Tuesday, January 28, 2014

David Brooks: Please Read Your Own Columns Occasionally

David Brooks - oh the love he brings.
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Today he has a nice little column that is supposedly about Christian love.  And, to his credit, buried deep within the column is some blather about how it is presented poorly.  He blames this on human nature, "There must be something legalistic in the human makeup, because cold, rigid, unambiguous, unparadoxical belief is common, especially considering how fervently the Scriptures oppose it."
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All well and good, right?  But, where is the big wrap-up to this?
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My friends (svh - you know who you are, aDy and others) say much the same thing, but then back it up with deeds.  Their churches - and hundreds or thousands of others - works to better mankind by spreading kindness, sharing generosity, building needed facilities in communities, etc.
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David Brooks instructs us to read texts from before 1835.
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Which would be fine for most anyone else. MOST anyone who did not make a career out of telling Muslims that they need to stand up to hate.  You know that "Every time a Muslim doesn't denounce a bombing or a message of hate, they are supporting it."
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So maybe next time a Christian preaches "cold, rigid, unambiguous, unparadoxical belief that the scriptures oppose", you could call them out.  Just once or twice.  And prove that you believe what you write.