The SD Synod vs. The Social Statement
I've received many questions about the vote at the South Dakota Synod Assembly regarding a resolution that was passed to Reconsider and Remove the Social Statement, “Human Sexuality: Gift & Trust.” Rather than try to summarize everything, I'll be as thorough as I can with it and walk through everything. I'll post the resolution, my notes from the live blog, my impressions of the discussion and my thoughts on why it went the way it did.
*I know this is a bit long. As I said above, I see no other way to present this fairly or accurately. All resolutions and historic votes are from the ELCA SD Synod website.
Rainn and SoulPancake Ask the Hard Questions
The last few days I’ve been spending time perusing SoulPancake. It’s a great site that focuses on asking and answering questions. Both contributors and members post questions to the site for the community to discuss. In addition to discussing and questioning the site also features regular columns and Creative Challenges. Basically everything about the site challenges the community to examine what they believe and why and look at the world from new perspectives.
Discussion and Logic (and lack thereof)
Last night I went to Skinner's Pub with a few friends. We talked about politics and religion - oh, and the thread count of our sheets. We had some great conversation. One of my friends (he considers himself an unbeliever) said that one of the reasons he has a lot of trouble with Christianity is the lack of logic. He said that he finds it nearly impossible to follow many Christian's theology in a logical manner.