THANK GOD, ALMIGHTY, FOR THE BLACK CHURCH IN AMERICA!
Today's racial beansprout, James Tarranto, taking up the WSJ's caustic 'question' hour, starts in with, "Isn't racial antagonism in black churches a prime obstacle to reconciliation?"
It's so easy, that, right?
Here, let me try: Weren't the Jews a prime obstacle to harmonious co-existence in pre-holocaust Germany, I wonder? The poor Tsars. Didn't the serfs understand it was the best of all possible worlds, already?
Is it the Christian way to seek reconciliation by starting out by labeling someone or other as an "antagonist"? Just asking. At the WSJ, they have the Law, so maybe they could be so kind...
Meanwhile, thank God for the black church in America and for its praise.
Can you imagine what American history might have looked like if black theology had turned out anyone looking like what comes into the ranks of the Taliban or al-qa'ida?
Truly, we have all been blessed by the presence and guidance of the black church, that allowed people to give their anger up to God, as much as anything.
It's not the whole story, but's it has to be the largest part, by far.
Item (for Sir Taranto of Amnesia):
Nearly 40 fires of suspicious origin at black churches in the last 18 months, including the January 1, 1995, fire at the Bluff Road United Methodist Church in Columbia, S. C., on Wednesday, June 12.
Totally different context, not comparable, but also with an interesting insight into passage of time:
Israel, in turn, paid Merkel an extraordinary tribute by inviting her to speak in the Knesset, a prerogative usually reserved for heads of state. But the symbolic meaning of the absence of several Knesset members - because she spoke in German - was also clear: Not all is normal, especially as survivors of the German atrocities, many of whom were children at the time, are still alive.
One should look to the future. But the past must be remembered, and for this symbolic acts are important.
