About Me
- Kat
- Oregon City, Oregon, United States
- I'm your average woman who likes to build things (rooms, cabinets, decks...) and I design these things in my head all the time. I'm surprising myself by enjoying cooking more and more as I get older. (I always thought it was a bother earlier in life.) I love to hike, ski and snowshoe, read incessantly (politics, current events, science, some sports, and a wide range of fiction), take my camera everywhere, and don't have children. My husband gave me a Sawzall once for Christmas, and I'm still grateful. When we bought a radial arm compound miter saw I officially entered power tool heaven. That about sums me up--except for the most important thing. I'm a Christian, and that pretty much colors my entire world view. "What Would Jesus Do?" isn't just a bumper sticker to me, although "What Would Kat Do?" frequently falls short of the mark. I'm a work in progress.
I rather like the comparison showing how the same Bible passage can be used to support opposing views. That phenomenon has a long and embarassing history.
ReplyDeleteTrue. What frustrated me wasn't that the article showed different Christians have different points of view, or that they all use Scripture (frequently the same verses) to back themselves up. What I found frustrating was that they were using how some people interpret Scripture to imply that these are the only two camps, that people are either pro-immigration or anti-immigration, without any middle ground. How about quoting some Christians who think immigration is great as long as the immigrant uses the front door? It was disingenuous of the author, especially since even though I know a lot of believers, I don't think I know any that fall in these extreme categories, either completely opposed to the concept of border security, or completely against welcoming anyone into our democracy. Surely the author could have found SOMEONE who was somewhere in the middle, or if he couldn't track one down, he could at least acknowledge their existence.
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