Post-election consolation prizes
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3 responses to “Post-election consolation prizes”
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I have found this election frightening, not becuase of the outcome, but because of many of my friend’s and co-worker’s reactions. I’ve rarely heard such vitriol, anger, and just plain meanness, all seasoned with a generous helping of misinformation and self-righteousness. I need to go back and read my Bible; I must have missed the part that says that God is obviously a white pro-military Republican capitalist. Funny. I doubt many of these people would have joined to early church; too radical, too socialist.
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Anonymous – it’s amazing how we read Scripture through the lenses of our own preferences, ideologies and fears. (Check out Scot McKnight’s book Blue Parakeet – it’s about this very issue.)
So – in the face of this bad brew of vitriol in our culture and among those you know, how do you respond?
I am trying to figure out the answer to that question as well.
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Generally, I don’t respond, which is due to a lack of courage on my part! Or I mention that God’s ways are not our ways, and that we don’t know the future and that He has His overall plan for the world that He does not generally consult us about. There was an piece in our morning paper about how the real loser in this election was religion in general, because it has now become a weapon to use against the side one doesn’t agree with. And I have to blame the religious right for that more than anyone….
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