Paul Knitter

Paul Tillich Professor Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary and author of WITHOUT BUDDHA I COULD NOT BE A CHRISTIAN

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Michael Gerson offers a perhaps unkind but definitely accurate description of Trump: "the U.S. president as a loud, bigoted drunk at the end of the bar, making it impossible for anyone else to talk or eat in peace." https://t.co/TTFwxXSlNr

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David Brooks in his column for today offers a reminder that all social activists, bent on justice, need to keep in mind: "Even the quest for justice can turn into barbarism if it is not infused with a quality of mercy, an awareness of human frailty and a path to redemption."

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I signed up to volunteer for Commoners for Mike McCabe. Join me! https://t.co/HksrlGfUjT

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From Richard Rohr's meditation for today: "Only the contemplative mind has the ability to hold the reality of what is and the possibility of what could be." To hold the reality of Trump requires the contemplative mind.

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"Those who are raised Catholic are more likely than those raised in any other religion to cite negative religious treatment of gay and lesbian people as the primary reason they leave, according to the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute. https://t.co/AfpUX4zjS2

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Once again David Brooks puts his finger on a sore spot in American culture: "Do your own thing!" Anthony Kennedy and the Privatization of Meaning https://t.co/GV8w6iqCeq

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"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." -Anne Lamott🤔

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Tell the legislature to restore fair voting maps! https://t.co/6u23ypD3vZ via @CommonCauseWI

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"Eighty percent of white evangelicals would vote against Jesus Christ himself if he ran as a Democrat." Michael Eric Dyson, NYT 4/1/18

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For all Wisconinites: Tell your State Senator not to vote for bills that will hurt Wisconsin families https://t.co/uMSoc0xgoH

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From the Daily Dharma:
People become more desirable when we are attentive to them. Their most lovable qualities reveal themselves to us only after we have begun to love them.
—Nicole Daedone
I really have to keep this in mind when dealing with my feelings about politicians....

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Fellow Christians, please read! Are Christians Supposed to Be Communists? https://t.co/kvLdZTZkBy

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"The harrumphing nationalism masks a country ill at east with itself." Said if England by S. Erlanger in Sunday's NYT. It also fits the USA.

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The Trump narrative vs the Biblical narrative. Brooks puts it well.
https://t.co/UwdaKvz2xP

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"Though justice may not flourish in the end, a life devoted to the pursuit of it remains a creditable one." (Terry Eagleton) Yes! But why?

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Think about it: "In its majestic equality, the law forbids the rich as wells the poor to sleep under bridges." Anatole France

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Do read this short piece by Charles Morris on "Republican Heaven." For many, it's hell. https://t.co/abV2p10xiK

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This article makes eminent sense: Move Left, Democrats https://t.co/q8nL4l7jsx

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Chaos can produce somethig different. That's the message I take from David Brooke: https://t.co/us2Ers7tKk

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Useful Idiots Galore https://t.co/7gNGt0BR2E