tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868329.post8115593994436102794..comments2023-06-01T04:41:28.669-04:00Comments on an undercurrent of hostility: Politics Tonight, rather than TheologyAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06944928044277724293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868329.post-81167458123735637852008-02-24T14:54:00.000-05:002008-02-24T14:54:00.000-05:00P.S. Don't go thinking the statement about "we got...P.S. Don't go thinking the statement about "we gotta save ourselves" from the commenter means Semi-Pelagianism, theologically speaking... She meant the comment to be about our tendency to view presidential candidates as the be-all and end-all politically speaking. They aren't, even with all the power of the presidency. Citizens matter. And if they don't enough, it is part of our work to make them matter.Jane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814517077774999407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868329.post-77701556564628211632008-02-24T14:50:00.000-05:002008-02-24T14:50:00.000-05:00Anne, I'm with you on this. In fact a little befo...Anne, I'm with you on this. In fact a little before you wrote, I'd posted <A HREF="http://actsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/02/howard-zinn-on-election-madness.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> by Howard Zinn on a related matter. I know you and I are in very different places politically (very) but I think we meet on this one. <BR/><BR/>No President is going to "save" us, anyway. See, we agree on who the Saviour is too. :-) <BR/><BR/>And we may well agree on the importance of citizen action from the grass roots, although we may be involved in different actions. <BR/><BR/>(By the way, I very much appreciated your monastery/home post. Hadn't had a chance to write you about that.)Jane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814517077774999407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868329.post-72327159668389753072008-02-23T23:22:00.000-05:002008-02-23T23:22:00.000-05:00Amen,sister. Amen, amen, amen! I probably should...Amen,sister. Amen, amen, amen! I probably should say, "Preach it, sister."Gerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995474297281023069noreply@blogger.com