that I'm naive to hope that all those dogmatic-theologian-ethicists who have been obsessed with the issues of homosexuality might, with news that 600,000 people lost work in the last month alone (resulting in an under-reported unemployment rate of 7.6%) might pay some attention to the issues of run-away capitalism, idolatrous consumerism, need for contributions to food pantries, importance of seeing congregations as communities of support for the members who are less well-off than others, and pastors who can more readily (and enthusiastically) discuss the details of their retirement plans than of the Holy Trinity?
Just wondering.
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Well, hope is a good thing, but I wouldn't hold my breath (Unless of course all of those dogmatic-theologian-ethicists who have been obsessed with the issues of homosexuality simultaneously find themselves without a job.
I wouldn't mind them knowing their retirement plans if it meant that they'd retire, and then shut up.
What!? Talk about the poor, the needy? What fun would that be? Gays are soooo much more entertaining and distracting.
But in all seriousness, I highly doubt it. For whatever reason it (economic injustice) just doesn't have the same importance. Lord knows why. But I second C's sentiment; although I wouldn't wish anybody to loose their job, it might internalize a reality that all too often is ignored.
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