tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194451.post112783576802879874..comments2023-08-19T08:24:55.745-07:00Comments on In the Belly of the Whale: JuxtapositionsBob Ramseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01195107133942667536noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194451.post-1127921254220272662005-09-28T08:27:00.000-07:002005-09-28T08:27:00.000-07:00Thanks for visiting, Joahn, and hello again to you...Thanks for visiting, Joahn, and hello again to you, too.<BR/><BR/>I live in the far part of the near suburbs of LA, which means I get my magazines late - the <I>New Yorker</I> arrives anywhere between Thursday and the following Monday - so I haven't received the latest <I>CT</I>.<BR/><BR/>But I did see the latest cover on the website, and "OH, my goodness!". It's awful! Your critique is spot on. I view this as simply one more symptom of the tone deafness of the Evangelical community. Or at least I hope it's tone deafness. My fear is that many in our community <I>like</I> pushing those buttons, and see their insensitivity as a badge of honor.Bob Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195107133942667536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194451.post-1127883773234218242005-09-27T22:02:00.000-07:002005-09-27T22:02:00.000-07:00The new Christianity Today issue arrived at our ho...The new <EM>Christianity Today</EM> issue arrived at our house ... um ... <EM>today</EM>. I didn't see what book I put it on top of (probably my unsolicited issue of <EM>Cruise Travel</EM>) but if anyone of color visits me, I am going to put something on top of that magazine. The first impression that the cover gives is that what those teeming crowds of black people in Africa need is a pair of white people to save them. That's probably far from the complex reality of the Warrens' foray into Rwanda. Human beings are human beings, and should never hesitate to visit each other across any boundaries whatever, even risking looking foolish, in the service of compassion. But, oh, what a photo.<BR/><BR/>I had a similar reaction to an APU ad, "Now that's an education," in the December <EM>Campus Life</EM>. Part of me burns with a weariness of the Third World being depicted as a stage for white heroism; at the same time I do want these students to see the world as it is.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your thoughtful blog. And hello again!Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8194451.post-1127836049770026132005-09-27T08:47:00.000-07:002005-09-27T08:47:00.000-07:00thanks for giving me some books to look up at the ...thanks for giving me some books to look up at the libraryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com