I do tend to pick on Christianity a lot here at my little bloggerroo. My own spiritual leanings lie somewhere between Bill Maher and the millions of other lapsed Jews who find something meaningful by putting together a hodepodge of elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, paganism, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I currently work in a highly diverse environment, in which there are Hindus, Jews, lapsed and observant Catholics, various flavors of Christians, and even Muslims, who can still get together in a team building outing and participate in a Conga line. When you spend as much time steeped in contemporary politics as I do, this is a good thing. It reminds me that most people really ARE just looking to get through this level of reality as best they can and don't think it has anything to do with politics.
In my less angry moments, when I realize just how badly the Christofascist Zombie Brigades, whose current spokesmodel is one Sarah Heath Palin, have hijacked a religious figure who is still taken seriously by millions of people who don't think Christian doctrine is about keeping Republicans in power, I find myself seeking out people who are willing to take that guy back. Every now and then I come across people like Fran I Am, who manages to be a Christian and still recognize her messiah's roots as a community organizer and caregiver to the poor.
Today I add another one to the blogroll in the person of Sherry from A Feather Adrift. So I hope you'll join me in welcoming Sherry by visiting her blog and embracing her as one of the sane people who can help show people like me that WE don't have to become religious bigots of another stripe in order to thrive in Pastor Muthee's world.
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