The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. Psalm 118:22
Posted by Frank Schaeffer on Monday, March 5, 2018
Want to learn more about where we go from here as we right the ship of state and return to sanity? Discover my new book Letter to Lucy: A Manifesto of Creative Redemption—In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies, a multi-touch book about art, love and parenting, from the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the prophetic music of Green Day and everything in between. Read the first chapter for free on your kindle fire or iOS device. Available now on iBooks and Amazon.
Want more political videos and commentary? Show your support.
9 comments. Leave new
” Wealth is no guarantee of wisdom , discernment , intelligence and good taste . In fact usually just the opposite is true ” ( a little wisdom my Italian great grandfather passed down to me )
As for this present era we’re in . Suffice it to say Frank while you were ensconced within the safety net of the Evangelical church .. L’Abri etc … I was throwing it all on the line as an SDS member … so to me … Trump feels a lot like this ;
” If I had ever been here before
I would probably know just what to do
Don’t you?
If I had ever been here before on another time around the wheel
I would probably know just how to deal
With all of you
And I feel like I’ve been here before
Feel like I’ve been here before
And you know it does make me wonder
What’s going on under the ground ” ( ” Deja Vu ” – David Crosby )
… only maybe just a little bit worse .
And to be honest … until all these disparate ( and dare I say it divisive ) identity politics movements can align under one platform and one banner working together for the common good rather than individual agendas … I aint seein much hope for the near distant future either as I watch the country split part even further by the minute .
PS ; Frank . Jack Dorsey and his Twitterholic Twitterverse is just as if not more guilty than Zuckerberg and FaceBook is … in the spreading and proliferation of blatantly fake news .
Begging the question … why do you participate .. and by association continue to help finance Twitter ?
Hmmm …
Dearest Frank,
You’re right about the need to read more literature and history to understand the world and people around us. For me, being better educated and informed has liberated me from dogma of theistic beliefs.
My black grandfather was born in 1864 at the tail end of slavery and my grandson was born 140 years later in 2004 just four years before America elected its first Black President. What a world of social upheaval in those 140 years. And I’m excited in ways I haven’t been in years that more positive change is gotta come as I join my teenage grandchildren in the fight against gun violence. This battle will be a long hard fought one, but “ain’t no stopping us now” as the song goes.
Thanks, Frank. I never get tired of hearing your passions for a more just society for all. Cheers.
Opps. I meant my Black great grandfather. cheers
” For me, being better educated and informed has liberated me from dogma of theistic beliefs ”
I’d take some pretty damn serious issue with that comment on all counts . Fact is from your multitude of uninformed comments and replies in regards to theism , religion and faith … not to mention your constant waffling on the issue depending on who or what you’re replying to …
.. I’d place odds you are neither educated ( far from it ) nor informed nor do you read anything beyond that which conforms to your personal prejudices , attitudes and issues .
Assuming I am correct ( and I’ll bet I am ) that pretty much places you right in the crosshairs of the very Identity Politics and Micro Minority politically correct that is part and parcel of what is dividing this country … as well as your being as bad if not worse … albeit on the opposite side of the fence … as our former christofascist troll GB
Golly … aint you a clever little soul as you immerse yourself into the depths of a Dogma of your own choosing .
In fact .. you are not .. clever that is .. in the slightest .
PS; In summation young lady .. you are the very epitome of the Biblical ‘ Reed in the Wind ‘
T.J. Martin: Wut the F_ _ _ _ ?? Who are you to judge Joelyn ??
LOL!. Bruce, it’s okay. Homeboy is a troll who is annoyed I ignore him and don’t read his comments much less respond to his nonsense. I knew he would blow up over this comment. He just can’t help his self-righteous self. I’m glad some folks see his problem. Ha, ha. All the best to you and to a more civil conversation on this blog. Cheers!
I enjoy having conversations online, but when someone trolls a blog with paragraph-long comments after paragraph-long comments, I just ignored them. I refuse to get into a tic-for-tac with folks incapable of having a civil conversation. A troll’s opinion of my comments won’t make one moment difference in my life. So who cares? It’s the wild, wild web, after all.