Comments on: A Neighborless Christianity

By: Seiya

Seiya — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:51:53 +0000

that fuigre is wrong. Income tax maybe. but income tax only pays for the military 50% of the federal budget. social security is paying for everything else.

By: Benjamin Davenport

Benjamin Davenport — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:05:34 +0000

So how much money will get me into heaven? What percentage of my wealth do I have to give before God lets me in? I'm just looking for clarification of what you're trying to say.

By: OSHO Universe

OSHO Universe — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:46:49 +0000

Leaving The Mind Far Behind…

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By: I guess I never really thought of it that way… « Under the Maple Canopy

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:34:55 +0000

[...] thought of it that way… July 25, 2010 by mamaraby From Julie Clawson's "A Neighborless Christianity": Having no neighbors to love does make our faith easier. As long as we aren’t going on [...]

By: The Moral Liberal

The Moral Liberal — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:57:51 +0000

Right, Wrongs, and the Law, by Steve Farrell…

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By: The Moral Liberal

The Moral Liberal — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:54:56 +0000

Why 'One Nation Under God' Matters, by Steve Farrell…

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By: The Moral Liberal

The Moral Liberal — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:37:01 +0000

Is Joseph Smith A Christian Prophet? By Steve Farrell…

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The Top 5 Percent « Minnowspeaks Weblog — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:27:20 +0000

[...] Top 5 Percent I found this post by Julie Clawson and the following comments by Jeff Young an interesting point and [...]

By: Julie Clawson

Julie Clawson — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:48:15 +0000

Thanks for the pushback and discussion all.

To clarify. I do not think that one must accept liberation theology, or be a socialist, or marxist in order to love one's neighbor. I see a lot of good in liberation theology, but there are parts of it I disagree with (the least of which is that liberation and feminist theology don't often get along, which is just stupid imho). There are great churches out there who repudiate liberation theology who are serving the least of these on a daily basis. Awesome for them. But there are also church out there that preach a very different message. Yes, my anecdotes are my anecdotes – but they represent the message of real churches, and that's what scares me,

Jeff – I would advise you to research a few things. First being why countries that produce no wealth are that way. Liberation and postcolonial theology might really help in understanding that. Secondly, while America gives the most money in straight up dollars to charity, we are actually one of the worst countries when in comes to percentage of income given. There are developing countries out there that give higher percentages than us. It's not a statistic to be thrown around proudly.

By: Aaron Gonzalez

Aaron Gonzalez — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:17:44 +0000

As I read your post, which I loved by the way, I felt a little torn on the "MY relationship" part vs the "Love Your neighbor part". To me a relationship with God is self centered because it is all about your one on oneness with the big guy up stairs and the child like relationship you make with him as your father. At the same time that relationship should include a personality of selflessness that includes putting others before yourself, and not closing people out just because their walk with God or belief system isn't equal to yours (at least in your personal eyes).

When I look at Christ his example was beautiful because he surrounded himself with people who were normally looked at as social outcasts, the very audience he came to Earth to minster to. The biggest act to follow is he gave his life knowing the majority of this world would turn against him in the long run. I think what has happened over the generations is people have lost focus of the love thy neighbor as yourself clause, and focus more on the judgment of thy neighbor and pat your back clause.

Thanks for pointing this out because it is a personality trait that has put a bad stain on Christianity as others feel that Christians are nothing more then judgmental hypocrites who feel they are better then the world.

Imagine if every Christian were to love their neighbor unconditionally throughout the US with no strings attached, what kind of impact would that have?