Pick Your Favourite Jesus
No matter what positions Christians take, though, bringing Jesus into the public arena has the same effect: it makes him an important public figure for all of us. Whether or not we are Christian, our lives are directly influenced by the prevailing image of Jesus. We all have a stake in who Jesus is today. So we all have the right to get involved in the debate. Perhaps we even have the obligation. It's part of being a good citizen. Good citizens get involved in every debate that affects communal life. The debate about Jesus is a big one.
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1226-10.htmSF & P Webb wrote:
Today, we need religious people to be proactive in reforming their own traditions away from extremism. It is not enough simply to condemn other people's violence. We need bishops, rabbis and imams to search for the seeds of aggression in their own scriptures, admit that their own faith has a history of hatred, and revise bigoted, self-serving textbooks.
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