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Find a Buddhist monk to do it. nt Speck Tater Jan 2013 #1
It would be great for the economy. grantcart Jan 2013 #45
Get the Dalai Lama to do it and you'd have heads explode in China too!! nt Speck Tater Jan 2013 #49
I know its amazing, who would have thought atheists could have compassion/empathy without God? JaneyVee Jan 2013 #2
Humanism speaks more on compassion than arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #9
There are plenty of liberal clergy who could, and would, do this if asked... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #3
pretty much sums my thoughts as well. madrchsod Jan 2013 #4
Thanks for The Christian Left website LeftInTX Jan 2013 #5
Very informative post. Some things I would add to your list... YoungDemCA Jan 2013 #11
I attended a UCC church while I was in college davidpdx Jan 2013 #13
Obama himself used to go to a UCC church in Chicago. intheflow Jan 2013 #30
Well Wright was a very controversial figure davidpdx Jan 2013 #31
Wright was NOT controversial intheflow Jan 2013 #32
Wright, his Church & Congregants did/do wonderful things but his some of his rhetoric was akin KittyWampus Jan 2013 #97
Rev Wright and his Trinity UCC were inclusive and welcoming of all people. Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #60
He spouted some of the same prophetic crap and I abhor it no matter what "side" it comes from. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #99
Some quotes please? vi5 Jan 2013 #101
too bad Liberation Theology doesn't get the respect it deserves. nt patrice Jan 2013 #66
I agree with you there davidpdx Jan 2013 #82
Part of my perspective on Liberation Theology comes from Paulo Freire, not a theologian, but an patrice Jan 2013 #95
Another case where I'd love to recommend a post...Katharine Schori would be phenomenal, yet she Rowdyboy Jan 2013 #20
Sign a petition instead! markpkessinger Jan 2013 #73
There's one other factor for the rise of the Religious Right... regnaD kciN Jan 2013 #34
Excellent point... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #67
RNS has put up a list. Unfortunately, they put Warren on the top of the cbayer Jan 2013 #61
Thank you, Mark. That is very interesting, educational, and detailed Hekate Jan 2013 #86
Sorry, but organized religion doesn't get the credit without also taking the blame Major Nikon Jan 2013 #6
And let's not forget Le Taz Hot Jan 2013 #22
Couldn't have put it better myself. Plantaganet Jan 2013 #88
"Abolitionists...Civil Rights...were explicitly religious in nature." JUST. PLAIN. WRONG!!!!! cleanhippie Jan 2013 #7
Garrison’s Defense of His Positions (1854) struggle4progress Jan 2013 #23
+1000 skepticscott Jan 2013 #28
Great post, thank you. idwiyo Jan 2013 #69
Well... Puha Ekapi Jan 2013 #8
Yes, you are absolutely right-- Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #10
No... Puha Ekapi Jan 2013 #58
That would be very good! patrice Jan 2013 #18
I've suggested it at DU twice now -- I actually do think mainstream Americans would like it Hekate Jan 2013 #87
Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #12
It would be fun to watch the right-wing go apeshit to Wright doing the benediction! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #68
How about Starhawk? patrice Jan 2013 #14
+100 G_j Jan 2013 #52
She is an honest and strong woman & as non-denominational as they come, a treasure. nt patrice Jan 2013 #53
Starhawk is a Pagan priestess; she hardly falls into the category of nondenominational Hekate Jan 2013 #83
Is it necessary to be so casually dismissive? Pardon me if I was thinking of the word in its more patrice Jan 2013 #89
I am sorry if I seemed dismissive, patrice Hekate Jan 2013 #90
I'm sorry! I was short with you, Hekate. I agree, strongly. There should be much wider patrice Jan 2013 #96
If they do get Starhawk to do it AnnieBW Jan 2013 #103
Wonderful! Hekate Jan 2013 #104
Yes, yes it is. AnnieBW Jan 2013 #105
Top of MY list G_j Jan 2013 #92
Starhawk came to Occupy Midwest in St. Louis last summer. I love her attitude toward patrice Jan 2013 #93
first met G_j Jan 2013 #100
or Jim Wallis? patrice Jan 2013 #15
Wallis would be an excellent pick. n/t intheflow Jan 2013 #33
Agreed! OnionPatch Jan 2013 #35
