On Politics. And Christianity. And Christianity and politics.
So, heavy stuff upcoming, I suppose.
I'll start with something funny.
Click to viewA DISCLAIMER: This post is a lot of my own beliefs, and there's not going to be a lot of Scripture in here. I don't think it's right to take Scripture to try to enforce my personal beliefs on debatable matters.
You know what annoys me? When people dismiss Barack Obama because ( Read more... )
Charles, please. ^.^ I am not Charlie, sideburns or no.
The Neibuhr book I'm reading is "Faith and Politics". I always have trouble reading theology; about a third of the time I find it really insightful, another third of the time it all seems like a lot of random nonsense, and then the other third of the time I'm sure it is very intelligent but I can't follow it. ;) Anyway, thought, when I am on board, it does offer a way of thinking about things other than the "religious right/religious left" divide.
Of course, I myself don't really fit into any of the three categories because I'm kinf of a terrible Christian, or at least highly unchurched. Being an artist doesn't leave a large amount of time for anything else.
Speaking of "Mr Snow," have you read Warren Ellis' Planetary series? At least entirely enjoyable, in my opinion, and possibly brilliant.
Hehe. Yeah, I think I've only read the first volume in that, but it was pretty good. I get a bigger kick out of "Mister Wolf" in Fables. :)
And I also can't resist asking how Niebuhr relates to the comic you're working on. Is it an SCB or something else?
Naw, it is for a sci-fi comic. There is an important secondard character who is a peace activist, sort of an interstellar Jimmy Cater, and I'm trying to get inside his head. Come to think of it, I should probably just read some books by Jimmy Carter...
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Theology, yeah. I read a book of Hauerwas' on the seven last words of Christ and didn't understand much of it at all. My head just wouldn't wrap around his concepts.
Oh man, Bigby's story in Fables and his relationship with Snow White is just fantastic. Did your LJ name come from that or precede it?
An interstellar Jimmy Carter. Sounds like fun. Good luck!
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*handshake*
Did your LJ name come from that or precede it?
No, same source material, though. ;) Unlike Bigby, I'm not ridiculously overpowered. I am very fond of pork, though.
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