Hotel Rwanda
Better we accept that God is not known to us in a specific way than we embrace a specific idea of God that allows us to give to Him responsibility that is really ours. What is the cost of my idea of God? For me, it is rejecting much of the ideas about God within contemporary Christianity. I am not willing, as some are, to set aside the idea of God entirely. I am willing to set aside any and all parts of the Christian God that gets in the way of us taking responsibility for making situations in Rwanda never happen again.The Political Movement of Tomorrow
Americans poorly grasp that what is best for us may not be best for others, particularly those that are disadvantaged or already exploited. One of the best hopes for humanity is the broad cross-cultural recognition that no nation's sovereign rights extend above the inborn rights of being a member of the human race. My being an American does not make me more worthwhile than someone born in the Third World; what other implication can someone in the Third World make when we say our country is not to be held to the same standard as theirs is? It is time our government accommodate our own compliance with international law as evidence we understand that law and democracy go hand in hand.Thoughts on the Iraqi Elections
The elections were not as insignificant as liberals want to portray them as. If Iraq is ever to stabilize and grow into a sovereign nation, the recent elections were absolutely necessary. On the other hand, the elections were not as significant as the conservative apologists of the Bush administration would like to suggest. The elections were a much necessary step, but need to be seen against the broader trajectory of the Middle East, Iraq's own history, and means by which America can extricate itself from the country without destabilizing the situation even further.Question #4: Can the Church be trusted?
This realization heavily colors many people's view of the church since it suggests, quite accurately I would propose, that an admission by the church of its mistakes means potentially losing its ability to act as the arbiter of ultimate truth. Little mental expenditure is needed to appreciate that losing this ability to adjudicate truth is immediately related to other questions about the church's right to arbitrate on life, morality and questions of meaning (setting aside entirely how we should view the church's theology). The slippery slope the church is afraid of is real, it is just not the slippery slope of moral relativism they are afraid of; rather, it is one of the church's position as Divine mediator on this earth for matters of heavenly importance.About MysteriousFaith
“If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance which does harm.”
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