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young pastors: anti-science views exact a heavy toll
Headline: “In the Latest Religious Battle, A Call to Arms for Mother Theresa.” Some Christians wanted the Empire State building to honor Mother Theresa’s 100th birthday by displaying white and blue lights on the building. The building managers said, “We don’t do that for religious figures.” The Catholic Anti-Defamation League called for a public protest. And this honored Mother Theresa? Shall we get a grip? It’s time to move beyond the communal instinct to “defend the faith” against the “attacks” of outsiders, and humbly consider what we’re doing to besmirch the gospel. What are we doing to place a millstone ’round the neck of those who might otherwise find their way to faith?
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