This whole rape can’t cause pregnancy thing has me thinking abou the tentacles of this current of “God will protect us from ourselves” mentality of the right wing (both the political and the theological). The notion that God won’t let pregnancies happen from rape is a form of this. The “free market fundamentalism” is a form of this (and also, Continue Reading
Brian Merritt has written an excellent OccupyTheology sermon. The only thing I dont like about it is that there are too many great things in it I want to quote in full. I am told by a prepackaged and consumeristic society that there are non-threatening and easy answers to societal’s ills. The reality is that recycling will not save the planet, voting Continue Reading
Franklin County (Columbus) GOP Chair Doug Preisse : I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban—(read African-American)—voter-turnout machine http://www.thenation.com/blog/169454/ohio-gop-admits-early-voting-cutbacks-are-racially-motivated# Apparently, Mr. Priesse seems to think that the “voter turnout machine” is somehow a form of cheating, since he doesn’t consider them worthy of “accomodatation” to vote. He baiscally is defending the idea of Continue Reading
Matt Ridley (WSJ, which explains a lot from the outset) cover story in the most recent WIRED: Apocalypse NOT. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/ff_apocalypsenot He says “Get a grip”. HE needs to do that, since his entire article is spent talking about previous apocalyptic warnings that didn’t come to pass. But then on the climate change issue, where everyone that’s worried say that time Continue Reading
So, whenever you hear people talking about Ryan’s deficit reductions, bear in mind that over the first decade all of the alleged deficit reduction comes from revenue and spending numbers that are simply asserted, not the result of any policies actually described in the “planâ€. via What’s In The Ryan Plan? – NYTimes.com. It’s just as Krugman says here. When Continue Reading
As a Christian who realizes that American politics is a horrible model or template for anything that would help us understand , in theological terms, what the Kingdom of God looks like, I am also , at the same time, drawn to the news (and lack thereof) about the the platform(s) and articulated aims of the GOP choice, since Continue Reading