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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 3:27
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Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Christ and
Politics
I did do a one week five lecture course way back
in about 1969 at the Sorrento Centre in Sorrento, B.C., under the title "The
Christian in Politics". Since it's fairly bulky, I won't attach it here, but
if anyone would like me to send it to them, contact me directly.
I don't think the words "Thy Kingdom come" would
be in the Lord's Prayer if some political involvement had not been
contemplated.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:16
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Subject: [socialcredit] Christ and
Politics
This is comment on
an article supplied by Keith.
Garry Wills is sick of Democrats and
Republicans using the name of God for party fighting. So am I.
But Wills can't imagine any other kind of politics than party
fighting. Therefore, "There is no such thing as 'a Christian
politics'." This attitude disempowers because it leaves politics at
the mercy of the parties.
"The Jesus of the Gospels is not a great
ethical teacher. . . . He is an apocalyptic figure. . . His miracles were
not acts of charity. . . . He is more a higher Nietzsche, beyond good and
evil, than a higher Socrates. . . . We cannot do what Jesus would do because
we are not divine. . . . The Gospels are scary, dark and
demanding."
I've heard enough. If this is the "Good News," I'd
hate to hear the bad!
Michael
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