{"id":225,"date":"2009-02-17T08:07:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T08:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-day-31.html"},"modified":"2009-02-17T08:07:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T08:07:03","slug":"comment-of-the-day-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-day-31.html","title":{"rendered":"Comment of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks, Brian, for this response to Mrs. Darwin Would Be Proud<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Octavia Butler has written a couple of wonderful books called The
\nParable of the Sower<\/i><\/a> and The Parable of the Talents<\/i><\/a>. In these books she
\nincludes poetry about an emerging, evolutionary theology. Here is one
\nof these poems: <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

All that you touch,
\nYou Change.
\nAll that you Change,
\nChanges you.
\nThe only lasting truth
\nIs Change.
\nGod
\nIs Change. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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