Capitalism and the Attack on the Imago Dei
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Wed Aug 17, 2016 at 02:51:51 PM EST

I joined this site today, having been linked here by Crooksandliars' Blog Roundup. I thought I'd put up something I put up previously on my Wordpress blog and also at the DailyKos. As will be obvious, this is something I wrote a while back, during the Wisconsin protests which greeted Governor Walker's attacks on unions.

If I may be so humble as to say, I think this article says some significant things. By and large, Image of God has been a neglected subject in Theology at least partly because it is nowhere defined in the Scripture. As I point out, though vaguely defined it is applied ethically. This ethical application should give Christians pause in their willingness to sign up for the whole Conservative agenda.

All men matter. You matter. I matter. It's the hardest thing in Theology to believe - GK Chesterton

Like many, I have been watching the events in Wisconsin unfold. We have similar things going on in my state of Ohio. In my circle of theologically conservative Christians, some have taken to declaring their support for the Governor by claiming his stand biblical and at the same time calling the Unions immoral and anti-Christian. As I look at the issues and the people, I find another force is at work. I f