I find it hard to believe that a very clear theological statement pregnant with a Pandora's box of theological meaning is not making a theological assertion. In a discussion here Mollie decides that her inclusion of clearly theological statement is not a theological statement perhaps pursuant to the content Get Religion itself. Yet it is clear that the blog makes theological statements and assertions on a continual basis. This is about as clear a case in point as one can find.
In the discussion she says:
I never actually argued for or against any theological position on homosexuality. (#22)
Actually, I never once argued in favor of one theological position or another. (#37)
Yet in the post she says:
Now, I know that many (all?) of the mainstream media believe with their heart, mind and soul in the inherent goodness of homosexuality and badness of the church’s teaching that homosexuality is not what God wants for us. But let’s just go with a thought experiment.
Pick something else that Scriptures teach is a deviation from God’s will. Anything will do, really, but let’s take an easy one from the Ten Commandments — “lying.”
Yet somehow this is an objective statement about "journalism"? No matter what friendly wrapping you may put around any statement attempting to discern "what God wants for us" it is inherently theological. This is so obviously disingenuous it is quite hard to understand how the obvious was missed in the entire discourse this weekend.
However, I think it reveals what "Get Religion" truly serves. It functions as a counter to the much maligned "liberal mainstream media" that reports religion. It is not that the media does not "get" religion, it is that they do not report religion in a very conservative friendly language, allegedly. Perhaps that is true and worth a discussion on its own merit. But to bait and switch objectivity with a clear ideological and theological position boils to absurdity – at least in this case. I hope more people can see this for what it actually is regardless of the brand that the contributors are trying to create.
And, mercifully, thus ends my last blow to this farce.
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