Internationally-renowned Christian minister, activist, diplomat, and Harvard Divinity School professor Rev. Charles Adams will be speaking at Occupy Boston today at 4:00 pm. He has been a consistent voice for the poor and marginalized, and we are honored to have him join us.
Here is a video of Rev. Adams delivering a prayer at the funeral service for Rosa Parks:
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6 Responses to “Rev. Charles Adams at Occupy Boston This Afternoon”
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Why are you mixing up Religion with this movement? We want to avoid being anything like the Tea party…. we want to leave ourselves open to all but with out totting any religion or religious convictions. Leave this movement Free, and unencumbered. Jezzz do not ruin a good thing. .
“Anything that separates us cannot be truth”
This is about everyone. You have already had many people speak, who others might have thought the same thing you are. You cannot allow one and not the other, or you are a club, not a movement for the people. There are religious people out there and probably among you who are feeling the same pain and suffering. No one should be excluded or made to feel excluded. As well, you should have some tea party people come speak as well. They also have been feeling the pain and suffering of this nation, this world. Why are you so afraid of being anything like the tea party. The day the tea party and occupy comes together will be the day that our voices will be stronger than ever! We need to rise above the separating. That is what the authority wants us to do. It is harder to fight against a group combined than a group divided. We are more then religion, party, class, race, etc. Until we start seeing the similarities within ourselves, we will not grow into what we have the ability to. Groupings only isolate us and make us weak. This movement is beyond you, beyond me, beyond anyone who even thinks they might be in charge.
Tea party is a joke. Simple. Religion needs to be kept out of the equation. It breeds what we are fighting. It excludes those who do not think as they do. With-in this movement is one of all backgrounds. Regardless of faith. It should be kept as so. If you are having a “Christian” have Muslim, Buddhism, Jewish…and all in-between, until such a time when all can get along and see eye to eye one should not be held above another.
Tea Party is what you see on biased establishment media. Have you ever had a working group with people who have tea party beliefs? Have you ever thought that they are human beings, who have probably some of the same concerns as many other people? Have you ever thought that the people in power create groups to keep us busy in the playpen while they continue their dirty work? Have you ever thought that you play right into their hands? You hand them the power when you go to your respectful corner and pretend certain people don’t count. This movement is bigger than you, it’s bigger than me, it’s bigger than the Tea Party, it’s bigger than the Socialists, the Anarchists, the Republicans, the Democrats, the Libertarians, Classes, Races, Religion, etc. The truth will prevail. I believe that. I myself, choose love and acceptance for all. No matter how hard it is sometimes.
While I agree that it may be difficult to maintain equilibrium while mixing religionistic forces with those that do not care for said religions, it may be enlightening for all.
Consider this: The movement is for all and none at the same time. We must work to be inclusive while at the same time denying a core focus that will capture the spirit of the movement.
Bogged down by the chains of description, the spirit will no longer be used to inspire anyone and everyone but will only be able to inspire those that conform to the description by which said spirit thusly is chained. Description, hence proscription, therefore, and ultimately, could be used against us by way of specialized focus and exclusionary tactics. We, obviously, do not want that.
Hence a religious focus. We can neither admit the hatred of religion among our ranks nor deny that their are some ultra religious among us.
To truly be the 99% we must structuralize ourselves in such a manner that we evade special, specific, and dangerous focus, instead remaining quite open to anything, so as not to be pidgeon holed and painted into a corner.
To conclude it seems that as such we much leave our options open.
i am not a christian but i respect others who find comfort in it. i can believe it to be wrong and still find place for it in the name of widespread reform.