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| Liberals now have their own âChristianâ organization (God help us) |
| 2005-06-22 |
| I am paraphrasing from the âChristian Allianceâ issues section on the website: Pursuing Economic Justice: Tax cuts Bad Bankruptcy Reform Bad The Government (Republicans) Spends money frivolously Responsible Environmental Stewardship for Today: The Government (Republicans) is wasting natural resources Equality for Gays and Lesbians (Come on you knew this was coming!): Gays pay taxes and deserve recognition from (and in) the church Effective Prevention vs. Criminalizing Abortion: Jesus would SUPPORT abortion and you should too Banning abortion INCREASES the likelihood of abortion Rightwing extremist (Republicans) are against Abortion because they are BAD Seeking Peace, Not War: George Bush rushed to war People Die in wars The un should take over Health Care for All Americans: Soak the rich and make them pay for it The Government (Republicans) is against health care and they are BAD The only way to truly describe this new website organization would be to call it the âReligious Side of Democratic Undergroundâ. The site is really sickening and funny at the same time. Itâs like somebody took left-wing ideal and placed a thin veneer of religion over them to mask the smell. The abortion issues forum is especially enlightening that they infer that Jesus would support abortion. I encourage everyone to contrast issues section with that of the Christian Coalition. For added nausea review the âpersonal storiesâ section. |
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge |
| #9 phil_b: In my direct experience most christians support leftwing positions. I guess this would be in churches where the pastor leads the congregation. Evangelical Christians I know view the pastor as merely a prayer leader and an organizer of church functions. These people tend to be very right-wing and will not take any crap from the pastor. They keep their own (conservative) counsel on religious matters. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-06-22 16:20 |
| #8 A typical Euro Christian, but not a typical American Christian. The absence of an established church means there is much more variety in religious options here, and the leftish main line churches are falling into disuse as are the established churches in Euroland. But the new chruches are growing like crazy and they tend to be conservative in theology and politics. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-06-22 16:02 |
| #7 In my direct experience most christians support leftwing positions. This is especially true in Europe and of the established religions. It's not entirely clear to me why the media equates rightwing = religious. I consider someone like Tony Blair a 'typical' christian. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-22 15:28 |
| #6 Considering the way in which the Democratic Party interprets democracy, I am not surprised that this is the way the Democrat "Christian Alliance" interprets Christianity. "Through the Looking Glass and off with the Republicans' heads" said the Mad Hatter. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-06-22 15:20 |
| #5 Christianity has been used for centuries to futher political goals. They will be successful to a certain degree with this - just like Jessie Jackson can promote racism under the banner of civil rights. But in the end - King's word lives on and Jackson is exposed for the fraud that he is. Stalin and Marx must be rolling over in their graves. They worked so hard to make Christianity synonymous with uncool and nut-bag. They were very sucessful doing this, mostly by ignoring Christianity as if it didn't exist - erasing it like political figures from their history books. Now the dems come along and reverse years and years of effective hard work. I've been to these churches they study all things spiritual and philosophical - except Christianity. The DC National Cathedral is a prime example. Check out their classes and you will see Buddhism, Hinduism, tree-worship and all things EXCEPT Christianity. They talk about saving the whales. Gotta be inclusive. Hey, go for it dems, clearly the concept of negative publicity escapes your grasp. You can't control all of the churches and in the end, lots of people will be exposed to Christ's teachings. People that would not have otherwise felt comfortable entering a church. As for perverting Christianity for the sake of ambition, power and money, nothing new to see here. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-22 14:39 |
| #4 You gotta love an organization that simutaneously declares that the government spends money frivolously, yet tax cuts are bad. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-06-22 14:34 |
| #3 Yes, Ptah! Wasn't it Jesus who said "Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me."? And, I always love Medved's (devout Jew) approach to the libs who cry you're not Christian if you don't support gov't handouts.... Jesus said "Sell all you have, give it to the poor and follow me. He didn't say Sell all you have, give it to Rome and then follow me and let the Romans figure how to take care of the poor." |
| Posted by: BA 2005-06-22 14:33 |
| #2 I guess they could call this the Atheist denonination. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-06-22 14:20 |
| #1 Jesus would not support abortion: he who saw into the hearts of his enemies is quite capable of seeing what happens to an unborn baby when it is getting aborted. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-06-22 13:41 |