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Monday 28 May 2012
"All right, then, I'll go to hell”

A part of me agrees. I want to be faithful to the inspired words of the Bible, not bend them to fit my own desires and whims. Being a person of faith means trusting God’s revelation, even when the path it reveals is not comfortable.

But another part of me worries that a religious culture that asks its followers to silence their conscience is just the kind of religious culture that produces $200 rewards for runaway slaves. The Bible has been “clear” before, after all—in support of a flat and stationary earth, in support of wiping out infidels, in support of manifest destiny, in support of Indian removal, in support of anti-Semitism, in support of slavery, in support of “separate but equal,” in support of constitutional amendments banning interracial marriage.

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    Excellent post. Click through.
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    I love it when Rachel makes it onto the rotation of popular Tumblrs. It makes me feel proud by proxy.
  5. seasonofrain reblogged this from azspot and added:
    my current tiring and frustrating wrestling match of a relationship with my faith in a nutshell.
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