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Ming Man mchicken5c0b — I think my life would have been a little easier (psychologically at least) if I had discovered Tony Campolo in high school. After reading him, I have to say that I agree with just about everything he says. What's funny to me is that there's a low-level fundamentalist outcry that Campolo is 'liberal' (Stay away, kids, he might make you think) but really he has some pretty conservative views toward homosexuality and abortion. He isn't so much 'liberal' as 'moderate' but I guess the Religious Right thinks anyone slightly to the left of them is shockingly liberal. The difference between him and many Evangelicals is that he refuses to condemn gay people (though he does classify their behavior as 'sin' he also advocates for equal rights for gay people) and instead condemns the rampant homophobia in fundamentalist Evangelical circles. As for abortion, he actually has ideas about how to decrease the rate of abortion instead of just making abortion illegal. Some of the ideas he mentions: government-funded medical coverage for pregnant women, daycare programs for single moms, programs for young moms to stay in school and complete their education, and becoming adoptive parents, as well as teaching sex ed. Campolo cites a study that suggests that 200,000 abortions would be prevented simply by teaching and providing contraception to low-income women. You know, I don't know how feasible these things are, but I certainly applaud Campolo for highlighting the fact that there are ways that pro-life Evangelicals can tangibly make a difference without lobbying to overturn Roe v. Wade. He also points out that there were a shocking number of abortions done in 1950 (pre Roe v. Wade) so making it illegal won't keep anyone from doing it (watch out, kids, he uses logic and fact-based arguments!). Though pro-life, Campolo rejects the Republican/fundamentalist position that politicizes one issue to make it a hot-button that is sure to rouse the party base and get them out to vote based on one issue. Campolo also points out that the 'gay-marriage ban' amendment of 2004 was what won Bush the election (or at least heavily swayed the swing state vote). Rove didn't actually care about gay marriage one way or the other, but introducing the amendment measure in swing states was a surefire way to get the base mobilized to the polls, but that's an aside. Overall, I thought Campolo didn't sacrifice a single Evangelical conviction but at the same time rejected a lot of the garbage creeping into Evangelical Christianity due to its unholy marriage with partisan politics. I have to say that being a liberal leaning Christian I wasn't ever sure I could call myself Evangelical without being anti-science, anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-etc. I wasn't any of those things, so I decided I couldn't be Evangelical. And it seemed that Evangelicals were more about being against things than telling you about their faith and living the words of Christ as represented in the Gospels. And I realized that there were some pretty convincing things in there about caring for the poor, loving everyone, fighting for justice, being humble, etc. And I appreciate that Campolo gets that too. "A religion of rules is not to be compared with a religion of love." "...those who neglect the social teaching of Jesus preach only half the Gospel." "If killing is wrong, they argue, then Christians should oppose all forms of killing." "Whenever Christianity becomes identified with any political party, it tends to take on the values of that party, rather than remaining loyal to the principles of Scripture." "Too many of us make God into a deity who looks just like us and incarnates our values." "We will be doomed by our relentless consumerism." "Deliverance from social and economic oppression must also be part of the Gospel story."

Bohdan Senah senah — see my "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" review

Jordan Tillman jordanscanf8ec — pretty good. kinda a straight forward 50's thriller but i was into it more or less