tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post1540584895884599957..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God."John Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-43164225316798812012007-11-20T07:12:00.000-08:002007-11-20T07:12:00.000-08:00I remember an interview Tutu had with Jon Stewart ...I remember an interview Tutu had with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show". He said something that's stuck with me ever since (though I have to wildly paraphrase, and I can't capture that beautiful African accent):<BR/><BR/>I think that when God sees us killing and hurting each other, he looks on us and it breaks his heart, and he says "I wish they would love each other like I told them to". But when God sees us helping each other and loving each other, he claps his hands in joy and says, "yes! That's why I created them!"Flycandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599392875619723740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-81396191964972524652007-11-19T20:01:00.000-08:002007-11-19T20:01:00.000-08:00Tutu gets it.I heard the sermon a pastor preached ...Tutu gets it.<BR/><BR/>I heard the sermon a pastor preached before his congregation voted to leave the PCUSA the other day. <BR/><BR/>He did not get it. <BR/><BR/>With all the real problems facing the world today, the best this pastor could come up with was a prayer for the rest of us left behind, that we would be given a leader and a shepherd to show us the error of our ways so we too could become homophobic imitators of Christ like them.<BR/><BR/>Just amazing.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447125159108080797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-63710870080556972272007-11-19T07:25:00.000-08:002007-11-19T07:25:00.000-08:00Quick! Someone report that madman to an executive...Quick! Someone report that madman to an executive presbyter!<BR/><BR/>I count Tutu among a very small number of people I consider to be truly Christlike (and this has nothing to do with The Gay but everything to do with his efforts at reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa).Flycandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599392875619723740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-52031007539456179282007-11-19T05:46:00.000-08:002007-11-19T05:46:00.000-08:00Thanks Doug and Aric. I just wandered over to Ari...Thanks Doug and Aric. I just wandered over to Aric's blog and saw his post on Tutu and the Death Penalty. <BR/><BR/>He is one good man. I heard his daughter speak in Nashville. A chip off the old block.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-28101347147394600272007-11-18T23:18:00.000-08:002007-11-18T23:18:00.000-08:00I totally made the same comment on your blog just ...I totally made the same comment on your blog just now.<BR/><BR/>Like, woah.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jinx!Douglas Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215736448645573566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-447570936622529762007-11-18T22:41:00.000-08:002007-11-18T22:41:00.000-08:00Tutu has been on a roll lately. He also spoke up a...Tutu has been on a roll lately. He also spoke up against Capital Punishment a couple days ago in the Guardian. Good stuff.Aric Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241157655075444268noreply@blogger.com