Yes, Viginia…There ARE Still Christians Who Actually Follow Their Christ

 

I maintain my gossamer-thin grip on social media, because I occasionally come across things that shine a tiny pinpoint of light into the bleakness of our American moral landscape.

This one appeared on Instagram today:

Pastor Dave, by the way, lives in Alabama… This maybe grants him more right than some to express outrage against the recent unbelievable Alabama Supreme Court ruling on human embryos.

For more of Dave’s rebuttal of the ruling, I recommend going to his blog and perusing his entry of Feb 22–“Undelivered Mail and the Image of God.” The piece is clearly written by a person highly educated in Christian theology. And, unfortunately, it employs more rational reasoning than any MAGAt—and apparently, any poorly chosen supreme court judge in Alabama—could possibly assimilate.

But it gave ME a little ray of hope, anyway…

Strong Women Melting Snowflake Men

 

 

People seem to think the anti-Taylor-Swift grumbling is a 21st-century, social-media-generated phenomenon.

I...think not.

I think strong female celebrities have been suffering indignities from "fragile" men for...well, forever.

Certainly as far back as Elizabeth I of England. The internet figures in only marginally.

Consider what these women of the 20th century were subjected to:

Eleanor Roosevelt--

She was vilified for acting so un-first-lady-like as to actually contrive to use her platform as a way to contribute positively to society in her own right.

Nancy Pelosi--

This woman has been made into the personification of everything evil that has befallen the USA in the past 20 years.  Because she dares to be female and an adroit politician. 

Barbra Streisand-- 

She was consistently labeled controlling and perfectionist.  In a man, those would be admirable qualities.  But they made Barbra Streisand a "bitch."

Jane Fonda--

I know seventy-year-old men who STILL freak out at the mention of her name.

Martha Stewart--

They put Martha Stewart in jail, for god's sake.  For having the extreme gall to do something that rich, powerful men had been getting away with forever.

 And the list goes on.

So, ladies...

We obviously still have A LOT of work to do.

Turn on the burners and let's work on those snowflakes.