Donning Clerical Collar, Danforth Slams GOP's Religious Rhetoric -- Beliefnet.com
And Danforth's a Republican as well as an ordained Episcopal priest, in addition to being a former senator and UN ambassador.
This could also be considered related to that business of "Holy War", God speaking to GWB, defining Christianity, etc. I posted earlier.
Quoting the article and Danforth:
"Right there in the midst of all the partisanship, in the midst of all the nastiness, right there with their wedge issues and litmus tests and extreme rhetoric, right there as the most divisive force in American life, are my fellow Christians."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In framing his central question -- "Is religion essentially divisive or uniting?" -- Danforth said his goal is to generate response and stir an overdue national discussion. When asked what's at stake, Danforth answered: "One of the biggest issues of our time is the role of religion in creating divisiveness to the point of bloodshed. And so what's the future?" (the emphasis is mine)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"If they [people of faith] believe that the purpose of religion is to hold us together, then the second step is to then think of what we're doing now that works in the other direction, and what we can do to create a sense of greater inclusiveness and tolerance," said Danforth."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment