tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post2421190913486709207..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: "the greatest force for good"wellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-31932955183037286502008-10-21T18:19:00.000-04:002008-10-21T18:19:00.000-04:00Geri Maya Rite,Thanks for the comment. Your though...Geri Maya Rite,<BR/>Thanks for the comment. Your thoughts are really helpful and I can't agree more. We've built so many walls in the wrong places and torn down walls that we actually might need.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-4432109623834586672008-10-16T15:15:00.000-04:002008-10-16T15:15:00.000-04:00Great post, it also interesting to consider that i...Great post, it also interesting to consider that idea inside the context of the western church. Not only are we guilty of swapping our Christian ideals for American ideals, we are also very guilty of this arrogance in other realms as well. We (the American evangelical church) completely disregard other Judeo-Christian faith traditions (Jewish, Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Third-world theology(Latin theology, liberation theology), even to a lesser extent progressive theology within our own church that is contrary to Patriotic Evangelicalism (such as black liberation theology, new monasticism (because its pacifistic), gay liberation theology (inclusive theology), and especially the social justice gospel (it just doesn't fit in with American Imperialism)). Our theology doesn't even make sense, we believe in the sactity of human life except in the case of those we perceive to be enemies of Christianity (and America because we can use those terms interchangeably in the eyes of Evangelicals) then they have surrendered their right the life in the eyes of Gods, and we as faithful servants of God must ride down on our white war horse (note the sarcastic use of dispensational terminology) and dispatch them in the name of God so we can "live free" here in America. But, its ok, in 20 years when the conquered people have just started to rebuild there shattered lives and families and we in America have forgotten about how vile and sinful and evil they were to hate America (Read: Christianity) then someone will have the "compassion" to see that they are dieing of starvation because they have no economy. Instead of looking back in history to determine why they have no economy (we destroyed it, remember?) we will send missionaries to save their souls so they to can be apart of Gods kingdom, they need not food but Jesus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-10205651692439236472008-10-08T16:53:00.000-04:002008-10-08T16:53:00.000-04:00Hi Wesley (and Brittany!),I wrote a post on one of...Hi Wesley (and Brittany!),<BR/>I wrote a post on one of my supplemental blogs that I started in regard to America's role in a globalizing world. It only deals with what you are talking about tangentially, but I think that it is important to think about ways that America can stop being so "American" in its thinking about how it deals with education.<BR/><BR/>My new blog is really a seperate blog that is chronicling my experiences as a student teacher and observer of American education and especially the disciplines of social science.<BR/><BR/>Here's the blog:<BR/>http://historyandtechnology136.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/english-language-learners-some-backwards-thinking/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-66028206318528817382008-10-08T16:49:00.000-04:002008-10-08T16:49:00.000-04:00Wes,I agree with you on the whole Darfur issue as ...Wes,<BR/>I agree with you on the whole Darfur issue as well. I think that America needs to find a way to help, rather than intervene. I definitely feel there is a significant difference. I just don't know how America would go about helping. Monetary aid is out of the question...it usually ends up in the wrong hands. Military aid, duh, causes more problems. It could create another Vietnam situation. <BR/><BR/>I feel that America is so blessed, and we need to share with the world and help them. NOT intervene. It is just hard to draw the line between help and intervention. If any of this makes sense. haha.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205170531139845299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-4014510835478619822008-10-08T14:15:00.000-04:002008-10-08T14:15:00.000-04:00Brit,You're right! Especially about the fact that ...Brit,<BR/>You're right! Especially about the fact that America often, by intervening, makes the situation worse. That's why it makes me nervous when either of the candidates, Obama or McCain, talk abut Darfur, a country for which I have been praying for a couple of years. I don't trust American intervention as the answer or the solution.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-47900640312982103882008-10-08T13:58:00.000-04:002008-10-08T13:58:00.000-04:00Wes,Great post. I totally agree with you. Historic...Wes,<BR/>Great post. I totally agree with you. Historically, America as a whole seems to think that they are the world's superhero and police force. What is ironic is that America is oftentimes the cause of problems. Or by intervening makes the situation worse. And I just completely lost my train of thought. So I guess that is all for now.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205170531139845299noreply@blogger.com