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Bluenorthwest

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60. Rev Wright and his Trinity UCC were inclusive and welcoming of all people.

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 04:31 PM

Jan 2013

His preaching was not controversial and the sermons they wailed about were tame sauce compared to what I heard out of white preachers of the 'prophetic' style growing up on the same subjects. Sorry. He was libeled, and replaced with a series of simple minded hate mongers like Warren and McClurkin to please Republicans who were of course not pleased anyway, but Obama is willing to insult friends and innocent bystanders in his rush to get a Republican to ask him out on a date.

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The collapse of the religious left [View all] dsc Jan 2013 OP

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