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“I shall not easily forget an ‘environmental’ presentation staged by the New York Museum of Natural History in the seventies in which the public was exposed to a long series of exhibits, each depicting examples of pollution and ecological disruption. The exhibit which closed the presentation carried a startling sign, ‘The Most Dangerous Animal on Earth,’ and it consisted simply of a huge mirror which reflected back the human viewer who stood before it. I clearly recall a black child standing before the mirror while a white school teacher tried to explain the message which this arrogant exhibit tried to convey. There were no exhibits of corporate boards or directors planning to deforest a mountainside or government officials acting in collusion with them. The exhibit primarily conveyed one, basically misanthropic, message: people as such, not a rapacious society and its wealthy beneficiaries, are responsible for environmental dislocations — the poor no less than the personally wealthy, people of colour no less than privileged whites, women no less than men, the oppressed no less than the oppressor. A mythical human ‘species’ had replaced classes; individuals had replaced hierarchies; personal tastes (many of which are shaped by a predatory media) had replaced social relationships; and the disempowered who live meagre, isolated lives had replaced giant corporations, self-serving bureaucracies, and the violent paraphernalia of the State.”

— Murray Bookchin, Society and Ecology

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Christian Nationalism series

I have always leapt at the opportunity to preach Fourth of July weekend. Without a pulpit, I write. Last year, I explored many forms of Christian Nationalism for each of the five Thursdays in July. I'll be reading over them as I prepare for whatever comes forth this year. Here's the first one in the five post series.

#ChristianNationalism

#PolitenessIsNotAGospelValue

#FaithInAction

https://www.spiritualitycollective.com/blog/2021/6/30/church-amp-state-part-i

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#FaithInDespair

#ProLifeAChristianPerspective

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#WeChooseInhumanity

#CruelCountry

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#MondayMorningPrayer #TillTheHeartSoil