Hi Billy, > Even at that time many people realized that religious parochialism and > antagonisms > were dysfunctional and militated against "peace on Earth and good will toward > men." And women. > > But that Jesus was also Christ crucified, Christ who sacrificed everything > for the sake of others. That Jesus could also accept others; this is > certainly one valid interpretation of John 10: 14-18, the passage about > "other sheep not of this fold."
I think you are getting to the crux of the problem. This also ties very much into your distaste for Nehemiah and Ezra. The sad fate of liberal Christianity is quite a cautionary tale: How do you broaden the tent without it collapsing? I wrestle with this all the time. It is one thing to deplore the genocide Of our founders, with their Jewish or American. But the reality is they probably would not of survived as a people if they had chosen mere acceptance. And we would not be who we are today. Do we only have a luxury of scruples because they did not? How can we draw a better line? Is there a way to be inclusive without completely losing our identity? If so, how do we know we’ve struck the right balance? — Ernies -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
