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More from the Wallis article cited below
Christians should always live uneasily with empire, which constantly threatens to become idolatrous and substitute secular purposes for God's.
The sad thing is, most American Christians seem all too willing to defend the actions of America, and many take greart pains to "baptize" the strategy with God's blessing. This is why "God Bless america" becomes such a painful phrase to me now. Very rarely anymore does that mean anythng other than "All Christians must see it as Bush and the White House sees it", leaving those who pray for the wisdom of God to say instead "God speak to America" in leiu of "God BLESS" America, although theologically, they should be the same thing. I could never put a bumper sticker on my car like that, unless more Christians learn that God's blessing does not NECCESSARILY align with whatever empire is invoking the name.
12:11:53 PM 
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From the article cited below (from Sojourners Sept/Oct 2003) , a question that seems to have escaped the comprehension of the religious right, and many others who would not normally identify so deeply with their theology, but have now become swept up in political us vs them....the automatic association of "Christian" with conservatism and Republicanism, and the "others" as "Liberals' and so , it seems, "Democrats".
In the meantime, American Christians will have to make some difficult choices. Will we stand in solidarity with the worldwide church, the international body of Christâ014or with our own American government?
11:53:19 AM
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 Jim Wallis of Sojourners challenges Bush's "theology" of America and his use/misuse of theological imagery in support of America's current foreign relations and military activity.
"Dangerous Religion George W. Bush's theology of empire. by Jim Wallis"
11:47:38 AM
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How can I describe this? It's basically the 21st century version of bathroom reading. Like taking one's favorite mag or newspaper to the "throne" to sit for a spell. Only today, it was my PDA, now able to connect to my 802.11b within the house, to check email , one of which was a notification that a comment had been posted to my blog. I also checked espn.com for some scrores (ESPN is the only sports website I know that provides for mobile user screens. MLB does not, CNN does not, CBS sportsline does not. BTW, anybody know of any who do besides ESPN?)
Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you, crude as it may seem. I guess one could identify this as a new form of Web community or Smart Mob? Maybe not.
9:48:17 AM
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