I am Christocentric in the sense that I believe that Jesus was the son of God, but not in the sense that I believe that other faiths have not intuited the divine or grasped the truth beyond us in ways that Christians too can appreciate and learn from.Now, once again, with feeling...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Christian Mantra
Once again, Andrew Sullivan voices what I would love to hear every born-again, evangelical Christian say when discussing religion with a non-Christian:
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So often when I read "The Daily Dish" I find myself saying "Yea, what he said!" Andrew has found his way into many of the sermons I preach. I appreciate his depth of belief and his intention to act based upon that, while at the same time defending that faith from those who would bastardize it by using it as an excuse to abuse others and promote their own agenda.
We Christians like to say that our faith is about a "personal relationship" with God, but in practice make it about generalizations and judgements for everyone else.
All that being said, I love the fact that Sullivan stands up to Bill Maher's anti-religious generalizations, and points out how genuine, humble, practice of religion can be a force for an objective good.
George
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