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G'day! I successfully defeated the ninja monkeys yesterday...for the time being.

The Conservative Humanist article on ChristianityToday.com

You know, I agree with what this guy is saying. There is only one thing that really peeves me off though.

What is a humanist?
Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity. -- Humanist Manifesto 3, click for link

"Without supernaturalism..."or, more accurately, without God. How can a Bible-believing Christian claim to be a conservative humanist? That's such a load of bull hockey. Has he forgotten the millions of people dying (and dead) around the world because of humanist philosophies? Who in their right mind would want to associate themselves with something like that?

This alludes to something I see as one of the most ridiculous philosophies of the Church today - the idea that we have to be "counter-culture" to be good Christians. The arguement usually goes "Well, Jesus was a revolutionary, and He was doing his Father's will, so we have to be that way, too." Can someone please hand me a Bible? This counter-culture crap seems to fly so far on the wings of contemporary Christian media that it appears to often be elevated above what the Bible itself says about how we should live.
Counter-culture smacks of the 60's and 70's to me (or at least from what I've heard), the difference being that back then it was fronted by sex, drugs and rock & roll. Today it's fronted by a frock.
Personally, I don't think Jesus was a deliberate counter-cultural personality. I don't think he was a revolutionary, either. Revolutionaries drive car bombs and kill people as they go to school. Revolutionaries plot the downfall of earthly governments. Revolutionaries are political.
Did Jesus set the Saducees against the Pharisees to weaken both of them so he could ascend to power? Did Jesus raise arms against Rome? Did he bomb temples? Or did he say that His kingdom was one above?
I think Jesus was anti-revolt. Think about the cleansing of the temple, when he beat the money changers with rope. Did he do it because he didn't like the Pharisees or because of zeal for his Father's house?
Sure, he told people to not do what the Pharisees did. Did he say that because they were pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality, or because what they were doing was sin in the eyes of God?
I think he was here to be the sacrificial lamb. Through being conformed to his image we may face situations that are very "counter-cultural" in the sense that some ideas and beliefs may be sinful or the result of sin, but that doesn't mean we are revolutionaries. If we were, we'd be fanatical Muslims. (Yes, I went there.) We are just doing what Jesus did - caring enough to confront our fellow humans about sin. We are trying to be submissive to the will of God through dying daily to ourselves and living for Him.

Anyway, I'm about to loose a net connection because it's late. Adios.