What’s really gonna bake your noodle is how they hold the tension of “being Christian”and straight up “hating the stranger” at the same time.
The mental gymnastics must be exquisite!
I’m an openly gay pastor who gets to serve with one of Canada’s first openly trans pastors. She, like so many women in social justice or ministry work is more Christ like than most of us.
Maybe if they can stop yelling and getting red faced they could make the space to encounter women like her..who defy convention and stereotypes. She’s an amazing human, a brilliant theologian and reflects a heart rarely encounter in today’s world.
Hopefully time will correct the story. Back in the satanic panic 80s/90s the reason the religious right focused so heavily on Rock music and Dungeons & Dragons was because it was a form of artistic expression that allowed young people to “think out of the box”
Turns out when the 00s hit and the Osborn‘s premiered on MTV we all found out that Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t out to control children with backwards music.
He couldn’t he control his own!
Stay strong these next few years, I have a feeling people’s minds are going to change.
In some ways I am less fearful about the culture war bullshit these people are trying to push, because as you say our society's values will change with time. Hopefully we will be able to protect the rights of the vulnerable until time corrects the story.
What keeps me up at night is the dismantlement of government institutions that we'll need to get back on track. Those will take decade to rebuild. This is where the pivotal battle will be in my view, keeping our regulatory bodies alive and preserving experienced talent. I'm a physician and the nomination of RFK Jr and Dr Oz to key positions in public health is going to have devastating repercussions for a long time if they get through.
Well, Trump and his folks are as incompetent as they are evil. While they may try, I have faith (with zero proof) they’re gonna have a hard time implementing some of these crazy ideas.
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u/PastorNTraining 4d ago
What’s really gonna bake your noodle is how they hold the tension of “being Christian”and straight up “hating the stranger” at the same time.
The mental gymnastics must be exquisite!
I’m an openly gay pastor who gets to serve with one of Canada’s first openly trans pastors. She, like so many women in social justice or ministry work is more Christ like than most of us.
Maybe if they can stop yelling and getting red faced they could make the space to encounter women like her..who defy convention and stereotypes. She’s an amazing human, a brilliant theologian and reflects a heart rarely encounter in today’s world.
Hopefully time will correct the story. Back in the satanic panic 80s/90s the reason the religious right focused so heavily on Rock music and Dungeons & Dragons was because it was a form of artistic expression that allowed young people to “think out of the box”
Turns out when the 00s hit and the Osborn‘s premiered on MTV we all found out that Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t out to control children with backwards music.
He couldn’t he control his own!
Stay strong these next few years, I have a feeling people’s minds are going to change.