Sunday contemplation . . .
CHECK KANSAS CITY SCRIBE TALKING FAITH & POLITICS FOR CAMPAIGN 2024!!!
At the risk revealing our bias . . .
We're always skeptical when ANYBODY invokes the Almighty in support of their ridiculous notions about issues that are really just hyperbolic rhetoric attempting to influence tax codes.
Nevertheless . . .
Here's the premise of the conversation . . .
"We’ve seen it in the politics that have stirred up and befuddled voters in Kansas City and throughout the Midwest. In fact, Yvette Walker, the opinion editor of The Kansas City Star, and I now are giving a series of talks to area churches on what we can do to rescue our democracy.
"The religion-politics connection is important, as I’ll explain.
"What we don’t know yet in the aftermath of the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is whether this most recent political shock will end either in some relatively peaceful resolution or in the collapse of the American experiment.
"But we do know that institutional religion has set a pattern for the sad reality of political divisions among our citizens. Yes, it has produced an often-healthy diversity of theological approaches. But it’s also brought something destructive — false certitude about what we can know about the cosmos and the divine."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
'False Certitude' Defines Our Religion, and Our Politics
Institutional religion has set a pattern for the sad reality of political divisions among our citizens - encouraging a false certitude about what we believe.
You decide . . .
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