The Time Machine
What are you supposed to do when your faith moves you backwards?
Three Christian faiths are trying to rewind the clock on you. If you are a member of these churches, I hope this gives you pause.
The Roman Catholic Church, that beacon of progress, is surprisingly only going back to around 1965. They are looking to rewrite the mass to bring it closer to the old Latin masses of pre-Second Vatican Council days. While this is the least of the reactionary tales in this blog, it should be noted that the Roman Catholic Church is, as we all know, far from progressive, and has a fifteen hundred year streak going of attempting to hinder progress, beginning with their overtaking European power following Rome's fall.
The Episcopal concern is, at least to me, far more revealing of the nature of American Christian churches today. It seems our good old friends in Anglica want to ban homosexuals from the bishopric. I guess they'll be reconciling with Rome and speaking Latin in no time.
Perhaps the worst I've read recently comes from the South. The Southern Baptist Convention has actually been considering recommendations to their congregation to remove their children from public schools. They considered recommending alternatives such as homeschooling and private Christian schools. The reasons? It isn't because of our failing education system. No, it's because our society is lax on homosexuality. Oh, and the public schools refuse to address the notion of "intelligent design".
First, this Christian assault on homosexuality is offensive. That so many Americans buy into it is frightening.
Here's a thought: the Christian churches have attacked Dan Brown and his Mary Magdeline theory about her being Jesus' wife. What about this theory: Jesus was unmarried, spent much of his time with other men -- without their wives. His best friend was a woman. And he was apparently quite the sensitive type. Plus, he liked to wash his friends' feet.
You do the math.
The Southern Baptists are continuing to fight the Scopes trial. And they are making moves reminiscent of Prohibition (read the article).
Their God tried to teach them to love unconditionally. Apparently they are as deaf as they are homophobic.
Three Christian faiths are trying to rewind the clock on you. If you are a member of these churches, I hope this gives you pause.
The Roman Catholic Church, that beacon of progress, is surprisingly only going back to around 1965. They are looking to rewrite the mass to bring it closer to the old Latin masses of pre-Second Vatican Council days. While this is the least of the reactionary tales in this blog, it should be noted that the Roman Catholic Church is, as we all know, far from progressive, and has a fifteen hundred year streak going of attempting to hinder progress, beginning with their overtaking European power following Rome's fall.
The Episcopal concern is, at least to me, far more revealing of the nature of American Christian churches today. It seems our good old friends in Anglica want to ban homosexuals from the bishopric. I guess they'll be reconciling with Rome and speaking Latin in no time.
Perhaps the worst I've read recently comes from the South. The Southern Baptist Convention has actually been considering recommendations to their congregation to remove their children from public schools. They considered recommending alternatives such as homeschooling and private Christian schools. The reasons? It isn't because of our failing education system. No, it's because our society is lax on homosexuality. Oh, and the public schools refuse to address the notion of "intelligent design".
First, this Christian assault on homosexuality is offensive. That so many Americans buy into it is frightening.
Here's a thought: the Christian churches have attacked Dan Brown and his Mary Magdeline theory about her being Jesus' wife. What about this theory: Jesus was unmarried, spent much of his time with other men -- without their wives. His best friend was a woman. And he was apparently quite the sensitive type. Plus, he liked to wash his friends' feet.
You do the math.
The Southern Baptists are continuing to fight the Scopes trial. And they are making moves reminiscent of Prohibition (read the article).
Their God tried to teach them to love unconditionally. Apparently they are as deaf as they are homophobic.
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