tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post7558898558885561927..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: Billy Graham's sad legacyStreakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-15326726076091861122014-04-01T10:34:33.336-05:002014-04-01T10:34:33.336-05:00Hey, Smitty! Yeah, I agree. There is a sense tha...Hey, Smitty! Yeah, I agree. There is a sense that the fight is so strong because the far right knows they are losing on so many of these fronts. Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-59073197717988749622014-03-31T11:47:15.858-05:002014-03-31T11:47:15.858-05:00And a bigot who claims to be attacked for his fait...<i>And a bigot who claims to be attacked for his faith</i><br /><br />I just love it to pieces when people in the <i>majority</i> act like <i>they</i> are the put-upon, attacked ones when their privilege is placed under scrutiny.<br /><br />But notice: it's not the vast majority of Christians bitching about being attacked. Presbyterians? Lutherans? Sure, there are some under those sub-faiths that might bitch, but you don't hear things like "First Presbyterian Church of Soccerville attacks state's gay marriage law." It's the <i>minority</i> of the majority that feels attacked, and really, kids, they <i>are</i> under attack....<br /><br />....because their interpretation of made-up rules encourages all of the shit that was supposed to have been <i>undone</i> in the New Testament. They are attacked for their in-group-only behavior. They are attacked for subjugating, hating, and attacking out-groups. They are attacked for encouraging the same violent, aggressive behavior that the Son of God was apparently sent here to stop doing.<br /><br />All that to say: yeah, Graham <i>is</i> under attack for his beliefs, but because his beliefs are out of sync with his own broad religious philosophy, let alone being out of sync with where we are as a species.<br /><br />By all accounts, though, religious affiliation is trending down. Perhaps, in a generation, we'll not have to suffer Graham's slings and arrows.<br /><br />Hey Streak! Been a while...Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.com