One of the things I got from my grade school education (and I’ll probably write something more detailed on that at some point) is an appreciation for the fact that often, when two people arrive at the same conclusion from completely opposite viewpoints, there’s probably a deeper truth at work that may be beyond either one of those understandings, but they’re probably on the right track.
I got that feeling when I read this recent entry from Gregg Easterbrook’s blog today. The idea of forming a moral opinion on something based on scripture is, basically foreign to me, but when I back when I did read the bible, the overwhelming concept driving the teachings of Christ always seemed to me to be completely antithetical to the kind of stupidity and hate mongering so frequently done In His Name.
His football column is also good.