I listened to this guy on a talk show last evening. Kind of blew my mind in terms of his approach to living life here in America. I was greatly impressed by the purity of his convictions and spiritual/philosophical takes. He spent a lot of time with Mother Teresa. I mean, how could he NOT be affected in a positive way? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Claiborne He also help found The Simple Way in Philadelphia: https://www.thesimpleway.org/about
Kind of unrelated, but the story of him "meeting" Mother Teresa sounds a little suspect. He claims they called India, and she answered in English (not her native tongue). You ever hear the expression "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"? Him meeting Mother Teresa sounds very much too good to be true.
BTW, Shane is absolutely against the death penalty and also thinks Trump is bad for America. I'm still leaving my options open for the Azores!
BS is BS, regardless of whether or not someone agrees with me or not. Him being against the death penalty and thinking Trump is bad for the US doesn't mean I'm going to put away my BS detectors. Nor does it all the sudden make his story seem realistic.
You really have to work on your bullshit detector, it's a skill to have in life. you won't fall for stupid shit you see online and pass it off as though it's true. You also need to work on not making this about yourself. But sure, if you are the one who brings up something (you brought up that he worked with MT), but someone says "woah hold on, that doesn't sound like it's actually true", then yes, maybe you should look into it. I'm not saying it's impossible that he met her, and worked with her. But usually when you give vague details about a story, or semi-outlandish details (they called her and she magically picked up the phone, and weirdly enough, answered in English), there's a reason why. And that reason why is usually that you're bullshitting people. Politicians do it all the time, so do con men. Most people don't want to actually do any of the research to find out if someone is lying to them. It's akin to the confirmation bias. You see someone who has a similar belief system as you (in this case, the guy is religious, as are you) and you probably believe he would never lie. I see doing that as no different than all the TV evangelists who make up stories of "miracles" or politicians who get "letters from Jim, from South Carolina" who has some sappy ass story. You're right. We do know where I stand, and where I stand is on the ground with the other people who don't like people who lie to other people, and take advantage of other people who themselves wouldn't ever lie.
"Trump, Trump, Trump" ... hmm: Sounds your plumbing makes just before the sewer pipe breaks. Sounds your neighbors make when they're a bit too enthusiastic about their amorous activities. Sounds the garbage truck makes when it's compressing a particularly nasty pile of trash.
Did you happen to see the video as to what they're doing in Philly? Like I said, he was on a radio show that I enjoy and had a compelling message. It's why I took the 20 seconds to wiki the dude. Perhaps you don't mean to be contrarian, but you're coming across that way to me. Therefore, I don't feel the need to prove anything to you. Carry on.
