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Two about Christianity
When Ronald Reagan died earlier this year, someone from Fox News called Gordon, looking for a sound bite for a story on Reagan’s religious faith because Gordon had known Reagan’s pastor.
“I said, ‘He didn’t take care of poor people,’ ” Gordon said.
The guy from Fox said, “I don’t want to hear about poor people, I want to hear about Reagan’s Christianity.”
Gordon replied, “That IS Reagan’s Christianity,” and the Fox guy hung up on him.
That story captures for me how low we’ve sunk in our perceptions and expectations of what “faith” looks like. “I don’t want to hear about poor people, I want to hear about Reagan’s Christianity.”
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"One Easter, our preacher talked about keeping homosexuals from coming to church. On Easter!" writes a woman who "kept hearing such hostile things from the pulpit that I stopped believing altogether."
And two on the election:
I don't know if this is true or not, and would like somebody to pass information mihi
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Ditto for this one
When Ronald Reagan died earlier this year, someone from Fox News called Gordon, looking for a sound bite for a story on Reagan’s religious faith because Gordon had known Reagan’s pastor.
“I said, ‘He didn’t take care of poor people,’ ” Gordon said.
The guy from Fox said, “I don’t want to hear about poor people, I want to hear about Reagan’s Christianity.”
Gordon replied, “That IS Reagan’s Christianity,” and the Fox guy hung up on him.
That story captures for me how low we’ve sunk in our perceptions and expectations of what “faith” looks like. “I don’t want to hear about poor people, I want to hear about Reagan’s Christianity.”
"One Easter, our preacher talked about keeping homosexuals from coming to church. On Easter!" writes a woman who "kept hearing such hostile things from the pulpit that I stopped believing altogether."
And two on the election:
I don't know if this is true or not, and would like somebody to pass information mihi
Ditto for this one
