I wonder which religion's he focused on? What his test was?
For instance: Is a person of power who claims to speak with a higher power that leads us into a war for oil likely involved in an evil religion? (kimball answers his own rhetoric... YES, that mans religion is no doubt evil)
Does a religion seek to deny rights to deserving segments of society like homosexuals? (kimball again: absolutely, Christianity is an antiquated evil religion that seeks to destroy the world in the name of "Jesus". )
Are religions whose practitioners are forced to fight oppression by whatever means necessary evil? (kimball says: No, they are simply surviving, if Israel would stop their oppression of the Palestinians and the US would halt its imperialism on the world then no Muslim would have to attack the US or Israel)
This is all speculation but my guess, after reading a bit about these schools, is that his speech wasn't ideologically far off of my guess.
I can only hope I am dead wrong.
From Publisher's Weekly:
"[Kimball] contends that there are five warning signs that we can recognize when religion moves toward [evil]. Whenever a religion emphasizes that it holds the absolute truth-the one path to God or the only correct way of reading a sacred text-to the exclusion of the truth claims of all other religions and cultures, that religion is becoming evil. Other warning signs include blind obedience to religious leaders, apocalyptic belief that the end time will occur through a particular religion, the use of malevolent ends to achieve religious goals (e.g., the Crusades) and the declaration of holy war."
( Kimball, BTW, served as the director of the Middle East office of the National Council of Churches)
"I wonder which religion's he focused on? What his test was?
For instance: Is a person of power who claims to speak with a higher power that leads us into a war for oil likely involved in an evil religion? (kimball answers his own rhetoric... YES, that mans religion is no doubt evil)
Does a religion seek to deny rights to deserving segments of society like homosexuals? (kimball again: absolutely, Christianity is an antiquated evil religion that seeks to destroy the world in the name of "Jesus". )
Are religions whose practitioners are forced to fight oppression by whatever means necessary evil? (kimball says: No, they are simply surviving, if Israel would stop their oppression of the Palestinians and the US would halt its imperialism on the world then no Muslim would have to attack the US or Israel)
This is all speculation but my guess, after reading a bit about these schools, is that his speech wasn't ideologically far off of my guess.
I can only hope I am dead wrong."
You are about as wrong as you could possibly be. Maybe you should take a little time to learn something about someone's ideas instead of applying your unfounded, ignorant generalities to them. “Angel of Vision: Christians and the Middle East” That was the title of another book by Kimball. He sure sounds like a rampaging anti-Christian. Most of the stuff I've read about him has to do with his criticism of Islam.