| Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
| Invasion of the Mind-Snatchers |
For those of you who don't know me that well or haven't taken the time to read my bio, I just graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University last spring. I was sick enough to think that I desired/needed/was called to do more schooling. So I applied to Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO. Many had told me- even a few of my profs and denominational leaders- that this was a good conservative Christian seminary and so off I went.
What I have found at NTS is a group of high-minded elitists who see anything capatilist, pro-life, defense-minded, right wing, or white as the epitomy of all evil. They are ready, however, to canonize such "theologians" as Freire, Gutierrez, Cone, and Isasi-Diaz. All of whom I would find much more convincing (and, frankly, Christian) if they would begin with the Word of God and not their own "experience".
Going out from IWU I had made the erroneous assumption that most Christians (and certainly most ministers) fell very near myself in their beliefs- both theological and political. Such is not the case. Yet I have also found that I like it this way. My beliefs have been challenged and I have had to do excess research to continue to buttress my agruements. If anything my own beliefs have become harder and stronger and it has brought me great joy to irritate my peers who lean to the left. Who abducted the Christians and replaced them with leftist, weak-willed, sissified, look-a-likes?
Several years ago Pope Benedict XVI who was, at the time, Bishop Ratzinger, stated that Liberation Theology was anathema. Let me, many years later, echo this statement. The idea of "social justice" (a misnomer- it should be "social mercy"- because justice implies what one deserves) is disgusting. It has nothing to do with Bible and even less to do with the Cross. In the past months I have been told that because I am not black, hispanic, poor, or a woman that I am an oppressor. Give me a break: one, I don't buy that; two, it has nothing to do with the Gospel. Christ promised us eternal life and for His Spirit to work within us and I have heard far too many "theologians" state that they "reject" any Gospel that does not deal with their liberation (from poverty and physical oppression) in this life. Well, they better start by leaving the Christian church- there is nothing for them here. At least not in the Bible and creeds I know of.
P.S. If this all sounds too extreme to be true simply read the following books: A Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone, In La Lucha by Ada Isasi-Diaz, or A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez- just for starters. |
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| Thursday, November 03, 2005 |
| I am a Pro-Choice Christian |
The results are in, I have weighed carefully both sides of this heavily debated topic and decided- I am pro-choice. I think that the choice should be made to always carry the child to term and either keep it or put it up for adoption. I am definitely for that choice.
Some of you are saying, "Rose, that is not the pro-choice stance!" And I say, why not? Why does the left side of this argument get to use a euphemistic term when debating and the right side just comes out says "Pro-Life"? If they are really pro-choice then why do people from Planned Parenthood try to talk teenage girls into getting abortions rather than keeping the baby? If they really are pro-choice they would have their political stance and let doctors deal with patients.
There is a real problem for them if they do this though: statistics have shown that women who have abortions are more likely to suffer from depression, have dreams that their dead child comes to visit them, and can actually develop Post Traumatic Stress. Therefore, no doctor (except abortion clinic doctors) would recommend that their patient have an abortion except for those cases of rape, incest, or health risk to the mother- and those cases were allowed prior to Roe vs. Wade.
Within our current court system, our president has been appointing Supreme Court justices that are heavily conservative. In the midst of all of this there has been much discussion about Robert's and Alito's stance on Roe v. Wade and would they, if given the chance, overturn the decision. Dr. Keith Drury pointed out in one of his Tuesday columns (www.drurywriting.com) that even if Roe v. Wade was overturned the states still have to make the decision- and that is exactly right. But that is where the decision should have been left, it should have never become a federal matter and the only reason it did was because liberals know that most states wouldn't allow it (if you don't believe that take a look sometime of a "red state/blue state" map of the U.S.).
The reason I am pro-choice is that as long as the left does not have to say they are "pro-abortion" we can all state that we are pro-choice. Howard Dean made this infinitely clear in his interview with Chris Matthews- he could not/would not state that the Democratic Party is the Party of abortion. For that reason the right is as much pro-choice as the left; we simply chose life, again and again. What is their choice? |
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Name: D.M.
Home: Overland Park, Kansas, United States
About Me: I've lived at least 5 years in the last two but come out. After trials of fire and flame we are marching on and if we don't take the world we'll sure as heck die trying.
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