Sunday, July 10, 2005

Theological Incorrectness

Theological Incorrectness...

  1. When you think you know what absolute truth is.
  2. When you think being spiritual is about making professions, having "quiet time", and keeping your house clean.
  3. When you tell someone in need that you will be praying for them.
  4. When you think that righteousness is pointing out someone else's faults.
  5. When you think that G-d can only reveal G-d's self in one faith tradition.
  6. When you think that gender prescribes a particular lifestyle.
  7. When you think that when Jesus said to care for the poor, the orphans, and the widows he meant to occaisonally send money.
  8. When you think that you can have a "personal" relationship with G-d; a relationship apart from community.
  9. When you preach that life on earth is "practice" for an afterlife.
  10. When you think that being ecologically responsible is not your problem.
  11. When you think G-d should bless America without consideration for the rest of the planet.
  12. When you think that people who make mistakes are unworthy of your love and respect.
  13. When you tell someone they need Jesus because you disapprove of their lifestyle choices.
  14. When you think that Jesus' statements, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me", were to be used to bash other faith traditions.
  15. When you value buildings and other material things over people.
  16. When you think that the "Church" is a building.
  17. When you think that you do not need to say you're sorry to someone that you have hurt or offended.
  18. When you think that Christianity as a practiced religion is not a works based faith.
  19. When you think that one's existence is predetermined.
  20. When you think that Jesus was not a Jew who celebrated all the Jewish holidays and festivals.
  21. When you use biblical narratives to prove your point.
  22. When you neglect to recognize the deeply embedded anti-Jewish sentiment found in Christianity, found in the writings of the early Church, found in the creeds and cannons, found in the common interpretations of scripture, and found in the preaching of most Fundamentalist and Evangelical sermons.
  23. When you think that worship of G-d is just about singing; and when you think that singing as a form of worship should be a performance.
  24. When you think that discipleship is can take place in one hour per week.

1 comment:

Roger Williams said...

I think that just about covers it. Love ya!