tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624745733838877352.post9193769014527287422..comments2023-06-23T10:12:38.968-04:00Comments on Glomarization, Esq.: Pastor Rick Warren for invocation in January: hard nut to crackGlomarizationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05624293157927622360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624745733838877352.post-36695124526941384582008-12-22T03:56:00.000-05:002008-12-22T03:56:00.000-05:00...Social...See, I thought when they were praying ......Social...<BR/><BR/>See, I thought when they were praying to their gah-wad, that kinda made it religious. I'd think praying to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr- although a religious figure- would be social. Though, ancestor worship might force that back into the religious category, we'll ignore derived meanings for who's-getting-asked-for-things.<BR/><BR/>But let's just ask Doctor King what he thinks about ignoring things. He tells us, in his letter form a Birmingham Jail, that it is the moderates, who want to ignore the small everyday problems, that are the most responsible for the continuation of the status quo.<BR/><BR/>Social? Not even a little bit. <B>President-elect</B> Obama's actions are such things as who he's picked to speak at his inauguration. Why not start a new tradition of foregoing the invocation? <BR/><BR/>Maybe it is uniting, this kowtowing to the religious right that's held sway for the last eight years. Or maybe, continuing to ignore the "gay" and "non-theist" minorities is, to borrow a phrase, deja vu all over again.<BR/><BR/>Let us not forget that <B>President-elect</B> Obama also ran on a message of Change.The Kludgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595229715512719840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624745733838877352.post-55203964101627566472008-12-19T01:45:00.000-05:002008-12-19T01:45:00.000-05:00Stray thought:The custom of an invocation is as mu...Stray thought:<BR/><BR/>The custom of an invocation is as much a social as a religious thing.<BR/><BR/>It's there because it's always been there. It really has no religious meaning. It's strictly ceremony.<BR/><BR/>It's like grace before a meal. Everyone is already thinking about the food anyway.<BR/><BR/>This is really not worth all the keystrokes that have been wasted on it.<BR/><BR/>What matters is Mr. Obama's actions. Not the ceremony.<BR/><BR/>If Mr. Obama wants to throw a sop to the wingnut Christianists, what's the big deal? If he can succeed in bringing them into the fold, more power to him. <BR/><BR/>After all, he did run as a uniter. Give him a bleedin' chance to unite. <BR/><BR/>Or, in other words, Jesus H. Christ, lighten up, for God's sake. Speakers at the inauguration are not important. And they are not ipso facto the nation's anything <BR/><BR/>Actions in office are important. And, so far, the man seems to be doing something unprecedented. <BR/><BR/>Keeping his campaign promises.<BR/><BR/>Hard to deal with that, ain't it?<BR/><BR/>I am so frustrated by my fellow Lefties' ability to get lost in side issues that I am speechless.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for going off in a tirade, but, as my mother would have said, "Honestly!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com