{"id":15660,"date":"2013-06-04T11:11:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=15660"},"modified":"2013-06-04T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:11:25","slug":"feelings-unknown-and-youre-all-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2013\/06\/04\/feelings-unknown-and-youre-all-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelings unknown and you’re all alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2013\/05\/22\/pope-francis-god-redeemed-everyone-not-just-catholics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We must meet one another doing good<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2013\/05\/christians-are-terrible-people\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christians are terrible people<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cSimply put, <a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=9781\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">biblical inerrancy isn\u2019t biblical<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fuller.edu\/TNN\/Issues\/Spring_2013\/Does_Paul_s_Christ_Require_a_Historical_Adam\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">For neither Paul nor the writer of Genesis<\/a> does the story of Adam exist as a standalone narrative to which later history must correspond.\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewpaulturner.com\/blog\/2013\/5\/6\/christian-sign-of-the-day\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15661\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/52\/2013\/06\/ChurchSign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"216\"><\/a>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2013\/05\/09\/evolution-vs-creation-im-over-it\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">No one under 40 gives a crap about creationism<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cSo in the end, the rationale for covering one\u2019s poo is not hygienic, nor is it public health, but rather the Israelites are to cover their poo <a href=\"http:\/\/robertcargill.com\/2013\/05\/02\/still-one-of-the-oddest-biblical-commands-cover-your-poo-because-god-might-step-in-it\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">so that God doesn\u2019t step in it or see it<\/a>,<\/em> because if he does, he\u2019ll leave them and they\u2019ll start losing battles.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things creationists have worked out is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laughinginpurgatory.com\/2013\/05\/guest-post-by-jonny-scaramanga.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">if you\u2019re exposed to secular culture (i.e.,<\/em> reality) you won\u2019t be a creationist for very long<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAnd that, Zunger explains, is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/smartnews\/2013\/05\/barns-are-painted-red-because-of-the-physics-of-dying-stars\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">how the death of a star determines what color barns are painted<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/peterenns\/2013\/05\/episcopalians-on-science-and-faith-gettin-it-done-evangelicals-could-learn-something\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">They\u00a0begin<\/em>\u00a0at the point where evangelicals gingerly try to end up<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWe must understand that <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelheldevans.com\/blog\/god-love-dallas-willard\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God does not \u2018love\u2019 us without liking us<\/a> \u2014 through gritted teeth \u2014 as \u2018Christian\u2019 love is sometimes thought to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWe cannot have a just society that applies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2013\/05\/social-power-and-the-central-park-five\/275552\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cLack of official prayer is not persecution against Christians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2013\/05\/the-thaw-this-is-how-i-saw-the-world.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">any more than bald is a hair color<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christianpiatt\/2013\/05\/church-sign-epic-fails-yo-momma-edition\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Church Sign Epic Fails<\/a>: \u2018Yo Mamma'\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christianpiatt\/2013\/05\/church-sign-epic-fails-testicle-festival-edition\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Church Sign Epic Fails<\/a>: \u2018Testicle Festival'\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OK, so I’ve got less than a month left to clear out all the bookmarks from Google Reader. 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