Allen January 24th, 2008
For some now, the leadership of the Episcopal Church has seem more and more intent on adhering not to a Christian theology but a progressive theology. While I think we are called as Christians to tend to the poor, I think our leadership believes the main purpose of the church is to advance progressive ideas.
So I am discouraged but not surprised to read that the some within ECUSA have suggested a replacement for the Stations of the Cross. Rather than remembering the suffering that Christ underwent when He redeemed us all, we should all look forward to how the UN will save us all through the Millennium Development Goals. Hence we now have now the Stations of the MDG.
For some time now, I’ve called the leadership of ECUSA “God’s Little Socialists”. I think some would like to replace the Holy Trinity with the Holy Quaternary: Father, Son, Holy Spirit and …
Allen January 23rd, 2008
For a long time, I’ve said that I would like for all elections to have a ‘None of the Above’ choice. That way, if ‘None of the Above’ won, all of the candidates would be barred from running for office for 3 or 5 years. They would be told that perhaps they need to get a bit more ‘real world experience’ and to try again in a few years.
While that sounds like a nice way of letting those gas-bloated wind-bags what we really feel about them, a recent essay by the Anchoress has changed by mind.
If Ronald Reagan were alive right now, watching the GOP split into these tantrum-throwing factions (whereby “perfection” is duly defined as “pro-life, pro-gun, pro-free-market, pro-worship, pro-Bush-doctrine, pro-tax-cut, pro-ship-back-all-illegals” and then, as each less-than-perfect candidate’s failure on one or more issues is noted, each are thus deemed unworthy of the support of the pristine and uncompromising “base”) I think he’d be disgusted with the lot of you.
Perhaps that ‘None of the Above’ would be come ‘None of the Perfect’ and we never finish this interminable campaign.
As a note, the Anchoress is ready to leave the Republican party to become an independent again. I’m arriving at the same conclusion from the other side of the mirror. I’ve about decided that the Democratic party is no longer the party for me.