Seems I come by it honestly. The priest who baptized me and was a profound influence on me and my family as we all grew up together has started a bit of a holy war in Virginia Beach. Not that that's anything unusual. He left our parish in the mid 70's - but he's remained a lifelong friend to all of us. While I wouldn't presume to get into the theology behind all this, I was struck by the level of outrage all around.
So here's the original article about the Congressional prayer caucus. And here's TQ's letter to editor about it.
My favorite quote from the article: "It’s about whether this person as an individual believes God is the only hope for this country’s future – not Washington, D.C., but God," Jones said. It reminds me of an old joke: a man of strong faith is drowning and starts praying. A boat comes by but the man waves them off saying "God will save me." Just as he's about to go under for the final time, a second boat comes by but again he declines the help, saying: "God will save me." So he drowns. And when he comes before God he asks "why didn't you save me?" God looks at him and says: "I sent you two boats. What more did you want?" But I digress.
Quinlan's outrage obviously upset the conservative bloggers at BearingDrift. Quinlan may be a lot of things, but he's no heretic. And he's taught me things about faith and honesty and integrity and generosity that will last me a lifetime. So he doesn't mince words. There isn't anything factually incorrect about what he says - and to attack him for his opinion on the most personal level is unforgivable.
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