[SoFloFreeper]

Worth the entire read.

God permitted the extreme leftist NY Times to inadvertently publish some truth.

[elhombrelibre]

I try not to chide a person or an organization when it does something right for a change. The NYT’s publishing of this editorial may (a big “may”) help some secularists to gain a better understanding of Christianity.

[mindburglar]

Thanks. It’s a nice article and well written. The comments are typical bile from the aggressive look at me I’m smart because I’m an atheist crowd.

Dogmatic atheists are a conundrum.

[Excellence]

Christians have often fallen short of what followers of Jesus are called to be. We have seen this in the Crusades, religious wars and bigotry; in opposition to science, in the way critical thought is discouraged and in harsh judgmentalism. To this day, many professing Christians embody the antithesis of grace.

Ah, so we’re not so wonderful after all.

[Montana_Sam]

Wehner makes some great points. (Note that he is a a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which is also the home of George Weigel.)

Actually, the Crusades, with the exception of a couple of murderous incidents, were largely penitential missions of reclamation, not aggression. Not sure how deep Wehner wanted that admonishment to go.
And Wehner accurately points out that Jesus revoked the strong tribalistic beliefs of the era, and proclaimed all men brothers. Today, with the rise of gangs here in the USofA and the rise of Islam, we see a recrudescence of the most vile traits of social intercourse. The "progressive" movement here and abroad is a return to division and murderous, tribalistic strife.

But, it is shocking that the NYT would publish a piece so totally contrary to its normal intellectual garbage spew.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I guess that to keep his writing 'gig' with the Slimes, he had to get a dig in at Christianity, in the form of his comment on the Crusades. Otherwise, a piece that is actually relatively fair and balanced from the Slimes. A modern day 'Christmas miracle', no less.

[huldah1776]

It will enlighten many to be sure, but doesn’t address the future.

“We are part of a great drama that God has chosen to be a participant in, not in the role of a conquering king but as a suffering servant, not with the intention to condemn the world but to redeem it.”

He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, redeemer and judge. He conquered with His death and will in fact rule and with a rod of iron, no less. Thing is, He will rule with truth and grace. Can’t wait.

[WildHighlander57]

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