The Fallen Cleric

Religion, rights, politics, anger, hope

thefallencleric — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:41:36 +0000

I support love. I support freedom and pluralism, grateful that I live in a country where I am free to believe in God but where no one HAS to. I believe that other people’s sexual lives are none...

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Living in peace

thefallencleric — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:37:38 +0000

This is one of the world’s most popular photos. The burning man is Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk who burned himself to death in June, 1963 to protest persecution of Buddhists by South...

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On Being a Non-Anxious Presence

thefallencleric — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:42:45 +0000

Ultimately all you really have to give to another person is yourself. And that is enough. Presence is the most powerful force in the universe, humanly speaking. When I go to hospitals to visit sick...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05

thefallencleric — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Bullies suck. – Bully by @shinedown, from #SoundHound http://t.co/iivMCvkJ # Related posts: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29 Twitter Weekly Updates for...

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All sin is not the same

thefallencleric — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:34:20 +0000

One of the church’s teachings that is most easily shown to be (at least partially) wrong is the teaching that all sin is the same. All sin, quite clearly, is NOT the same. This teaching is...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29

thefallencleric — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:14:00 +0000

John van Hengel Dies at 83; Founded 1st Food Bank in 1967 http://t.co/uCuUmBSY # Related posts: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09 Twitter Weekly Updates for...

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The Christian craving for guilt

thefallencleric — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:47:14 +0000

Christians love feeling guilty. In fact, they positively crave it. In fact, to Christians, guilt feels like devotion. The popularity of books like Francis Chan’s Crazy Love and David...

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Braveheart of mid-Michigan

thefallencleric — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:38:34 +0000

Braveheart. My favorite movie of all-time, by a substantial margin. Every time I watch this movie I end up having fantasies about being William Wallace of Scotland — living and dying for a...

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A call to read less of the Bible

thefallencleric — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:08:02 +0000

Many Christian people don’t worship God, they worship the Bible. I assume the same is true of other sacred books such as the Koran, the Torah, and the Bagavhad Gita, although it wouldn’t...

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Our high schools are not serving most of our kids

thefallencleric — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:43:05 +0000

I love teaching. It is a calling, and it is one of the few things in this world that I believe I am very good at it. But I think high school, for most kids today, is a huge waste of time. When I was...

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