@SimpleStacker I think you might like this book I'm reading.
“The charge of blasphemy, if it is ever made, is treated as a quaint anachronism; but the charge of treason, of placing another loyalty above that to the nation state, is treated as the unforgivable crime.”
― William H. Willimon, Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony
It is funny to me how pretty much all of the people I know that accuse Trump of treason and J6 of insurrection also claim to oppose nationalism. I don't think they know what it means. And these are Christians. I don't hear many Christians at all appalled by the blasphemy in our culture but I hear many on both sides appalled by the blasphemy against the state/Constitution/Democracy. I don't think we have come to grips with how idolatrous Christians have become of the state, ideals of democracy, or the Constitution. The order of those depends on your voter registration.
The author is VERY Methodist in his view of Christianity but I really appreciate his critiques of both the right and the left Christian movements.
Blasphemy is still here, the object of it has just changed. You can see people avoiding blaspheming when they refuse to say whether men can get pregnant
@SimpleStacker I think you might like this book I'm reading.
― William H. Willimon, Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony
It is funny to me how pretty much all of the people I know that accuse Trump of treason and J6 of insurrection also claim to oppose nationalism. I don't think they know what it means. And these are Christians. I don't hear many Christians at all appalled by the blasphemy in our culture but I hear many on both sides appalled by the blasphemy against the state/Constitution/Democracy. I don't think we have come to grips with how idolatrous Christians have become of the state, ideals of democracy, or the Constitution. The order of those depends on your voter registration.
The author is VERY Methodist in his view of Christianity but I really appreciate his critiques of both the right and the left Christian movements.