swcollings

I grew up in an evangelical nondenom tradition. I've since found Anglicanism, and I've been working to understand the broader discussions of Christian history. I've recently become sold on the idea that Bishops are super-important.

Christianity in America is largely of the "literally anyone can open a Church and teach whatever crap they make up and there's no authority to contradict them" variety. Naturally that results in a fake god that blesses the actions those random pastors already chose. Thus, evangelical Christianity in America, which broadly resembles Christ not at all.

In the classical Church tradition there are specific people whose sole purpose is to ensure the Church keeps teaching the things it has always taught. Those people are called bishops. And Bishop Budde of the Episcopal Church is an example of why that system works while others have failed so miserably. She keeps the faith, in the very literal sense that she protects and shepherds it.

Some may have problems with her being a woman or SGM-affirming, but that's beside my point. This is a person doing something Bishops were always meant to do, and (at least in the recent areas of discussion) doing it extremely well.

Episcopal oversight FTW.

This movie is terrible. But upon reflection today, the premise is actually fascinating. Superman has the best kind of Superman crisis, caused by the limits he places on himself. He has the power to remove all nuclear weapons from the world, but should he? This is the kind of thing Lex Luthor could sound very reasonable to be concerned about: what's Superman going to do next? Throw all bombers into the sun? Ground entire airforces? Ban armies? Why is it okay that Superman is *unilaterally *making this decision?

Of course at this point the movie turns into the bad kind of Superman movie, one where his problems can be solved by sufficient punching.

And then after all the stupid we get this:

I thought I could give you all the gift of the freedom from war, but I was wrong. It’s not mine to give. And there will be peace – there will be peace when the people of this world want it so badly that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them.

I suppose Israel and Hamas made me think of this.