tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post8151017955169607155..comments2023-10-28T02:59:37.028-07:00Comments on E m e r g i n g ...Q u a k e r i s m ..L i t e r a t u r e ..R e l i g i o n ... L i f e: Claiborne: demonic suburbs?Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-4429687213897274992008-05-01T07:10:00.000-07:002008-05-01T07:10:00.000-07:00I don't know about Shane C., but have you ever not...I don't know about Shane C., but have you ever noticed that it is always white, educated, middle-class people who have such distain for the "suburbs" and other people exactly like themselves? What is that about? Maybe I am missing the point, but I think complacency, spiritual laziness and hypocrisy can bloom anywhere and everywhere. Saying Satan is is the suburbs seems judgemental, self-hating and silly to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-41153286628071570582008-04-30T22:04:00.000-07:002008-04-30T22:04:00.000-07:00Well, if the suburbs distract us from the call of ...Well, if the suburbs distract us from the call of the gospel (to love the least of these), then isn't it a perfectly simple and hidden tool of Satan? At first that statement seems over-the-top, but isn't that exactly how the Evil One would operate?<BR/><BR/>Complacency is a powerful tool.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707842007186123726noreply@blogger.com