tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post6010700296336987950..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: Electricity on--allows me to read news--updatedStreakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-17550561780614873932007-12-15T10:34:00.000-06:002007-12-15T10:34:00.000-06:00That's one of the most distressing things about th...That's one of the most distressing things about the Christian Conservative bloc. They're essentially laying claim to the entirety of the religion, simply by being organized and rich and loud. <BR/><BR/>My mother is an intern pastor at a small protestant church in Missouri -- she's newly out of seminary, and working towards her first associate pastor gig -- and she's said more than once that it's hard to introduce some of the more progressive ideas of Christ to a congregation inured to feeling indignant and persecuted by "mainstream secular society." Whatever the eff that is. <BR/><BR/>So some of that is that particular congregation, of course, but some of it is also the discourse that Senators like Steve King and pastors like Tony Perkins perpetuate. Which is to say, discourse that allows them to keep laying claim to the whole legacy of Christ. <BR/><BR/>So my question is, where are the progressive churchmembers and pastors, and why aren't they yelling louder?Bitebarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747525058765921595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-26987581032760479482007-12-14T21:05:00.000-06:002007-12-14T21:05:00.000-06:00About to hit the sack and I remembered I said some...About to hit the sack and I remembered I said something stupid. May God bless all the families affected--not just the Murray family. My apologies!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-85237837890844242022007-12-14T19:29:00.000-06:002007-12-14T19:29:00.000-06:00I'm with Steve here--the media coverage has seemed...I'm with Steve here--the media coverage has seemed pretty fair. But why should we expect better from Perkins? He has gotten to where he makes Dobson look tame.<BR/><BR/>Perkins sees <B>all</B> criticism as an attack and never legitimate. Then he telescopes it onto Christianity in general--an "attack" against him is against the name of Jesus Himself. Sad, really. <BR/><BR/>May the Murray family see especially God's blessings during this critical time.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-30091804459215213772007-12-14T15:28:00.000-06:002007-12-14T15:28:00.000-06:00I thought the media response to the shootings was ...I thought the media response to the shootings was surprisingly even handed. There were a few mentions of Ted Haggard being the former pastor at the New Life Church, but I didn't sense any hostility towards Christianity from anyone except the person that shot all these people.<BR/><BR/>I am sure that more information will come out on the killer. He was obviously deranged. There are some copies of messages he posted on an anti-Christian website that show he had a great deal of rage. There have already been a variety of groups trying to exploit this tragedy and I expect there will be more.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.com