tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post1802529646765534005..comments2023-10-23T11:10:05.945-04:00Comments on Karen Duncan: Life in the Time of Coronavirus: When Liberty is an OxymoronKaren Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-48867256925245191532009-05-27T15:26:47.506-04:002009-05-27T15:26:47.506-04:00I was just told that Liberty did NOT ban the democ...I was just told that Liberty did NOT ban the democrats. See Mr. Falwell’s statement on the Liberty Website.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-78599165302216917972009-05-24T11:58:47.645-04:002009-05-24T11:58:47.645-04:00Actually, it's two issues, pro-life and also tradi...Actually, it's two issues, pro-life and also traditional marriage, that LU based its decision on. But I still think it was a boneheaded decision because, as you so rightly point out, there is so much more to Christian morality than just those two issues.<br /><br />The really great Christian writers of the last century realized that. British Christian apologists like C.S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers, who wrote one of the best essays on the seven deadly sins, recognized that the so-called "sexual sins" were minor compared to such sins as greed, acedia, and stinginess. Dorothy Sayers, particularly, considered the "cold sins" more harmful than the "warm sins" of lust and greed because indifference led to lack of love and was more calculated and selfish (her distinction, not mine).<br /><br />Furthermore, in C.S. Lewis' autobiography, "Surprised By Joy," he wrote frankly about school friends who engaged in homosexual activity, which was common in the British boys' school system, and which he referred to as "a furnace of impure love." Although he considered it sinful, it did not offend him because he saw it as equally serious to any other sin, no worse, no better.<br /><br />From a Christian perspective all sin is serious, but it is only lately that morality has come to be defined so narrowly as only matters of a sexual nature. This is less about real sin and more about the culture wars and politics.<br /><br />BTW, other pro-life Democrats right in Virginia include Ward Armstrong and Chuck Colgan. So that gives lie to the notion that it is impossible to be a pro-life Democrat. But show me the pro-choice Republicans left in that party? We truly are the party of the big tent now.<br /><br />It's about respectful dialogue, something, sadly, LU has refused to engage in.Karen Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-55973023939032942822009-05-23T21:36:03.330-04:002009-05-23T21:36:03.330-04:00Also, do you think the Liberty administrators know...Also, do you think the Liberty administrators know there are other things Christians are supposed to care about? Things like helping the poor, and caring for one another, and turning the other cheek. Pro-choice or not, this is not the only issue that they should be looking to as a sign of "Christian morality."spotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15678394471488010068noreply@blogger.com