--Naomi Wolf gets religion NAOMI WOLF has found Jesus! la times ^ | January 27, 2006 | Rosa Brooks
Posted on 01/27/2006 9:06:30 PM PST by tbird5 Wolf first made a name for herself with "The Beauty Myth," a 1991 feminist critique of feminine stereotypes. Admired by some and ridiculed by others, Wolf has since written on everything from motherhood to promiscuity. During the 2000 election campaign, she famously advised Al Gore to work on being an "alpha male," and her most recent book, a folksy memoir about her father, left many erstwhile fans clearing their throats in embarrassment. Maybe that's what pushed Wolf toward Jesus. In an interview published last weekend in Scotland's Glasgow Sunday Herald, Wolf announced that she had been struggling with a midlife crisis a few years ago when she went into "a light meditative state." That's when it happened: "I was completely dumbfounded but I actually had this vision of of Jesus." If that doesn't sound like the Naomi Wolf you love (or hate), Wolf agrees. "I wasn't myself in this visual experience. I was a 13-year- old boy sitting next to him [Jesus] and feeling feelings I'd never felt in my lifetime . It was probably the most profound experience of my life." (Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ... - In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2007, at 10:18 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > The phrase "Jesus loves you" is totally mainstream and doesn't raise > > an eyebrow anywhere. I don't suppose that people are all referring to > > a mystical vision of Jesus although I'm sure some are. > > > Jesus loves me! This I know, > for the Bible tells me so. > Little ones to him belong; > they are weak, but he is strong. > > Refrain: > Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! > Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. > > > Jesus loves me! This I know, > as he loved so long ago, > taking children on his knee, > saying, "Let them come to me." > (Refrain) > > > Jesus loves me still today, > walking with me on my way, > wanting as a friend to give > light and love to all who live. > (Refrain) > > Words by: > Anna B. Warner (st 1) and David Rutherford McGuire (sts 2, 3) > Music by: > William B. Bradbury > > Isn't that called 'magical thinking'? I wonder how many of todays > Christians Jesus wouldn't be able to abide for more than a minute, if > that. >
