http://benandjacq.com/2010/04/mclarens-baseless-trajectory/ Ben and Jacqueline Meredith Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://benandjacq.com/2010/04/mclarens-baseless-trajectory/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Big Tent Christianity was definitely the wrong name for it. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:07:03 +0000 http://benandjacq.com/?p=347010300#comment-445 [...] As I’ve written before, I don’t feel like any effort is being made to really engage those of us who are theologically conservative but sensible.  It is really easy to engage and discount those lunatics like Fred Phelps and Qur’an burning idiots that are conservative.  Sure, there are folks out there who daily misuse scripture to be bigoted and racist and sexist.  There are folks who assume that to be conservative theologically is to be conservative politically, without regard to each individual issue, as though Jesus were Republican.  There are folks who abuse scripture to subjugate others and justify all sorts of wickedness.  I’m not defending those people.  But what about those of us who readily join the progressives in disgust over guys like Fred Phelps, are working toward peace and justice in the world, and also hold to an inerrant Bible?  They’ve yet to agree that we even exist, or are sensible. [...] [...] As I’ve written before, I don’t feel like any effort is being made to really engage those of us who are theologically conservative but sensible.  It is really easy to engage and discount those lunatics like Fred Phelps and Qur’an burning idiots that are conservative.  Sure, there are folks out there who daily misuse scripture to be bigoted and racist and sexist.  There are folks who assume that to be conservative theologically is to be conservative politically, without regard to each individual issue, as though Jesus were Republican.  There are folks who abuse scripture to subjugate others and justify all sorts of wickedness.  I’m not defending those people.  But what about those of us who readily join the progressives in disgust over guys like Fred Phelps, are working toward peace and justice in the world, and also hold to an inerrant Bible?  They’ve yet to agree that we even exist, or are sensible. [...]

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