25 October 2006

Day of Apology

At bible study, there was some talk of a campaign that a particular christian group did, at some University campus. During that "drunk weekend" they set up confession booths at their university, and instead of arguing, judging, or justifying, simply apologized to everyone who came in. For everything. Ever.

The Crusades, turning scripture into business, turning people away from the church, making people feel like they needed to be better for God to love them.

I want to do that here. I imagine a person standing on the University campus with a big sign that says "Sorry," and all around them on the ground, written in chaulk, all the things the Church has to be sorry for.

I've also discovered that the SASF/Chi Alpha room is just down the hall from the Homosexual, Bisexual, Transgender room. How can we as a group apologize to these people on behalf of the church? Because like it or not, Christians have hated them, and that needs to be made up for.

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