Falwell Follow-up: Evangelicals Have Left The Right?

[silverdee]

The Movement That Left Jerry Falwell Behind.Many, but certainly not all, of the church-going folk that I know use their religion as a justification for their bigotry, hatred and intolerance. They go to prayer breakfasts and volunteer at their churches which is admirable. But in the next sentence after talking of these deeds, they use racial slurs

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[weelisa]

Wow - I really hope that is true - that Christians are smartening up and leaving some of that ugly hate behind.

I've always thought that Jesus, in reality, was probably a very cool but highly radical guy. From what scant evidence we have, he appeared to be constantly flying in the face of orthodoxy of any kind. That's why I've never believed, for a moment, that he'd ever get along with someone like Falwell.

[silverdee]

"I've always thought that Jesus, in reality, was probably a very cool but highly radical guy. From what scant evidence we have, he appeared to be constantly flying in the face of orthodoxy of any kind. That's why I've never believed, for a moment, that he'd ever get along with someone like Falwell."

Amen! I often wonder how Jesus would react to the fact that his grassroots radicalism has "progressed" to now include mega-churches and the Catholic Church having such obscene wealth.

[miz_landry]

I came back to Catholicism after 15 years of militant atheism. I still struggle with some of the magic and anti gay stuff. Luckily, many churches in the Bay Area are not like the ones in the South. when I go home to my home town church, I swear, it's a completely different religion! Catholicism is fucked up and all. I chose to embrace it in my own terms and doubt the Pope will track me down for it. Luck for me, digging through the piles of jackasses who claim to have the lock on what you need to do in the secular world as a Catholic, I always find people of different walks of life who embody what the faith aspires to be, not what it is, and I'm always grateful. That said, I don't hink you need to belong to any organized religion if you don't want to. Or believe in God to be a good person. We all need to stop being so silly.

[silverdee]

There are things I miss about church: singing, the feeling of community, checking out people's clothes. But the hypocrisy and negativity were too hard to overlook after a while.

I did go to a few services when I lived in the Bay Area and the vibe there is much more positive and nurturing than here in the South.

[miz_landry]

all that's still there, but I just decided to be a problem cafeteria catholic. it's my little way of doing my part. ha. i figure there are a lot of negative church goers out there and it would be nice to work hard not to be one of them. I am amazed how much time and energy people spend on the judgment crap. It's really sad.