Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:21
Response To Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus
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Did Jesus come to abolish religion? Should we hate religion? In a video posted to youtube last week titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" Jefferson Bethke argues Jesus did come to abolish religion and that we are justified to hate religion. But is that true? A close look at the life of Jesus says something very different.
To view Bethke's video, click here.
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In The Beginning
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 11:50
Where is God in This? Movie Review: The Ides of March (Spoiler Alert!!!)
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Adam discusses the political drama "The Ides of March" staring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, and Paul Giamatti. The title is a reference to the murder of Julius Caesar, who was literally stabbed in the back by his friends and foes who united against him. The movie is all about mimetic dynamics in politics - there is a cycle of imitative backstabbing. But this cycle is bigger than politics, it infects other areas of life as well. This leads to tragedy after tragedy. Soon there is a death and the theological question gets asked, "Where is God in all of this?" God does not plan the death, but seeks to transform human dynamics that lead to scapegoating into human dynamics that lead to love and compassion.
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In The Beginning