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Doug Pagitt mentioned something on his radio show (blogtalkradio.com/dougpagitt, 9am MST) recently that has stuck with me. The gist of what I got from it was that the “middle” needs to be a “radical middle”. In politics, religion, social issues, etc. the middle needs to be a prophetic voice able to speak to both “sides”. [...] Related posts:
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Edited to add: Mike L. has a good post here that approaches the topic from a civil/political viewpoint and articulates some points quite well, IMO. As a followup to Adam’s post, First, I like what Michael Toy said: another companion cry might be “stop blaming the bible for our own fear and intolerance” Second - I don’t think [...] Related posts:
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The Bible & Homosexuality: Enough with the Bible Already — pomomusings …If it is truly the Bible that is causing some to hold these discriminatory beliefs, then perhaps we need to set the Bible aside for awhile. Perhaps we need to not construct a belief system about LGBT folk built on the foundation of a couple [...] Related posts:
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Boyd tells a very revealing story about this image and has a great essay here. For the record, this is not a democrat vs. republican thing or an American vs. the rest of the world thing - this is an issue that needs to be discussed about Christians across the spectrum in any country. Random [...] Related posts:
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USA: Amnesty International Condemns Parole Board Decision to Allow the Execution of Troy Davis Amnesty InternationalPress ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Friday, September 12, 2008 Amnesty International Condemns Parole Board Decision to Allow the Execution of Troy Davis—-Organization Calls on U.S. Supreme Court to Intervene Contact: Wende Gozan at 347/526-5520 or Jared Feuer at 404/668-8388 [Atlanta] – Amnesty International (AIUSA) today condemned [...] Related posts:
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