DNC Chairman Tom Perez is very upset that Americans listen to what they hear in church
Apparently there are those in the DNC livid about what is being said about abortion in churches all around the US. I think they would either like to censor the speech or create a voice that is equal or greater to the ones in church.
Not only abortion, but church going suckers need to be educated about LOTS of issues regarding church perversion and stupid claims about history.
Such as?
Such as claiming that Jesus of Nazareth was the “son of God” and “God” himself,
That Eve was the first woman on Earth and God made her from Adam’s rib, etc.
WRT the account of Adam and Eve and the fall from grace... We are so far removed from these events that they have lost original meaning. The first 11 chapters of Genesis is the allegorical account of world history that every nation shares. Sprinkled in were wisdoms. These accounts had been passed down orally from generation to generation for thousands of years until they were eventually recorded in writing. Seen in this light these accounts should be viewed less like fairy tales and more like how important information was passed down in ancient times. Just as the Chinese used well known history and everyday things as symbols in their written language to make words easier to remember, ancient man used stories to pass down historical events and important knowledge to future generations. We have to keep in mind that these accounts are 6,000 years old and were passed down orally from one generation to the next for thousands of years. Surely ancient man believed these accounts were of the utmost importance otherwise they would not have been passed down for thousands of years before they were recorded in writing. Suffice it to say, ancient man believed that the material world was created by spirit and that man was a product of that creation. The account of Adam and Eve is the allegorical account of when mankind became conscious of himself, his surrounding and his Creator. Lost in all the critical evaluations is that the fall from grace tells us maybe the single most important thing about man that we should know which is man knows right from wrong and when he violates it, rather than abandoning the concept of right and wrong he rationalizes he didn't do wrong.
WRT to the account of Jesus, if you don't believe it is possible that the material world was created by spirit, then beliefs about Jesus won't make much sense to you. Right?
Dear
ding
That's not the only way to understand Jesus.
I have plenty of atheist / nontheist friends who understand the
concept of Universal Peace and Justice and "Restorative Justice"
as the secular equivalent of faith in Christ Jesus saving "all humanity."
I find if we focus on RESTORATIVE JUSTICE we unite people in Christ as neighbors.
For BELIEVERS, yes, if we are not "for him" then we are "against him."
But for secular gentiles, as long as these are "not against" him then they are "for him."
There are many secular gentiles who receive Christ "indirectly" by receiving and respecting Christians.
That is all it takes to allow "agreement in Christ" that we forgive and receive one another.
We don't all have to believe the same things,
we don't have to believe in a personified God that created everything,
we don't have to believe in a personified Jesus.
As long as we agree to FORGIVE AND RECEIVE one another
we can still embody and agree in the spirit of Restorative Justice.
What I will say, it does help with this forgiveness process that
people do RECEIVE and NOT REJECT the spirit, meaning and message of Christ Jesus.
As long as we are not "against him" then Christ Jesus and Restorative Justice can still work.
As long as we are not "against God's truth" then other people can still teach it.
Just not reject each other.
So the Christian believers have as much work to do to
forgive and receive in order to stop the mutual rejection
that prevents fuller inception and reception of the meaning and message
of Christ Jesus which is the same as universal Justice and Peace,
Justice with Mercy, Restorative Justice, and Equal Justice under Law.
ding I hope you will unite and stand with other Catholics and
liberals pushing to replace the death penalty and harsh drug war/prison policies
with more Restorative Justice measures that will allow corrections and restitution
which the Catholic Church teaches as more effective than capital punishment.
If we unite behind the teachings that Christ Jesus MEANS "Restorative Justice"
we might better work together to achieve this common goal and vision for humanity sake.