Earlier this week, in a single Tweet, one of the three administrators of the Bad Christian* Twitter account reflected on a conversation that had taken place the day before. I had read part of that conversation when it was happening. It was tense, and emotions were running high among many of the people involved. When directly asked, the guys who make up the Bad Christian multimedia platform were unable to state that they are gay affirming**. This led to several LGBT Twitter users trying to explain to Bad Christian why their inability to say, “Yes, I affirm all of those things” is hurtful to LGBT people. Just because Christians are trying to be nicer about their belief that being gay is a sin than…
Living and Parenting as a Liberal Feminist Christian
Posts tagged “theology”
I’m usually such a cynic when it comes to issues of religion that it is hard for me to hear little children reciting the tenets of a faith. I frequently wonder about the best way to introduce a child to one’s deeply-held religious beliefs without moving toward brainwashing or indoctrinating. There is one thing that I can say confidently: I believe that God is a creator, and that we can trace all nature and beauty back to him. I don’t believe this in some sort of politicized, intelligent design-arguing, anti-evolution campaigning way. I just believe that God is the driving force behind existence, and that we are just as intentional as the sky and the water and the depth of space. What that means…
Tagged: Giwaffe, Ruthie, theology, Yo Gabba Gabba
