{"id":7482,"date":"2012-05-02T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2012-05-02T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T19:30:50","slug":"but-if-you-look-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2012\/05\/02\/but-if-you-look-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"But if you look twice …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\u201cFrom now on all generations will call me blessed \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/twofriarsandafool.com\/2012\/05\/im-the-one-thats-cool-a-modern-magnificat\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I\u2019m the one that\u2019s cool<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe Amish man\u2019s name was Umry, or at least that\u2019s what we called him. At some point in his life <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvasylum.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/02\/our-amish-neighbor-was-a-browns-fan\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">he had developed an affinity for the Browns<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicsdaily.com\/10-things-people-mean-when-they-like-the-sermon-cms-19553\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thank you for affirming my preconceived notions<\/a> on that subject.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicsdaily.com\/news.php?viewStory=19555\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Also<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rachelheldevans.com\/victory-vagina\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7484\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/52\/2012\/05\/GoTeam-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\"><\/a>\u201cI think we should all fight hard for what we believe in, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/04\/27\/the_daily_show_guide_to_my_enemies\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I\u2019d like to put in a request for some general slack-cutting<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cTheodicy has always been the root problem of Christian theology, orthodox or heterodox. <a href=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/evil-and-evolution-thoughts-on-enns-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">There\u2019s no getting around that<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWe probably won\u2019t be able to change the national discourse on taxes, infrastructure, education, government investment, technology policy, transportation, welfare, or our future prospects as a country <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/155149\/the_self-made_myth%3A_debunking_conservatives%27_favorite_--_and_most_dangerous_--_fiction\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">until we can effectively convince the country of the monumental wrongness of this one core point<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cMany Americans \u2014 in particular those who are white and middle-aged or older \u2014 remember growing up in a far more homogeneous place than the present. The sense of mourning for \u2014 and the desire to restore \u2014 that world is powerful, as is <a href=\"http:\/\/hnn.us\/articles\/mitt-romney-must-decide-what-kind-america-he-believes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the fear of what is to come in the new, far more diverse America<\/a>.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/azspot.net\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">via<\/em> AZspot<\/a>)<\/p>\n\u201cI have it on very good authority that <a href=\"http:\/\/squashed.tumblr.com\/post\/22192555712\/theheritagefoundation-obamas-budget-tax-hikes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Heritage Foundation wants you to die<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIn the first two years after \u2018Obamacare\u2019 was signed, Medicare reforms in <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2012\/05\/how-obamacare-is-saving-seniors-billions-on-meds.php?ref=fpblg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the law saved seniors a total of $3.4 billion in prescription drug costs<\/a> by bridging a coverage gap, according to official figures.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI think of Mr. Knight and how <a href=\"http:\/\/10thousandcouples.com\/issue\/may-2012\/article\/shelly-s-soul-boosters-to-sir-with-love\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">he helped so many kids navigate through high school<\/a> and the horror that is being a teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cA prominent thread running through the narratives of my gay brothers and sisters is <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkchristian.net\/the-cost-of-exclusion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a church that no longer values them<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cHarris, <a href=\"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/5614\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">that wasn\u2019t a born again experience you had way back when<\/a>, it was your soul withering away to nothing shortly after you took your conscience around behind the barn and shot it.\u201d<\/p>\nJohn Shore\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/christians-affirm-that-same-sex-relationships-are-not-inherently-immoral\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">petition for Christians affirming the goodness of same-sex relationships<\/a> now has more than 2,000 signatures.<\/p>\n(Happy 27th birthday to Lily Allen.)<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFrom now on all generations will call me blessed \u2014 I\u2019m the one that\u2019s cool.\u201d \u201cThe Amish man\u2019s name was Umry, or at least that\u2019s what we called him. 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