Sarah Palin has been aptly described as "a God fearing, gun totting, former beauty queen."
I am encouraged to read up on the prospective VP selection for the GOP, she is more than a token female (although she is, quite obviously, a cagey attempt to garner some of the Hillary for Pres crowd), and has a track record of thumbing her nose at the establishment within her own party, and has taken a strong line against corruption in her own party. Things I admire, and believe the country will admire. However, I find these kind of sentiments to be... frustratingly disturbing... to say the least.
What do you think?
When people talk about Jesus as a revolutionary, is this what you think was meant?
...more thoughts on politics at a later date!
2 comments:
It seems clear some people around Jesus, the zealot or two in his midst, surely hoped for political reform.
Today, I think a lot of activist Christianity focuses more on this than on the who Christ is--the Son of God! Is he a figure to inspire political action, or someone to be worshiped regardless of political ramifications?
I would be the first to say that Jesus has huge political ramifications, after all he was executed in the manner Rome had set aside specifically for revolutionary dissidents (it was less than a generation before that hundreds of Galileans were crucified!), and had the title INRI affixed above his head.
I would challenge the conservative Christian crowd on exactly this point!
The politics of Jesus is decidedly different than the politics of the Republican Party. (The Democratic Party as well...)
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