[Vision2020] Hate Speech on your forum

[Chasuk]

On 6/2/06, Michael <metzler at moscow.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the article Chas.  It was a good read. I think it is a bit
> misinformed about traditional forms of Christianity, but I think it nails it
> on some contemporary issues.  It is contemporary concerns such as these that
> folks like Brian McLaren seek to address. American, politically minded
> Fundamentalists can be some of the most un-Christian folks on the planet,
> and it is interesting indeed when they approach scripture as some sort of
> Law-Code in the sky and the ecclesia as still shivering in front of Sinai.
> But in this respect I disagree with Slater's concern about 'story.'  There
> is a 'story' to be told about Jesus, love, and mercy, just as there is a
> story to be told about the abolishment of slavery and condemnation.  The
> problem is not that fundamentalists only believe 'a story' but rather they
> don't get the story right; and further, this is due to their inability to
> see scripture as precisely that: a story, and one that is reflective of an
> essentially storied world, a world that will continue that story regardless
> of whether or not narratives are written about it—what C.S. Lewis called the
> Myth.  I hope Dick enjoys his litigation.  Sounds like you might have hit a
> nerve.  Good work.  Considering I'm a fundamentalist Christian, I suppose
> I'm more immune to the legal charges?  Hope so.

You are welcome, Michael.  I have a lot of respect for you and your
public spiritual odyssey, and I welcome any of your kind words.  You
are fearlessly honest, direct, and compassionate, all qualities which
I admire, and generally consider "Christian," in the Christ-like
meaning of the word.

Chas