I never thought I’d be linking to a theological site from here, but in my travels looking at CSS and other web giggery-pokery, I came across Movable Theoblogical. I haven’t read all of the site but just for one, it’s reassuring to see that the author would accept the category of ‘Progressive Christian’ blogging. There’s a sense of outrage and disbelief and yet, faith that is heartening. Of course, I’d be surprised if we didn’t disagree on a couple of issues but I’m really enjoying the tone.
For so long I’ve missed any sort of belief, of religious sentiment without hypocrisy or hatred or vilification that to read something that isn’t like that, actually makes me really happy! This summer I went to a Unitarian Universalist service with Alaina’s family. Like a breath of fresh, very enthusiastic and vocal air their faith was something to be admire partly because they were so keen, welcoming to everyone not tied to a particular religious ideology but rather a faith in the goodness of all people.
Right to life. Respect for life. SANCTITY of life. The Religious Right should be ashamed for keeping their vision so insanely and tragicaly narrow, and to think for one moment that a President— who so clearly WANTS war (“I’m a War president”) despite what he says, all his actions show that war is his “manly option”, and selfish, nationalist, economic interests come first , defended by deadly force— that this president is a “man of God”, I shudder at what has happened to the image of Jesus as the Word made flesh. This is NOT what Jesus would do, or is calling us to do. We MUST not participate in EVIL, for that is what this is, plain and simple.
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