I apologize to those who prefer not to read more on this subject. My friends will forgive me.
Melania Trump calls her husband's infamous "banter on the bus" as merely "boy talk." To suggest there is such a thing as "boy talk" and that it is okay, is a message her 10-year-old son will hear. He will conclude that it is ok, and the cycle of abuse will stand a good chance of being transferred to the next generation. That apparently is a price she is willing to pay.
So, to 10-year-old boys everywhere:
This is a lie. This is not ok. This is not who you are. No one who has respect for other human beings will talk this way. Decency has no place for this kind of talk, whether you are male or female. People are not objects to conquer. You have a higher calling, and it's called civility. Learn civility and you will not only find that you are happier; you will contribute to the well-being of others. The payoff is a better world. And that is a price worth paying.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
To be Christian means to live a life that intersects with society. That is what the doctrine of the Incarnation means to me. "God so loved the world" that God's very presence came to earth in human form like us. That's what Christians of every bent and persuasion say.
Therefore Christians at the very least are compelled to find the places where God's hope for creation meets human experience. Social holiness is not an optional pursuit. It is one side of a coin, the other of which is personal holiness. That said...
It's time for Christians to put their actions where their words are. It's time to make our words and works the same, like the One whom we call Lord.
Plus, recently I read this:
"The time has come for Christian leaders to break their cowardly silence and forcefully condemn Trump's vision for America as fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ." (www.faithfulamerica.org)
I stand convicted of cowardice. No more.
Donald Trump's behavior resembles that of a dangerous, bully-demagogue, misogynist and racist. He lacks the necessary qualities of leadership that our nation - any nation requires to converse on the international stage. He may have traveled widely, but that doesn't mean he understands other cultures.
He claims to be a follower of the Prince of Peace, yet he threatens to "bomb the hell out of ISIS", not realizing that the children and grandchildren of ISIS will seek revenge upon our children and grandchildren. He is condemning another generation of Americans (and who knows what other nations) to more war and destruction.
His recent deriding of the Khan family is only the most recent example of his despotic ways. So, I am asking my Republican friends, of whom I pray there are many:
One need not be a Democrat to reject the politics of the Republican candidate. In matters of religion, evangelical conservative Christians have been rejecting for centuries the notions of other evangelicals whose extreme statements and behaviors do not represent the majority of their peers. We only need to cite the Westboro Baptist Church as a contemporary case.
You may not denounce Hillary Clinton for moralistic reasons and ignore the immorality on the other side. That is called hypocrisy. If you don't like Mrs. Clinton, for whatever reason, you can still vote for her for many reasons, without sacrificing your morals, which would be required in order to cast a vote for your party's terrible example. He lacks any measure of human decency, and it's time to follow the way of Jesus with "walk" as well as "talk."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/opinion/mr-trump-and-spineless-republicans.html?emc=edit_ty_20160802&nl=opinion&nlid=73219613&_r=0
Therefore Christians at the very least are compelled to find the places where God's hope for creation meets human experience. Social holiness is not an optional pursuit. It is one side of a coin, the other of which is personal holiness. That said...
It's time for Christians to put their actions where their words are. It's time to make our words and works the same, like the One whom we call Lord.
Plus, recently I read this:
"The time has come for Christian leaders to break their cowardly silence and forcefully condemn Trump's vision for America as fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ." (www.faithfulamerica.org)
I stand convicted of cowardice. No more.
Donald Trump's behavior resembles that of a dangerous, bully-demagogue, misogynist and racist. He lacks the necessary qualities of leadership that our nation - any nation requires to converse on the international stage. He may have traveled widely, but that doesn't mean he understands other cultures.
He claims to be a follower of the Prince of Peace, yet he threatens to "bomb the hell out of ISIS", not realizing that the children and grandchildren of ISIS will seek revenge upon our children and grandchildren. He is condemning another generation of Americans (and who knows what other nations) to more war and destruction.
His recent deriding of the Khan family is only the most recent example of his despotic ways. So, I am asking my Republican friends, of whom I pray there are many:
One need not be a Democrat to reject the politics of the Republican candidate. In matters of religion, evangelical conservative Christians have been rejecting for centuries the notions of other evangelicals whose extreme statements and behaviors do not represent the majority of their peers. We only need to cite the Westboro Baptist Church as a contemporary case.
You may not denounce Hillary Clinton for moralistic reasons and ignore the immorality on the other side. That is called hypocrisy. If you don't like Mrs. Clinton, for whatever reason, you can still vote for her for many reasons, without sacrificing your morals, which would be required in order to cast a vote for your party's terrible example. He lacks any measure of human decency, and it's time to follow the way of Jesus with "walk" as well as "talk."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/opinion/mr-trump-and-spineless-republicans.html?emc=edit_ty_20160802&nl=opinion&nlid=73219613&_r=0
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