> From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fool, > > I want to thank you publically for a couple of your recent posts -- > "Social Arthritis"
Another listmember sent me that link. > and a reply to the Valtrex thread in which you > referred to Talk2Action. You and I have tussled from time to time on > this list, so I think it's only fair that I give you a tip of the hat > when it's due, and it certainly is now. > > The first post gave me a framework for thinking about fundamentalism > that I've been lacking -- I differ very slightly from the author in > that I think fundamentalism *is* social arthritis: the disease > itself. All the angry tirades against religion that show up on Brin-L > and elsewhere are really tirades against the social arthritis of > fundamentalism. Christianity is deep in the grips of it right now and > it's pissing me off. I'm leading a 13-week class entitled "Living the > Questions" at my church starting this Sunday, which bills itself as > an "unapologetically liberal alternative to the Alpha Course". I'm > doing what I can, from within the liberal branch of Christianity, to > get the message out that we're not all right-wing bigots. (For those > interested, the course is described at http:// > www.livingthequestions.com/.) > > The second introduced me to Talk2Action, to which I signed up > immediately: it looks like it will be a great resource while I teach > this class and as a way too keep my eye on the progress of our disease. <<http://www.frederickclarkson.com/>> > > That's basically it: thank you for your keen eye. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
