[...] absolutely excellent example of how to think theologically about something can be found on Dan Edelen’s blog Cerulean Sanctum.  His timing with this post is impeccable.  Instead of me giving some poor examples of how to [...]

[...] Dan over at Cerulean Sanctum makes a point that I fully agree with – just because something is a possibility doesn’t mean that is should be done. Dan says: “One of the most worldly concepts you’ll find in our culture is this idea that ‘because we can, we should.’ Name a moral failing or a political ambition and I’ll bet ‘because we can, we should’ empowers it . . . Christians are not immune to this mistake. In fact, we rationalize a lot of ‘because we can, we should’ under the guise of redeeming things. Kids love Saturday morning cartoons? Well, let’s make Christian cartoons! Your son wants an action figure? Why not give him a brand-spanking new Jesus action figure complete with a whip to drive out moneychangers and a glow-in-the-dark sword that springs out of his mouth to slay the wicked?” [...]

[...] Here’s a post at Cerulean Sanctum a while back that I wanted to write on, except…well, I hadn’t made the decision to start a blog then.  Now I have.  So here goes. One of the most worldly concepts you’ll find in our culture is this idea that “because we can, we should.” Name a moral failing or a political ambition and I’ll bet “because we can, we should” empowers it. Abortion and fetal tissue cultivation are the sick offspring of that thinking. You can probably come up with a million more. [...]

[...] Because We Can, We Should? “Christians are not immune to this mistake. In fact, we rationalize a lot of ‘because we can, we should’ under the guise of redeeming things. Kids love Saturday morning cartoons? Well, let’s make Christian cartoons! Your son wants an action figure? Why not give him a brand-spanking new Jesus action figure complete with a whip to drive out moneychangers and a glow-in-the-dark sword that springs out of his mouth to slay the wicked? “Almost all ‘Jesus junk’ hatches from ‘because we can, we should.’” HT: Amy [...]