LGBTs, Atheists, and Theists December 19, 2013
Posted by TimTheFoolMan in Christianity, Friends, hate speech, LGBT, Morality, Relationships, Theology.Tags: friends, Phil Robertson
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Anyone who spends more than a few minutes around me will soon recognize that I have a WIDE circle of friends. Although registered Republican (Democrat curious), I am good friends with many who claim the label “Liberal.” I’m simultaneously friends with many who consider themselves strongly “Conservative.”
I have friends who are (like me) theists, ranging from the theologically liberal to the most ardent conservative, and friends who are atheists (and Atheists). I am friends with several people who have come out as lesbian or gay, countless others whose family members fall under the LGBT umbrella, and I’m friends with a lot of people who are straight (like me).
Lately, I’ve found myself hearing parallel comments that I’ve found fascinating.
Our Schools Don’t Have a (mandated) Prayer, and I’m Glad December 16, 2012
Posted by TimTheFoolMan in Christianity, Church, Family, Parenting/Children, Religion, Theology.add a comment
I don’t want a return to mandated prayer in schools. I have no idea what the theology of a random teacher might (or might not) be. I trust the instruction of theology to people who are trained to do so.
I don’t want the 10 Commandments posted in schools or other buildings paid for with tax dollars. My country was founded on more than this, and to suggest otherwise diminishes the genius of the Founding Fathers.
My sons never knew mandated school prayer. My sons don’t remember ever seeing the 10 Commandments posted in their school. The absence of these things did not diminish the presence of God in their lives at school.
Christians and the Problem of the FLDS Church April 30, 2008
Posted by TimTheFoolMan in Blogging, Christianity.Tags: age of accountability, FLDS Church, sexual abuse
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From ABC news coverage:
Outside the courthouse, where satellite trucks lined the street, a man who said he was an FLDS father waved a photo of himself surrounded by his four children, ranging in age from an infant to about 9.
“Look, look, look,” the father said. “These children are all smiling, we’re happy.”
As I read this, my reaction was “I bet slave owners in the South said the same thing to people in the North.”
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The events at the polygamist FLDS compound in West Texas have haunted me, and for several reasons. First, it haunts me that parents would allow their children to have their minds and hearts twisted the way that they have. However, I’ve also been haunted with questions about what Christians do that parallels some of the FLDS parents’ behavior in disturbing ways.
(more…)Drive Time 2 September 9, 2007
Posted by TimTheFoolMan in Christianity, Driving, Religion, Theology, Vacation.6 comments
Who shows us the “hidden secrets” of life?
Salt May 2, 2007
Posted by TimTheFoolMan in Christianity, Church, Family.9 comments
Lately, I’ve been talking with several folks about a new church start near where I live. Part of the conversation has revolved around “how we do church.”
Which begs the question for me: What good is salt, if it stays in the shaker?
A Fool and his Words are Soon Parted 