so i'm trying not to throw my computer which i just listened to pastor maury davis rant on about our governor sending out his personal christmas cards with a portrait of an Afghanistan teenager that he met in a trip there. maury davis, i am not a fan of already, and listening to someone equate this personal action to sending klan cards on martin luther king's b'day is just insane broken logic (no ounce of theological understanding either).
He said, “Why can't we put a picture of Christ on there. Why do we live in a country that wants to push our nativity scenes out of the public marketplace? And then we want to promote the picture of an Islamic woman... on a...
“Can you imagine if the governor had sent a card on Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a picture of a Klansman on the front of it? It would be blood on the streets. It would be bad. If you put it in that perspective, it's an insult to the church of Jesus Christ,”said Pastor Davis.
He said he doesn't want to judge the governor and his intentions, but he believes the message may have become lost.
“Possibly he had good intentions; ‘We got to love people, that's the will of God’, but the message is convoluted and complicated,” he said.
Pastor Davis said the Islamic religion is an anti-Christian religion, and the governor’s attempt to combines both faiths in the form of a Christmas card failed.
“Both religions believe that their faith is right and the other one is wrong and what he's trying to say is, it doesn't matter what you believe, allbeliefs are equal... All beliefs are not equal,” said Pastor Davis.
pastor maury, if you don't want to judge then don't. if you do then you have to judge my Christmas card which has frosty the snow man and one of our wedding pictures. btw: i'd be happy to send blogger friends one if you send me your address. i think the governors intentions were good and meaningful to him. christmas cards are not a biblical issue, "thou shalt have a innately christian christmas card." they are well wishes from people showing some meaning and feeling one has towards the other. or, if you get my mothers it's a crammed one page synopsis of the year of dogs, family, friends, and more dogs. back to you pastor davis, i think your equation of holding the governor as pope or archbishop of tennessee churches is unfair & reactionary. he is our governing authority, not a spiritual authority. the man sent out a personal letter, that happens to be called Christmas cards, with an image that is etched into his soul. i don't see anything wrong with that, no one else should either.
