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Re: [pf] Christianity/Progressivism
by Kaleopono
04 December 2000 02:18 UTC

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Sharon Flesher wrote responding to Julia's earlier post:

> I never could figure out why right-wing Christians turned against Jimmy
> Carter in favor of Reagan! Still doesn't make sense to me.

    

> Again, I think this is one segment of Christianity (and IMHO, a very
> misguided segment) that gets a disproportionate share of media attention
at
> the expense of those who are motivated by their faith to work for peace,
> justice, human rights, environmental restoration, etc. When people think
of
> Christians, why can't the ones who come to mind be the two nuns who were
in
> town recently to tell of their arrests and imprisonment for their
> anti-nuclear protests? Or the local Catholic man who conducts training in
> non-violent civil disobedience and has put his work in action at protests
at
> the School of the Americas and many other places? My guess is its because
> few of these people seek attention for themselves and, thus, their faith
> motivations do not become identified with their causes.

Fool's gold exists only because there is real gold.

Purveyors of the former take pains to promote and sell their product to
unsophisticated buyers.

Possessors of the latter are inclined to value secrecy, for they know the
true value of what they have and prefer to deal only with others who
recognize that value, too.  Proclaiming their possession from the rooftops
will attract attention of a kind that will interfere with and perhaps
entirely prevent the continued enjoyment of their wealth and preferred
manner of being.

Kaleopono