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Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:31 AM

cbayer (120,011 posts)

26. I don't think snarky atheists who hide out in the obscurity of a small group on an internet site

have anything to do with this at all. Nothing to do with it at all.

I was just pointing out that if leaders get shot down in milieus one might expect to be friendly, you can imagine what it might be like in the real world where one might have actual, substantive opposition.

Liberal/progressive christians have never been much into "celebrity" religion. But they are there and they work tirelessly. I am not surprised that you don't see them or, apparently, the many stories that are posted about them here.

BTW, nice new mocking avatar. Way to build alliances and get people to see your side.

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
How to sell liberal Christianity? [View all]	dmallind	Jun 2012	OP
Several reasons	cbayer	Jun 2012	#1
As a curch going, 'all are welcome at god's table'	xchrom	Jun 2012	#3
With all the data available about millenials (and others) leaving the	cbayer	Jun 2012	#4
I honestly don't know	dmallind	Jun 2012	#7
I don't think snarky atheists who hide out in the obscurity of a small group on an internet site	cbayer	Jun 2012	#26
I have been told, in this forum, that Christianity was necessary for the Civil Rights movement.	trotsky	Jun 2012	#29
Obviously your bar for what is considered mockery	dmallind	Jun 2012	#37
Really? No American Christian will ever experience anything close to what you have?	cbayer	Jun 2012	#38
Are you denying that Christian privilege exists?	laconicsax	Jun 2012	#41
I'd like to take a moment to highlight what was just displayed here.	trotsky	Jun 2012	#42
because fear based religion sells better to people who are afraid of....	msongs	Jun 2012	#2
But love/social justice based religions sell well to liberal/progressive people.	cbayer	Jun 2012	#6
we've left the physical church and find what we need on our deck watching birds, or kayaking	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2012	#5
Perhaps it a choice of what matters,	turtlerescue1	Jun 2012	#8
Both agree and disagree with this	dmallind	Jun 2012	#23
Think about the enormous crowds that go to see touch football games, compared to the NFL.	dimbear	Jun 2012	#9
What happened to the liberal preacher in the book "Elmer Gantry?" nt	raccoon	Jun 2012	#36
Elmer Gantry update:	dimbear	Jun 2012	#40
Jesus seemed to do alright selling liberal Christianity.	WingDinger	Jun 2012	#10
Really?	laconicsax	Jun 2012	#12
Well, he certainly didnt do as alright as a televangelist, but	WingDinger	Jun 2012	#17
Good point, but guys like him only come around every couple of millennia	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#25
The same thing that makes churches	rrneck	Jun 2012	#11
Looking for a few good men. ;-)	hattiebgood	Jun 2012	#13
Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo are homophobic bigots. n/t	laconicsax	Jun 2012	#14
I should read them more because. . .	hattiebgood	Jun 2012	#16
Here are some links:	laconicsax	Jun 2012	#18
And how do you think Jesus would feel about their judgmental, bigotted asses?	WingDinger	Jun 2012	#19
Assuming he ever existed, he probably wouldn't have minded.	laconicsax	Jun 2012	#20
Give me a friggin break. Greece was all about the penis.	WingDinger	Jun 2012	#21
Umm...Jesus wasn't Greek. He was meant to have lived in Roman Judea.	laconicsax	Jun 2012	#22
... there were Liberal Christians once....	scribble	Jun 2012	#15
The first hurdle to clear is defining what liberal Christianity is.	trotsky	Jun 2012	#24
True, but there's no need to aim for unifying even liberal Christianity in total.	dmallind	Jun 2012	#30
I think it's much trickier for liberal Christianity though.	trotsky	Jun 2012	#32
WHAT? Jim Homophobe Wallis?	2ndAmForComputers	Jun 2012	#43
Why should we "sell" Christianity?	jeepnstein	Jun 2012	#27
In an ideal world you'd be right. This isn't one	dmallind	Jun 2012	#28
Is there data to support your claim that "gay bashing" comes up tops when people	cbayer	Jun 2012	#31
Research has been done and books have been written.	trotsky	Jun 2012	#33
Great article. Thanks.	cbayer	Jun 2012	#34
This email came a while back:	turtlerescue1	Jun 2012	#35
Very good!	cbayer	Jun 2012	#39
Step 1: Edit the Bible	Bradical79	Jun 2012	#44

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