Re: Magic Menstrual Mummies

"Karl Swenson" <[email protected]>
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We are good at judging.

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Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Magic Menstrual Mummies


On May 24, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Mike Findlay wrote:

> Some of lunacy of the evangelical right, (a loaded term and one I am 
> using only for the sake of argument), is in spite of his parents.

Yes.  I suppose he thinks he is correcting what he has the power to correct.

> Name me one current
> lunacy that can be attributed to Francis/Edith Schaeffer -

How about the lunacy of omission?  Someone who's name is behind a 5 volume
set with titles  "A Christian view of...." or who wrote "A Christian
Manifesto" I would expect should explore at least a cursory examination of
Christian history.  A foremost apologist for the modern Christian west, yet
never spoke of the Christian east or even acknowledged that issues in the
modern day church have historical precedent.

> heck he even maligns
> his mother regarding menstrual blood without any evidence that she did 
> anything but read the bible to him.

His personal experience is probably the best evidence we'll be able to get.
Perhaps he held back certain details.

You might also want to consider reading his book "Portofino" which appears
to be at least partially biographical and describes some typical evangelical
interactions between mother and son, and father and son, and sisters and
son.

> I admit to seeing a fair amount of ignorance about the history of 
> Christianity but to be fair my interest in it and evolving knowledge 
> of it can be attributed to reading Francis Shaeffer's works.

We'll he certainly turned me on to Christian philosophy and deeper thinking.
But any of my interest in history can be attributed largely to Frank
himself.

> BTW who gets to judge what is "authentic Christianity"?  Franky, you, 
> Pat Robertson....?

We each judge for ourselves.

regards,
-Lance

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