Jim Wallis is against gay marriage and for civil unions and he is against abortion even though he boilerbabe Jan 2013 #62
At least he's not insulting about it or I suppose I would have known, which I didn't. I prefer patrice Jan 2013 #64
And yes opposition to Civil Rights does disqualify him, as does also opposition to settled patrice Jan 2013 #65
Rev. Jim Wallis was also very outspoken in his opposition to Dubya.A search of his online journal... Hekate Jan 2013 #85
or any of these ladies? patrice Jan 2013 #16
Here's some more holy women: patrice Jan 2013 #17
I hear this guy could use the work. Rex Jan 2013 #19
I know a retired Methodist minister. moondust Jan 2013 #21
Christianity has been hijacked by the Right Wingers the same way Islam stultusporcos Jan 2013 #24
The left and organized *anything* do not mix together, you can add religion to that ck4829 Jan 2013 #25
+1000 !!!! orpupilofnature57 Jan 2013 #27
Mother Teresa could bring the conversation in to orpupilofnature57 Jan 2013 #26
We'll know the Democrats have truly progressed MNBrewer Jan 2013 #29
Exclusion is regressive not progressive. nt patrice Jan 2013 #36
The event is not a religious one Rex Jan 2013 #39
Who said it is religious? You're selectivity suggests the possibility of a certain reactionary bias patrice Jan 2013 #40
Clearly there is a separation of Church and State or do you deny that too? Rex Jan 2013 #43
Where did I deny separation? Aren't these events paid for with private donations? patrice Jan 2013 #47
Maybe some people's objections to free speech have more to do with the fact that they patrice Jan 2013 #54
atheists, agnostics, and humanists are the ones excluded liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #70
I am not familiar with Richard Blanco, the 2013 Inaugural Poet, but I wonder if he will fill patrice Jan 2013 #71
I can understand why the president picked him liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #72
I understand. For me, this issue is more about religiosity or religiousness, which HAS evolved into patrice Jan 2013 #74
Who is excluded? MNBrewer Jan 2013 #75
I'm not sure where, exactly, relative to the oath, the prayer occurs. If we say the (optional) patrice Jan 2013 #76
My objection is that these Presidents continue to be religious MNBrewer Jan 2013 #77
Would any of this matter if campaigns and the vote itself weren't so corrupted? nt patrice Jan 2013 #78
The "sin of slavery" kdmorris Jan 2013 #37
with the exception of Douglass dsc Jan 2013 #38
Funny thing about the Ten Commandments. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #41
I've checked out some "emerging church" meetings Chathamization Jan 2013 #42
Christianity evolved out of a context that included gnosticism, perhaps that's why they fear it. nt patrice Jan 2013 #57
True, though reactionaries use "gnostic" Chathamization Jan 2013 #59
My own thinking on the matter is highly influenced by psychology, especially the sorts of things patrice Jan 2013 #63
Haven't read Jung or Campbell Chathamization Jan 2013 #84
Most people don't know this but the catholic church librabear Jan 2013 #44
That's because it doesn't exist anymore Boomerproud Jan 2013 #46
more or less librabear Jan 2013 #48
To which some of us have responded by becoming more catholic than Catholics, that is, patrice Jan 2013 #51
Yes, it certainly still does exist obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #56
Here's someone from that tradition/genre who does exist that I wish would be asked We People Jan 2013 #79
Toned down? Iit was viciously suppressed by JPII and his henchman, Josef Cardinal Ratzinger... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #91
"The collapse of the religious Left" has to do with other social issues Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #50
There are plenty, they just don't want to use them obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #55
I like that our side is the rational one. They can have superstition all to themselves. LeftyMom Jan 2013 #80
Not true quaker bill Jan 2013 #81
Luckily, we don't need religion. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #94
TBH, I don't think there ever was much of a religious left to begin with. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #98
How about a Sikh Guru? AnnieBW Jan 2013 #102
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