What a lovely mosaic commemorating the 50th anniversary of Peace Lutheran (ELCA) Church in Danville, CA. It'd be a nice mosaic if it were on a public libarary or something, but not so.
According to Thrivent magazine, they "wanted something to capture a sense of the history of our congregations. . .and something that would covey the spirit we're being led to in the future." Okay, fine. Notice the multi-religious symbols represented in the mosaic. The open circle in the middle is for "interchangable, two-foot-wide pieces created by each faith community for display on their holy days." There are Christian, Jewish, etc. interchangable pieces.
I don't understand why a church would, in effect, say through their artwork that any religion is valid. This is what this church is doing. They are making every other religion equal to Christianity. I know there are plenty of people in the world who believe that each religion is equal. Personally, I don't. The question I ask is this: If you belive that all religions are equal, why choose one? It makes me wonder what else this church believes, teaches, and confesses.
Your Thrivent funds at work.
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The use of our Thrivent funds to promote this idiocy is a good example of what happens when the church becomes politicized. The currency becomes power rather than ideas. "Fairness" becomes the watchword rather than truth.
In so many ways, confessional Lutherans need to recreate our own culture as it is being taken away from us by our own Lutheran elites. I see this happening with things like Higher Things, Good Shepherd Institute, Brothers of John the Steadfast, and Lutheran Heritage Foundation. Looks like eventually we'll need a fraternal assurance organization as well!
So much for being IN the world but not OF it.
AAL and LB should have stayed separate--not that it might have made things better.
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