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I've been a believer in Christ since my teen years. A representative from Amnesty International came to my high school and talked about prisoners of conscience. Then someone gave me the book "Food First" by Frances Moore Lappe (better known for Diet for a Small Planet). I've always tried to share a concern for social justice with my fellow believers, and I must say, in the last 5 years or so, it's been easier going. I've found that believers have an easier time accepting that Americanism is not the same as Christianity, even in this post-911 age. Sadly, the reason why this is so, is because America is more cynical all around. We are more apt to be sucpicious of EVERYTHING, including churches, government, Hollywood, liberals, conservatives, preachers, rock stars, Americans are more apt to believe the darkest and worst about everyone. If believers are "fed up with Bush," that doesn't mean they are running to Democrats for the alternative. Sadly, this tends to feed into the end-of-the-world beliefs that I also grew up with. There is very little optimism around that humans can make a better world, and, of course, for many Christians, that sentence "humans can make a better world," would be suspect (i.e. humanism). I find it quite a challenge to get believers to believe that we can make a difference on the world stage.
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