# “My Problem with Christianism”
Christianity, Fundamentalism @ 27 February 2008
Andrew Sullivan, one of my favorite bloggers/writers, has a great article at Time.com on Christianity in America. It’s worth the read. Check it out here.
(HT: My cousin Colleen)
February 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I don’t have any problem with people saying that Jesus isn’t on the side of the Republicans, I agree with that. But when Sullivan makes statements about the “unknowable” God, and that we can’t know what God’s will is, that spells the end of Christianity, for Christianity is all about God being made known in Christ.
And before the pendulum swings, I’m not saying that we can know God’s will completely, perfectly, or infallibly, but if we can’t know it at all, then we’ve left the realm of Christianity and entered the realm of agnosticism.
thanks for letting me throw down my two cents.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I don’t think Sullivan is meaning to say that we can’t know God’s will at all. After all, he is a dedicated and practicing Catholic. We have to have a sense that whatever God we choose to follow is worth following. We have various ways of piecing together a picture of who our God is, but there is so much we can’t comprehend. And in the end, I think the kind of Christian faith Sullivan is pointing towards is one where the importance isn’t placed on what we know for certain about God but if our faith in God and our convictions that are born out of that faith bring grace, love, and peace to the world around us.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
That’s a great article.
While certain phrases he used (such as “God is ultimately unknowable”) could be debated from a theological perspective, my impression is that he is saying it is wrong to define God in terms of a single political ideology.
Actually, there is one social issue on which the Scriptures make God’s position quite clear, with no ambiguity: how we should respond to suffering, to poverty, and to injustice. It’s in the Pentateuch, it’s in the prophets, it’s in the gospels, it’s in the epistles.
It is here that the “battle lines” have been drawn, it is here that the church needs to direct its focus. Unfortunately, much of the Christian voting block has ignored this issue that is central to the heart of God, allowing, instead, the likes of Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh to define what really matters.