What a day! Wow. It was just full of full of full of conversation and thinking and, well, challenging stuff. We spoke about leadership and what that looks like. We spoke about the direction of Community Church. I answered scores of e-mails. I thought more about banners than I ever wanted to think about. Oh...and the website. It was just one of those days. Urf.
So, at 5:30 I went to the driving range and hit some stuff. Sometimes I actually hit golf balls. I like it when that happens. Sometimes those same golf balls went straight! Who knew that so much could happen?
Yeah. I'm tired...tired and punchy.
Oh, I read this essay.
To repeat: religion is not the source of violence but the solution to it—the overcoming of mimetic desire and the transcending of the resentments and jealousies into which human communities are tempted by their competitive dynamic.Give it a shot. It's an interesting, if brief, read.
Oh, and the Young Fogey posted a link to this article about the Southern Baptist Convention and war...All I can say is "wow."
In a 1937 resolution on war and peace, it was first stated:Posted by tripp at August 14, 2007 07:03 PM* That we believe that the great world powers having outlawed war by treaty and having committed themselves to the policy of the peaceful settlement of all international disagreements can and ought to find solution of all their problems without the arbitrament of arms.
* As citizens of the United States we will do everything possible to keep our nation out of war, and we reaffirm our opposition to all aggressive war at home or aboard.And then it was resolved, regarding international relationships:
* We recognize that a warless world is the Christian ideal and that we Christians should throw all our weight and power into the balance for peace.
* That we petition the President of the United States to consider the advisability of calling a conference of world powers to consider the possibility of disarmament, believing that this would do much to relieve strained international relationships which are endangering world peace at the present time.