Matters of faith and explication.

[pecunium]

I don't tend to wear my religious beliefs on my sleeve (my politics tend to be far more visible), but I wish to commend to anyone who thinks the religious of the United States are all raving loons, full of bile and self-righteousness, the following.

Slacktivist


I do this not because I share his faith (Mine is religious leanings are more heterodox, and Catholic than his) but because he explains things (which I usually agree with) so well.

A liberal-minded, progressive evangelist, sharing what he sees as the good news.

Not preaching, not even asking that you agree, nor even that you listen. he offers hospitality, and example... hoping that these two things may persuade you of his belief's rightness. A man overflowing with compassion.

And if that fails, well he tried.


It's worth a few minutes of your time to try him out for size, at least once. His comments on why some Christians hate gays, but love bacon, will give you ammunition to smack down small-minded religious bigots, so, if you need more encouragement, let that be the reason.

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As a recovering Southern Baptist, I appreciate The Slacktivist's thoughtful approach to Christianity. He has also done readers a great service by posting scathing and quite hilarious commentary on the execrable Left Behind series. I'll see if I can find links to those entries.

Slacktivist's Left Behind Posts

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Did a little scrounging and found a link to all his LB posts:

Left Behind

Re: Slacktivist's Left Behind Posts

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Yeah... it was, in fact, me sending links to the LB stuff to a friend who was/is dealing with someone who disagreed with Kristoff's repudiation of Left Behind which caused me to put this up.

TK