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...

I found out that the AFA (American Family Association) has called for a boycott of McDonald's (you can read about it here ) because McDonald's has joined the national Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. I, as a family-friendly, socially-moderate, theologically-conservative follower of Jesus, think we should boycott this boycott. Why? Because I like McDonald's fries. OK, not really. I actually do not like Mickey-D's and haven't eaten there in years. The real reason is that I think the boycott is counter productive to actually advancing the gospel in our culture. Boycotts, and more importantly the mindset behind them, are actually turning the cultural tide against the progress of the gospel. The AFA clearly sees this as a battle in a culture war. On the AFA’s boycott website , they state: “[This boycott] is about McDonald's, as a corporation, refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars. McDonald's has chosen not to remain neutral but to ...