If you don't like what the man says about your Christianity, do you a) turn the other cheek or b) beat him up?
Mirecki recently wrote online that he planned to teach intelligent design as mythology in an upcoming course. He wrote it would be a “nice slap” in the “big fat face” of fundamentalists.
Granted his language was intemperate, nothing justifies stalking and beating him.
Posted by Linkmeister at December 6, 2005 09:31 AM | TrackBackEr, so battery is ok in the name of religion? I disagree.
Posted by: Linkmeister at December 6, 2005 10:37 AMHow Christi-like.
Posted by: Karan at December 6, 2005 05:16 PMIt irks me that there are so many non-Christians who call themselves Christians running around making life miserable for folks who are Christians (and actually, ya know, try to follow Christ's teachings). I get upset with people lumping all Christians together in the same way as they would, say, "all them furriners" or "all blacks" or "all liberals". But how is anyone supposed to understand that "all Christians" are not like this, when all we see are idiots like Jerry Falwell and Donald Wildmon in the news? Frustrating, it is.
Posted by: Solonor at December 7, 2005 12:41 AMYeah, Solly, I sympathize. Even "all Americans," these days.
Posted by: Linkmeister at December 7, 2005 07:44 AMI read a pretty good book about the differences between Christianity and Christians. It is called Finding God in the Questions by Dr. Timothy Johnson. He writes that there is a big difference and has chosen to live his life as a follower of Christ rather than a "christian". I like the distinction.
btw...I meant Christ not Christi in the previous post.
Posted by: Karan at December 7, 2005 06:02 PM