In The Shower I Prayed
After the Republican victory on Election Day, there has been more discussion of the role of religion in public policy and discourse. Today the Sunday news shows on NBC and ABC featured panels of religious thinkers discussing the election results and religion in America. I found the topics discussed to be very intereting and hope that similar diologues continue.
The conclusion of both panels was that Democrats failed to discuss the issues that religious people would care about in religious terms. Issues like poverty, taking care of the sick, and education are all issues discussed in religious texts acrossed the spectrum and are winning issues for Democrats. Republicans were successful in talking about their issues like gay-marriage and ending a woman's right to make decisions about her own body in religious terms. They also discussed that religious people knew where George Bush stood on religion and that for a lot of voters the fact that he was "a brother in Christ" trumped minor political difference. I think that is a good point.
The following is one of my favorites and a real quote from the Revrend Dr. Jerry Falwell given today on Meet the Press: "This morning in the shower I prayed for all 15 of our family by name, by need, because I want the curtain of God's provision upon them and protection along the highways and decision-making, God's wisdom."
I'm sure that god appreciates prayer. It just seems to me that there is a time and a place besides the shower for prayer.
The conclusion of both panels was that Democrats failed to discuss the issues that religious people would care about in religious terms. Issues like poverty, taking care of the sick, and education are all issues discussed in religious texts acrossed the spectrum and are winning issues for Democrats. Republicans were successful in talking about their issues like gay-marriage and ending a woman's right to make decisions about her own body in religious terms. They also discussed that religious people knew where George Bush stood on religion and that for a lot of voters the fact that he was "a brother in Christ" trumped minor political difference. I think that is a good point.
The following is one of my favorites and a real quote from the Revrend Dr. Jerry Falwell given today on Meet the Press: "This morning in the shower I prayed for all 15 of our family by name, by need, because I want the curtain of God's provision upon them and protection along the highways and decision-making, God's wisdom."
I'm sure that god appreciates prayer. It just seems to me that there is a time and a place besides the shower for prayer.
By Kyle - 11/28/2004
1 Comments:
Actually, praying in the shower is a great system. You can't read, watch TV or eat. Also, it's a good time to remember our baptism, symbolic of God bringing his chosen people through the waters escaping from Egypt. Obviously, many Democrats took notice and began praying and imitating the outward appearance and behavior of the Christian right. Let's hope a few basic theological concepts stuck with them.
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