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Quote for the Day

“A church that does not unite with the poor is not the true church of Jesus Christ.”

- Archbishop Oscar Romero

01-11-2008 |

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More what I learned from church

(that turned out not to be true–and what I’m learning now). the Glenn instigated Synchroblog. From Rachel’s comment in this thread.

Rachel wrote:

Here are a few things I learned from church that didn’t ring true:

  • Social action is for godless liberals.
  • It is OK to take young, impressionable children to extremely scary “Christian” movies about “the End Times.”
  • Parents should try to “break a child’s will without breaking his spirit.”
  • It doesn’t matter how we treat the earth because soon God will destroy it in a flaming fireball anyhow.
  • Whatever the state of Israel does is always right. Arabs are bad.
  • The book of Revelation is to be interpreted literally; the Sermon on the Mount is not.

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    08-04-2007 |

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Syncroblog–Things I learned from “Church”

Glenn Hager kindly invited me to participate in his synchroblog. Thanks Glen!

His subtitle was “(That didn’t prove true, and what I am learning lately)”

So a coupla lists–and a tiny bit of a justice and compassion slant (I’m not making this stuff up)

What I learned in church:

  • Sex is mainly for procreation.
  • America is the greatest nation on earth.
  • Alchohol is evil. period.
  • Using contraception is almost always a dumb, and perhaps even bad, idea.
  • The U.N. is evil.
  • Homosexuality is a far worse sin than gluttony.
  • We’re right, and they’re wrong.
  • God created the United States.
  • Public Education is evil.

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    08-02-2007 |

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