Comments on: David Gushee On The Evangelical Left http://www.thebigdaddyweave.com/2008/03/david-gushee-on-the-evangelical-left.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-gushee-on-the-evangelical-left News & Commentary About All Things Baptist Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:32:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Brian http://www.thebigdaddyweave.com/2008/03/david-gushee-on-the-evangelical-left.html#comment-2036 Brian Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.thebigdaddyweave.com/?p=425#comment-2036 Great post. I think that Gushee and others are helping us to disconnect evangelical faith from the public understanding of evangelical politics.<br/><br/>You might do some checking on McLaren's thoughts on Homosexuality. When he was preaching every week in his home church, he would open up about that very complex issue. I cannot remember his thoughts specifically. However, I remember them to be thoughtful and evangelical. Great post. I think that Gushee and others are helping us to disconnect evangelical faith from the public understanding of evangelical politics.

You might do some checking on McLaren’s thoughts on Homosexuality. When he was preaching every week in his home church, he would open up about that very complex issue. I cannot remember his thoughts specifically. However, I remember them to be thoughtful and evangelical.

]]> By: Tauratinzwe http://www.thebigdaddyweave.com/2008/03/david-gushee-on-the-evangelical-left.html#comment-1976 Tauratinzwe Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:37:00 +0000 http://www.thebigdaddyweave.com/?p=425#comment-1976 You are correct to question whether attacking Roe-Wade is the best way to deal with the problem of abortion. Other options are available, but demand more of the opponents than demonstrations and legal actions.<br/><br/>I seem to remember somewhere in the past a small insignificant group of people were able to turn the tide against infant abandonment in the Roman Empire without protests, without political influence and without demonizing those who abandoned infants. They transformed public opinion by rescuing infants and providing alternatives to abandonment to those with unwanted children.<br/><br/>Maybe that method will still work today -- but it won't make many preachers into TV personalities or give the thrill of protest to members of their congregations or allow them to feel persecuted for their beliefs/actions. It'll cost them in their wallets and in their time and will require the dirty work of changing diapers. You are correct to question whether attacking Roe-Wade is the best way to deal with the problem of abortion. Other options are available, but demand more of the opponents than demonstrations and legal actions.

I seem to remember somewhere in the past a small insignificant group of people were able to turn the tide against infant abandonment in the Roman Empire without protests, without political influence and without demonizing those who abandoned infants. They transformed public opinion by rescuing infants and providing alternatives to abandonment to those with unwanted children.

Maybe that method will still work today — but it won’t make many preachers into TV personalities or give the thrill of protest to members of their congregations or allow them to feel persecuted for their beliefs/actions. It’ll cost them in their wallets and in their time and will require the dirty work of changing diapers.

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