December 2011
192 posts
GLEÐILEGT ÁR!
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“Yet all such “Marxisms”—even while being sincerely dedicated...”
– Vernard Eller, Christian Anarchy: Jesus’ Primacy Over the Powers
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“The word is ANARCHY. The prefix (“an”) is the equivalent of the...”
– Vernard Eller, Christian Anarchy: Jesus’ Primacy Over the Powers
Vessels: what if someone attacked your family?... →
brycexburnett:
what if someone attacked your family?
Christian pacifists are constantly asked what we would do if a violent person attacked someone we loved. Of course, we have answers that never involve violence, but the other day I read across one such response that struck me as terribly…
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“Jesus did not die on the cross so you wouldn’t have to… He died on it to...”
– (via terryvongphaky)
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WatchJosh Kouri on Luke 2:7: “Christmas is the greatest miracle in the history of the universe bar-none.”
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Call and Response: The Intersectionality of... →
Refreshing new dialogue over at Jesus Radicals. Part 1 and Part 2.
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“Jesus exposed the ugliness of inhumane religious laws by healing on the Sabbath....”
– Greg Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation, “Don’t we best serve the oppressed by overthrowing their oppressors?”
“The sanctification of political power by Christianity is blasphemy; it is the...”
– Leo Tolstoy, Church and State (via haereticum)
“Anarchism covers lots of different things— If there’s one leading principle...”
– Noam Chomsky (via aamir-javed)
Watchbradicalmang:
Reading the Riots: ‘It was a war, and we had the police scared’
Rioters speak for the first time about why they took part in the summer 2011 disturbances, the most serious bout of civil unrest in Britain in a generation. Paul Lewis presents the findings of a Guardian and London School of Economics study that reveals how the riots were sparked by poverty, injustice and...
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“When we misguidedly loop Christian talk into American kingdom-of-the-world talk,...”
– Greg Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation
Time Killer: "Yes, Chick-fil-A Says, We Explicitly... →
Chick-fil-A needs to die. They are the most hypocritical institution ever.
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What's so hierarchical about a God who comes and...
“Nothing that we despise in the other man is entirely absent from ourselves. We...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer (via cultureofresistance, krzywonos)
“I’ve been severely criticized for saying worms are more important than people… I...”
– Captain Paul Watson (via cultureofresistance)
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“We need examples of people who, [letting] Heaven decide whether they are to rise...”
– John Ruskin
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more...”
– Douglas Adams (via omchomsky)
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i go pastrami: tumblr is dildos part nth nth →
spacebaw:
Anyone who believes civilization is inherently a negative force and that all of humanity is better off living in hunter-gatherer society is a primitivist. There is no debate here, that’s what it is. Just like anyone who believes workers should not own the means of production is a capitalist.
Depends on the definition of civilization. Jensen uses the word very specifically in terms...
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“Jesus didn’t come to give us the Christian answer to the world’s...”
– Greg Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation
“To be ‘for animals’ is not to be ‘against humanity.’ To require others to treat...”
– Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights. (via nefffy)
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“I don’t want to be overly dramatic about it, but I think more and more...”
– John Zerzan, Against Technology
“The revolutions of the world have always been about one group trying to wrest...”
– Greg Boyd (The Myth of a Christian Religion)
“Last year, Americans spent $450 billion on Christmas. Clean water for the whole...”
– Jim Wallis (via azspot)