Yesterday, I got caught up in trying unsuccessfully to fax to my doctor’s office, and ended up failing to schedule these posts. I do apologize. I finally have reached them by phone – i left amessage and it was promptly returned. I am actually feeling much better today but I did describe the side pain, so maybe I’ll learn something. I will have everything up in time for tomorrow.
Cartoon
Short Takes –
Democratic Underground (kpete) – An open letter to Jimmy Carter from Michael Moore.
Quote – The news last weekend that you’ve decided to enter hospice — an “end of life” hospice as the news reports called it — was devastating. I broke down and cried. People will say that at 98 years old you’ve been blessed to live such a long life. And of course, that is true. But I’m not crying over you. I’m crying for us. We need 10,000 more of you, not one less as you leave us. Pundits will continue to “explain” and misunderstand your presidency. The Right despises you because you’re the Christian they fake-claim to be themselves. You’ve lived like a true Christian — humble, kind, forgiving, and always making sure your actions matched your words. You could have had a lucrative post-presidency, raking in the big bucks by sitting on corporate boards and investing in growth capitalism (greed).
Click through for full letter. He really speaks for all of us, IMO.
Keith Giles – The 6 Genders According To The Talmud and Biological Science
Quote – Both scientists and ancient Jewish texts agree that there are 6 different human gender types. Let’s start with the Ancient Jewish sources since, for most Conservative Evangelical Christians, the Jewish religious sources are likely to be more credible. Let’s start with the Jewish Mishnah…. The Mishnah identifies 6 different categories that include the binary “Male” and “Female” but also 4 other types that fall in between that spectrum.
Click through. I’m stretching a bit here, including Gender History under Women’s History. But I believe that’s appropriate. Certainly irrational prejudices based on gender go way beyong pure misogyny. Some sources read eight genders, some read six, and C.S. Lewis referred to seven genders, so maybe he was familiar with both and took an average. Most people of faith, even the crazies, usually concede that “what God does is well done.” What they don’t get, and need to, is that multiple variations on gender are “a thing that God does.”
Food For Thought
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.