tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post1675981025966485766..comments2023-09-30T10:36:23.154-05:00Comments on Accidental Historian: Broken Hearted SaviorGedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-82944567085318839872009-08-27T11:50:06.349-05:002009-08-27T11:50:06.349-05:00Oh, the Cotton Patch Gospel! It's too bad Cla...Oh, the Cotton Patch Gospel! It's too bad Clarence Jordan didn't finish all of the volumes he intended before he died in 1969. They're still fantastic--maybe a little dated (thank whatever God might be,and a lot of brave people, civil rights have advanced since then), but spot on. <br /><br />It's good to know that Koinonia Farm is getting back to its early Christian roots. Many Christians, at least the RTC ones, have forgotten them. How can they read the Bible and then ignore what Jesus told them to do?bluefrognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-39850432835159789472009-08-27T09:12:53.562-05:002009-08-27T09:12:53.562-05:00I had an interesting conversation a while ago abou...I had an interesting conversation a while ago about why pagans tend to live at the poverty level. Appantly it's because we give things away. We donate heavily in time and money to charities (Habitat is actually getting big in the pagan community because we have just realized that they will accept people other than Christians into their program). We open our homes to people who need help. We give food and clothes to people who need it more than we do. Why? Because it's the right thing to do. The fact that people don't get this amazes me. I'd rather be poor and know I have done good in the world than be rich and be a bastard.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-34429866701193571392009-08-27T09:01:58.846-05:002009-08-27T09:01:58.846-05:00That was the Jesus I loved when I was young.
I ha...That was the Jesus I loved when I was young.<br /><br />I have come to realize that I never saw Jesus as a god-made-flesh. It's a weird concept to begin with: god (omnipotent, without beginning or end) made flesh (mortal, weak).<br /><br />The Jesus of my youth was a man, a man of great and gentle ideas, ideas that made my soul soar: kindness, generosity, understanding, peace. To me, the Christian Right in this country will always be the heretics, the blasphemers, the idolators, the very bad people Jesus wouldn't have liked at all.<br /><br />Every time some fundy idiot threatens me with hell, I smile inside and think, "Well, if there is a hell, my dear, I will certainly see you there."PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-84975473514201674862009-08-27T07:10:15.198-05:002009-08-27T07:10:15.198-05:00'Bible Communism' is nothing new; just loo...'Bible Communism' is nothing new; just look at the history of religious movements in the early and mid-1800s in New York state. Neither the Shakers nor the Oneida colonies could be called lazy. Granted, both utopian movements eventually fell apart, mostly because sex (or lack thereof) and communism don't mix - both sects had some pretty wacky ideas where soft lighting and Barry White were concerned.<br /><br />My wife is fascinated by the utopian communities of the "burned-over district" as the region was called. What I didn't realize was the impact of the Erie Canal as an information conduit, a sort of 1840s Internet. Not surprising, but I hadn't thought of the Erie Canal since high school.<br /><br />As starry-eyed as the Utopians were, they should get credit for creativity and living their faith. By comparison, modern US Christians are lazy, insular, hateful, and utterly uncreative.apthorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152709906985093221noreply@blogger.com