Today, all around the world, Christians are proclaiming their firm belief in Jesus of Nazareth and their hope for the resurrection of the body. Today, all around the blogosphere, people of all faiths and people of no faith are proclaiming their firm belief in democracy and their hope for its resurrection.
Christians at worship today believe that God sent his Son to redeem mankind from its sins by dying an unjust death on a cruel cross. First Freedom Bloggers on the internet today believe that democracy is slowly dying in America because Christian theocrats have been sending their followers to takeover the public square with the intention of unjustly imposing a single religious belief system on all society.
Christians believe that the Easter message about the resurrection of the body is good news. For us to keep such news a secret would be callous and insensitive. First Freedom Bloggers believe that any theocratic takeover of the public square is dangerous. For us to keep such news a secret would be callous and insensitive.
First Freedom Bloggers affirm the right of Christians to share their message and to use persuasion to encourage others to accept it. They deny the right of anyone to compel others to accept a religious message and they oppose everyone who tries to force unwilling people to order their lives in accord with any system of religious beliefs. To do so would disregard the sanctity of personal conscience and violate the civil liberties of those of different convictions. It also turns whatever has been proclaimed as “good news” into “bad news.”
We hope that democracy might be revived by reminding theocratic Christians that the Easter message can only be “good news” when it is voluntarily received and freely accepted.
2 comments:
Greg B writes:
I heard the opening of your show on KREF radio yesterday morning. It was Easter morning--not that it seemed to matter any to you. You warbled on about "reviving democracy" rather than speaking about the importance of Easter and all that it symbolizes.
Congratulations on your self-appointed role as a "Political Activist".
I'm guessing that you simply overlooked that God had (allegedly) called you to be something other than a "Political Activist". I hazard this guess because I can't believe that God instructed you as an ordained minister of his to speak on EASTER MORNING about anything other than EASTER MORNING.
I'm also going to let KREF radio know that their "Religious Talk" segment has been co-opted by someone with a (liberal) political agenda and suggest that they either find someone else who is sincererly interested in religion to take over the show or bring in someone from the conservative side of the coin to balance your political remarks.
Happy Easter.
Dear Greg,
I'm sorry you missed the last 25 minutes of this 30 minute program.
Here's a link to a podcast of the program, if you are really interested in hearing an Easter sermon.
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