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Tag Archives: Dorothy Day
The Culture of Violence in Turtle Island (US & Canada)
I write this after the Connecticut primary school shooting. Outside my home, we have an auto dealership flying its huge national flag at half mast. People are mourning all over the place, including where I live, the Coast Salish Territories … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Loving Our Neighbours, Non-Violence, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged Anabaptists, Canadian history, Connecticut massacre, culture of violence, Dorothy Day, Gandhi, genocide of North American First Nations, gun ownership, Jains, Martin Luther King Jr., mourning, Mozi, non-violence, non-violent revolution, peace-making, Quakers, US history
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The Condemnation of the Western Church, the Whore of Babylon
I am of the belief that Westerners, especially from the tribe I used to belong to for 30 years and am now “betraying”, the Evangelicals, are condemned in the eyes of the Creator of the universe. Big thesis, eh? In … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity & Ex-Christianity, Imperialism & Colonisation, Messianic Faith, Non-Violence, Pro-Simplicity/Generoicity, Anti-Materialism/Commercialism, Revolution --- Non-Violent & Non-CIA / Freedom House-sponsored, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged Babylon, Break-Off Point, church is a whore, Dorothy Day, Marshall McLuhan, SAAD, Tony Campolo
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We Need a New Reformation: a New Computer Not a Reboot
Recently some of my Evangelical friends are trying to convince me to stick with the Evangelical churches, so that I can have “fellowship” and be with the “Body of Christ”. One friend quoted Martin Luther King in two instances: Any … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity & Ex-Christianity, Imperialism & Colonisation, Messianic Faith, Uncategorized
Tagged 95 Theses, church is a whore, Dorothy Day, Geneva, genocide of First Nations, Iraq War, John Calvin, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Servetus, new reformation, No End In Sight, reasons and writings, Sebastian Castellio, Tony Campolo, Wittenburg
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The Church is a Whore, But She is Still My Mother? BS!
The original quote is from Dorothy Day: “As to the Church, where else shall we go, except to the Bride of Christ, one flesh with Christ? Though she is a harlot at times, she is our Mother. We should read … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity & Ex-Christianity, Imperialism & Colonisation, Loving Our Neighbours, Messianic Faith, Social Justice
Tagged "the church is a whore, Augustine, Babylon, but she is still my mother", Dorothy Day, Evangelicals, genocide, Letter to a Young Evangelical, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr., misquote, Tony Campolo
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