April 03, 2006
Pissing on Trees
Fred Clark once again takes the battle to the culture warriors:
From the bogus "War on Christmas" to the fetishistic devotion to Ten Commandments markers, this territory-marking has become an obsession for many of the alleged followers of Christ. "They'll know we are Christians by our love" apparently proved too difficult, so instead we've settled for "They'll know we are Christians by our bullying dominance of the public square."Stop it. Just stop. Stop pissing on trees. Stop "reclaiming America for Christ." Christ already has a kingdom, an upside-down, mustard-seed kingdom without a flag. And while you people are so busy trying to create an alternative kingdom called "Christian America," the prostitutes and tax collectors and Samaritans are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. And so are a lot of those couples who got married there at City Hall.
In light of the whole "Culture Talk" discussion of last week, I should really try reframing the American "culture war" of the past two decades in socio-economic realpolitik terms. For next time.
Posted by ben at April 3, 2006 06:36 PM