Via the Corner comes news that the Presbyterian Church (USA) is suggesting that individual parishes can rename the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit -- the Trinity -- so as not to offend 21st-century Americans. Here are some of the alternative labels:
Mother, Child and Womb
Rock, Redeemer, Friend
Lover, Beloved, Love
Creator, Savior, Sanctifier
Ten years from now, they'll be proposing "Groucho, Chico and Harpo" with a straight face, so as not to marginalize the Slapstick-American community.
Ah, liberal Christianity
Monday June 19, 2006
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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