I appreciate this very much -- the effort to make Jesus Trump's cultural attache have seriously pissed me off. He doesn't work for any political project, and it's not like he didn't have the option. (When Peter cut that centurion's ear off, one part of him *had* to be thinking, "Hey, maybe *now* he'll lead us against the Romans!") I talk…
I appreciate this very much -- the effort to make Jesus Trump's cultural attache have seriously pissed me off. He doesn't work for any political project, and it's not like he didn't have the option. (When Peter cut that centurion's ear off, one part of him *had* to be thinking, "Hey, maybe *now* he'll lead us against the Romans!") I talk about the political implications that I think my faith has, but I try to keep the "Christian" before the "leftist" in "Christian leftist." The second thing is only a satellite to the first thing.
I think if I were just picking a religion off a menu for utilitarian reasons, I might be tempted to go with the somewhat Americanized progressive Islam that some of my brighter first-year students believe in. Or perhaps one of the friendlier varieties of Wicca. I don't think I've ever met a mean witch. But asking other people to believe something that you yourself think is bullshit, just for the sake of social cohesion, is insulting to others. Anyway, I think Jesus is God, so here I stand.
To be fair, folks like Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and Dr. William Barber II are also very eager to make Jesus their cultural attache. Been going on a long time.
I appreciate this very much -- the effort to make Jesus Trump's cultural attache have seriously pissed me off. He doesn't work for any political project, and it's not like he didn't have the option. (When Peter cut that centurion's ear off, one part of him *had* to be thinking, "Hey, maybe *now* he'll lead us against the Romans!") I talk about the political implications that I think my faith has, but I try to keep the "Christian" before the "leftist" in "Christian leftist." The second thing is only a satellite to the first thing.
I think if I were just picking a religion off a menu for utilitarian reasons, I might be tempted to go with the somewhat Americanized progressive Islam that some of my brighter first-year students believe in. Or perhaps one of the friendlier varieties of Wicca. I don't think I've ever met a mean witch. But asking other people to believe something that you yourself think is bullshit, just for the sake of social cohesion, is insulting to others. Anyway, I think Jesus is God, so here I stand.
To be fair, folks like Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and Dr. William Barber II are also very eager to make Jesus their cultural attache. Been going on a long time.