Bad Times For The Christian Right?

The "big guy" may have known all along. In the Libby "CIA leak case," news is talking about President Bush and Vice President Cheney possibly requesting that the information be released.

At the same time we are reading in the news that Jesus may have requested his disciple Judas provide information which helped lead to the crucifixion. Rather than betraying Christ, Judas may have been acting on request of Christ.

Is the "religious right wing world view" crumbling?

People are discussing more gospels and truths that were edited out of the Bible that so many folks are used to.

Gnostic Gospels. Diversity, even in early Christianity. Contradicting points of view. Pluralism, even early on.

Of course politicians have acted in the past, as many do today, to try and put a spin on truth and simplify things. The books that are included in our current Bible were chosen most likely by political process in Roman times. Something called the Canon. Some say divinely inspired.

Like the divine right of kings?

News keeps coming up to jar people from long established ways of thinking.

To top it all off, another missing link in the theory of evolution has been found. A fish like creature with limbs allowing it to crawl around in shallow waters.

It's the slippery slope.

"If we give the fish stubby limbs, next he'll grow legs!" "He'll start walking all over the Earth." "Heaven forbid." "We can't have that."

Yes, I do believe in some kind of God and universal order, or maybe I should say orders; Gods? It is just that our rigid concepts for the nature of these things are not the whole story.

Humans still have a lot to learn, but fundamentalists are often threatened by new information.

Speaking of stepping out on legs...

Is the below picture a walkway or an artwork? (See description below).


It's fuzzy truth. I recently walked along this creation at the campus of Western Washington University.

Sign says, "A work in WWU's out door sculpture collection." "This is not a university walkway." "Use caution."

It didn't say not to walk there, so I did. No one minded.

It added a new twist to my exercise program that evening. A nice little jog.

I often like to jog around Western's campus. It is good exercise climbing that hill from downtown Bellingham to the campus. Also it is more interesting than just plodding along some trail, or along a busy street.

Better than running on a treadmill at the gym. That would remind me too much of the economy.

Marketplace orthodoxy?

The artwork can be inspiring, but be careful. Life is not always what one expects.