By Doyle Srader
This morning I was looking at the “Bibles for Haiti” meme. It’s the one where the pudgy white man is handing a Bible to an underwhelmed Black woman, and the caption reads, “Thank you, this looks delicious.” And I think it makes a solid point.
I’m a lifelong Baptist, a Sunday school teacher, and I work for a Christian employer, so I’ve been in a position from time to time to see some truly clumsy and misguided behavior by my Christian sisters and brothers. I fully agree that it’s indefensible to proselytize people whose basic needs are not getting met: It’s cruel, and it’s an utter waste of time.
And yes, yet again, I am making a point about the anti-Trump protests.
There are a lot of frustrated residents of Eugene who channel their discontent into mocking and insulting