tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post3256823000132822603..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Since When is the Exclusion of Immigrants a "Christian Dream"?Diary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-18908972660886174812017-07-03T23:09:51.388-07:002017-07-03T23:09:51.388-07:00Perhaps some of this racism was underground...but ...Perhaps some of this racism was underground...but not deep underground. <br /><br />& the sexism has always been out in full force. Women not allowed in leadership or in any position where they might have "authority over men" is brazen. A church would probably hesitate to outright say that people of color were not allowed to have leadership positions, for instance...although in most cases that would be true. I'm rambling...but honestly I just don't understand how anything has changed, b/c all my experiences with Evangelicalism have been chock full of polite, middle class racism, if you know what I mean. <br /><br />Another way to see how I feel about this: I was taught in Sunday school that Bathsheba tempted David, even though the story we were reading was clearly a rape story & Bathsheba was compared to an innocent lamb (kinda like Christ...), so I don't understand the surprise that these people don't take issue with Trump bragging on tape about sexually assaulting women he has power over (hmmm...exactly what David did). & to make this clear: I have never attended a conservative Evangelical church. I've attended two Vineyard churches & they were more of the same in a lot of ways, too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06482424932595372729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-63790402598667850512017-07-02T09:54:43.239-07:002017-07-02T09:54:43.239-07:00I'm with you. It gets tiring to have to explai...I'm with you. It gets tiring to have to explain that no, I am a Christian but not THAT kind of Christian.Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-58855122501334458132017-06-30T18:49:45.301-07:002017-06-30T18:49:45.301-07:00For the last few years I have described myself as ...For the last few years I have described myself as a theologically progressive evangelical. Since the election--not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com