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Saturday, August 20, 2005
Proud Conservative Mommy Moment
So, last night, T1 asks me what I'm reading. I told him that the book was titled Exodus , and it was about how Christians are leaving liberal denominations and flocking to more conservative churches. I could see the gears grinding...
"Mom, what's a liberal? And what's a conservative?"
"In religion? In politics? In general?"
"Start with in general."
That led to a brief conversation, which ended with, "So, Mom... you're a conservative, right?"
"Yes."
"What do liberal Christians believe?" So... I went through some of the things that separate the liberal and conservative churches [homosexuals in ministry and leadership, Divinity of Christ, literal Resurrection, existence of God (in some extreme cases)].
T1 looked at me, picked up the Bible that was sitting nearby, and said, "So... they believe that this doesn't say what it says? Or they think it means something that it doesn't mean?"
"Yes."
"Idiots." And then he walked off.
Yeah... it was a proud Mama moment...
"Mom, what's a liberal? And what's a conservative?"
"In religion? In politics? In general?"
"Start with in general."
That led to a brief conversation, which ended with, "So, Mom... you're a conservative, right?"
"Yes."
"What do liberal Christians believe?" So... I went through some of the things that separate the liberal and conservative churches [homosexuals in ministry and leadership, Divinity of Christ, literal Resurrection, existence of God (in some extreme cases)].
T1 looked at me, picked up the Bible that was sitting nearby, and said, "So... they believe that this doesn't say what it says? Or they think it means something that it doesn't mean?"
"Yes."
"Idiots." And then he walked off.
Yeah... it was a proud Mama moment...
