Glorious Mud

I posted this on one of my older blogs and it generated some new conversation lately, so I thought I would repost it here (with a little editing). The article isn't brand new, but the link is still active and so is the conversation. The USA Today ran an article about how our nation's youth see Christianity as anti-gay, judgmental, and hypocritical. Here is an excerpt: "The vast majority of non-Christians — 91% — said Christianity had an anti-gay image, followed by 87% who said it was judgmental and 85% who said it was hypocritical. Such views were held by smaller percentages of the active churchgoers, but the faith still did not fare well: 80% agreed with the anti-gay label, 52% said Christianity is judgmental, and 47% declared it hypocritical. Kinnaman said one of the biggest surprises for researchers was the extent to which respondents — one in four non-Christians — said that modern-day Christianity was no longer like Jesus." The full article can be viewed...

Timesonline.com reported that there is a push in the UK to see family planning become part of the discussion about fighting global warming. Jonathan Porritt, a former chairman of Britain's Green Party and the government's current green adviser, is promoting a fairly radical connection between population control and lasting environmental impact. this is from the Timesonline.com article: "Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. He says political leaders and green campaigners should stop dodging the issue of environmental harm caused by an expanding population. "A report by the commission, to be published next month, will say that governments must reduce population growth through better family planning. "'I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total...