Agitation
Reading about “Doing Justice” by Denis Jacobsen, he moves from power, self-interest, forming a good relationship, and then goes into agitation, how Jesus agitated his friends. Now I remember how I agitated you. It is my prophetic role to enable justice through you, but I have lost it so here is a new agitation to those who are fundamentalist; here are some myths I agitate in you. Because I declare that I am liberal here are my pointers in response to your myths. Then when I did that, I saw the line to my own fundamental faith:
Fundi Myths (not true
- God is One.
- God judges and retributes.
- God prefers heterosexuals, males, and violence.
- The bible is the Word of God.
- Prayer is the sole prerogative of Christians.
- Politics and religion do not mix (and economics).
- God prefers the law.
Liberal truths (but not true)
- God is divine multiplication
- God is inclusive and restorative
- God is non-hierarchal, non-violent and non-binary
- Many bibles (scriptures) are the words of God
- Prayer is encounter with the divine mystery; a thinking action and contemplation for gracious action
- Grace, above the law, in politics, economics, the nation, the law and religion lead to joy
- God enjoys humanity in grace: forgiving, empowering and setting people and nature free.
My Fundi Faith (true for me)
- I trust God (divine multiplication) is Jewish, Muslim and Hindu but in my experience is Creative Power (Father), Saving Love (Jesus) and Ecstatic Transformation (the Holy Spirit).
- God is the source of all power, expressed in love, formed by justice.
- Heaven is free (creative power) for all forms of faith; it begins now with joy.
- I trust that the act by God (divine multiplication) killing God on the cross sets me, and the world, free (saving love)
- God raised God in the resurrection God empowers us by God’s Spirit (ecstatic transformation) with grace to enjoy heaven
- Heaven overcomes idolatry, ideology and demons with joy so that money, sex and power are useful
