Sunday, July 18, 2004
As Evangelical as an Oak Tree
I'm one of those people who constantly does self reflection when it comes to my spiritual beliefs. Perhaps it was my early exposure to fundamentalist Christian notions and the rigid responses I would receive as a child when questioning those trying to teach me their theologies. As a child it was not for us to question our minister or Sunday School teacher. It was our job to listen and believe. Period.
Our Pastor was very big on Jerry Falwell. He preached about Falwell and his mission from the pulpit. When the Reverend Jimmy Swaggart had his "sin" with a prostitute and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker had a run in with their accounting books...our Pastor preached about how squeaky clean Jerry Falwell was.
Falwell is to me now the essence of what is wrong with the Christian movement today. Rigid, extreme, fundamentalist, mean and prideful encompass much of what I see in Falwell's words and demeanor. Falwell is what he claims to hate: a pharisee.
Nowhere have I seen this more highlighted than this piece by Jim Wallis.
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Our Pastor was very big on Jerry Falwell. He preached about Falwell and his mission from the pulpit. When the Reverend Jimmy Swaggart had his "sin" with a prostitute and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker had a run in with their accounting books...our Pastor preached about how squeaky clean Jerry Falwell was.
Falwell is to me now the essence of what is wrong with the Christian movement today. Rigid, extreme, fundamentalist, mean and prideful encompass much of what I see in Falwell's words and demeanor. Falwell is what he claims to hate: a pharisee.
Nowhere have I seen this more highlighted than this piece by Jim Wallis.
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