This week in the NJJN:
- NJ Dems see ‘work to do’ if Obama is nominee
- Is Agriprocessors the victim of Orthodox-bashing?
- Hall of Fame plans celebration of Hammerin’ Hank
- My column on McCain and Hagee:
The assumption here is that religious certainty is a sign of strength, and secularism and pluralism are signs of weakness or drift. But there is also strength in a lack of certainty. Humility about one’s ideas and convictions makes it easier to listen to someone else’s ideas and possibly learn something new. Hagee’s sermon was offensive because his certainty led him to ignore how his own words might be heard by the victims and survivors who don’t share his theology - and how bad ideas, however well intended, can be used to justify worse actions.
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