Re: Sacred tangent (was Re: just checking...)
Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:05 PM, The Voice Of Objective Truth <vox-TPv+D/[email protected]>wrote: > > Is this better or worse than your run-of-the-mill nationalism? > > Worse. > > As Peter said, it concerns our religion. I'd argue the other countries' religion/nationalism mix is worse as others have national religions. > The US has many good things, > but is not without it's flaws. Not saying it doesn't. I just tire of people reacting to American exceptionalism by say it's *worse* than everyone else. Which in my mind is the other side of the same coin. > Christianity (particularly Evangelical Christianity) generally comes > across as having picked sides. This, IMHO, is damaging to the Church > worldwide. Again, no argument with me there either. I will say the Church *should* pick sides on individual issues (e.g., abortion). But American Evangelicals have gotten in bed with the Republicans to some bad results. The nadir had to be the Christian Coalition politicking for lower taxes on capital gains. Really?!? That's got to be as tasteless as the "Jesus in a fighter jet" t-shirt. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot