The root of all WARS!
Sometime last week, I chanced upon a great CNN documentary by Christiana Amanpour entitled GOD’S WARRIORS. It was an impecably balanced 3-part reportage on the three religious giants - The JEWS, the MUSLIMS, and the CHRISTIANS . Much as i needed to get my bio-clock back in order then, i stayed up late to finish it. One must see it if these sort of things interest them.
link : http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/gods.warriors/
What struck me the most or rather got me heated up is seeing how most right-winged, fundamentalist, so- called “christian leaders” are grossly self-rigteous, manipulative of the simplicity of their church-goers and are the advocates of WAR! Ok, i know i didnt need to watch a special docu to realize that but It was just soooo pronounced in this docu! I was ashamed to be a christian!
One part gave me a breath of hope though, In contrast to the “falwells” of this world, Christiana interviewed a pastor whom she called a HERETIC - Greg Boyd who heads a big chruch in Minessota, this young pastor spoke impressively and so on my first chance, i googled him and found his blog!
Just to share some views i find sensible here is a paragaraph from his web page >
QUESTION TO G BOYD : In the New York Times article, a former congregate at your church said, “You can’t be a Christian and ignore actions that you feel are wrong. A case in point is the abortion issue. If the church were awake when abortion was passed in the 70’s, it wouldn’t have happened. But the church was asleep.” What response do you have to this?
G BOYD : By all means, if a Christians thinks abortion should be outlawed, they can try to influence society at large to move it in this direction. The same holds true if they believe abortions up to such-and-such a date should be a woman’s choice. So it is with the various sides of the stem cell research debate, global warming, gay marriage, gun control, the economy, the war in Iraqu, Darfor, etc…. Everyone’s got their opinion, and in a democratic society everyone can try to influence others to agree with them . This is all wonderful. My only point is that its unbiblical, naive, unhelpful and arrogant for anyone to label THEIR particular way of resolving ambiguous social and political issues as the “Christian” way. What makes a person “Christian” is NOT that they have (or think they have ) better moral intuitions or more political insight than other people. What makes a person “Christian” is that they are “Christ-like” in their willingness and capacity to BLEED for others.
First, try and find the CNN docu and then look this guy up…that is if these things interest you 
