And here I was thinking I was a genius.
Well, GOSH, I thought all that stuff I wrote in my last post was original, you know, that *I* thought of it, but it turns out some other dude was thinking it, too. I will be reading more by him, methinks. (And, of course, I didn't think I was saying anything that unique. I figured there were folks out there who were saying better.)
Thanks, Kathy, for pointing me in his direction on your blog.
posted by Julie Kibler @ 12:27 AM
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Ahh...well I liked your post too, even though you were much more reserved about it. AND, I read his memoir, CRAZY FOR GOD and it really was very good. Warning: it's really much more of a personal memoir of his growing up in Switzerland with some very unusual evangelic types (I say unusual because they weren't anything like the famous American Evangelical ministers I know of), but toward the end, he does go into some detail about the formation of the religious right and then the reservations both he and his father had about the direction it took.
Yes, yes, yes. Everyone does need to settle down and grow up. I'll take the high ground a bit as an Independent who has voted for both parties, but I was an enthusiastic Obama supporter and I voted for him.
Liberals need to learn to be gracious winners and conservatives (some of them) need to stop being such sore losers. The Republicans have been in office for something like 7 of 10 of the last administrations, so I think they're not used to being out and Democrats don't really know how to act when they win! :)
I try to ignore the people I consider to be on the fringe (like Limbaugh and Coulter), but unfortunately, they have a lot of dedicated followers who parrot everything they say.
For my fellow Obama supporters, I'd say we've moved into a new phase and we need to put the pom poms away and stay informed and involved in order to make this administration as successful as we can -- for the whole country, and that means making compromises. For the unhappy Obama opposers, I'd ask that they keep an open mind and give the new President a chance to get some things done and then criticize and speak out about what you don't like, but please stop predicting the end of life as we know it and trying to scare yourselves and your friends.
This country belongs to all of us and our elected officials are here to serve all of us, not just the people who voted for them.
I read your comment quickly the other night when it came through on my email, Lisa, and then went to bed, so I forgot you were here! (Ah, the curse of the night owl. It's like we have two separate lives. Ha.)
I want to find that book. I'm curious now what denom his family came from because my husband's ancestry is from Switzerland and were or are members of a fairly unique religious group that originated there.
Thanks for a thoughtful response here.
Yes, yes, yes. I was thrilled to discover Frankie's posts on the HuffPo - finally somebody was saying out loud what I was thinking! A voice of sanity admist the insane. I'm glad somebody else enjoyed it - sometimes I wonder what people think of the things I post about. :)
They were in Switzerland as "missionaries", but I don't think they were affiliated with any specific denomination. Here's what Schaeffer says:
"My mother was raised as a devout fundamentalist Christian. But her parents' version of fundamentalism was an educated and cultured fundamentalism. They read the Bible and believed it was literally true in every detail. But they also spoke several languages, and Bible reading was accompanied by plenty of P.G. Wodehouse, chunks of recited Shakespeare, funny limericks, amusing puns, and a deep interest in classical music and art."
I wish you lived closer. I'd just hand it to you!
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