‘We are a people who are prisoners of hope'.

Well, by gum. That inspires me.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Good to see Christians trying to reclaim what it means to be Christian from the religious right.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

Exactly.

 

[Ennui]

Good to see Christians trying to reclaim what it means to be Christian from the religious right.

quoted for emphasis, but the bastardization of christianity and of most religion the world over, particularly in the realm of politics, is more than too far advanced for us to regress anytime soon.

amusing, because according to the article, the opinion i just stated means i'm a hopeless cynic

 

[xombine]

That's me in the corner...that's me in the spot-light...

 

[K e r b e r o s]

The only thing I disagree with theage's article, is that they seem to believe Christian Right Wingers are more nationalistic and much more dangerous ...?

No offense, but I was a right winger, and I would never harm a fly.

 

[gick]

The only thing I disagree with theage's article, is that they seem to believe Christian Right Wingers are more nationalistic and much more dangerous ...?

No offense, but I was a right winger, and I would never harm a fly.

I think it means specifically the christian right wingers like Pat Robertson. You know: 'kill hugo chavez!', 'the only way to get rid of nuclear weapons is to use them!' etc.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

I think it means specifically the christian right wingers like Pat Robertson. You know: 'kill hugo chavez!', 'the only way to get rid of nuclear weapons is to use them!' etc.

Ah. I would just hate for some nice people out there to be generalized about ... I happen to know some people who are republican and who are'nt out to get the world.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Its sites like this that put my faith back in mankind.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

^ Agreed.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Its sites like this that put my faith back in mankind.

I'm so used to the horribly obnoxious christian and/or republican sites out there that I needed to read that two or three times to make sure it wasn't actually depressing.

 

[Que-Ever]

That's me in the corner...that's me in the spot-light...

QF yeah, I thought that too.