I was recently selected as the winner of Jake Bouma’s Out of Context Theology Contest.
(applause.)
The contest awarded the funniest out of context quote from a Christian/theologian/philosopher. The winner (me!) received a copy of Tony Jones’s The New Christians.
You can see the winning quote, taken from Stanley Hauerwas (surprise!), at Jake Bouma’s blog.
National politics is like the Roman circus in first century Rome. It is entertainment to keep us distracted from the real issues.
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again… more
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Oh, Scott… it shouldn’t take a silly contest for you to know that you’re a winner!
Congrats Scott!
No one takes things out of context like you!!!! :)
with much admiration,
Aaron
I think you won just because you swore, you bastard. Anyway, its a great quote, and I like to think it sums me up pretty well, not that I would put myself on Hauerwas’ level. But it does speak to the tension of hypocrisy that I see in myself pursuing a path of pacifism. Cheers