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Originally Posted by timmgirvan
We're having a takeover by the Chistian Right?? Judging by the mid-term elections...I'd say it's not likely soon! There is SO much wrong with this story! Another hit piece on those dastardly Christians! FYI..the Dominion people have it skewed in many ways..principally that one can order God to keep true to His promises to the delight of the righteous!...That AIN'T how it works! There are charlatans in every line of work...funny how preachers and polititians come so readily to mind. I can't count the number of factions in the Christian faith...but getting them all together reminds me of the story about 'herding cats'. The writer is pretty mixed up to me. Accomplished as a reporter,but his tying regimes such as Hitler and Mussolini to the Christian movement is ludicrous at best....unless you're looking for some reason not to check out your reason for being on this planet! I don't support the Faith movement as such, nor the Name it/claim it clan or Benny Hinn and his voodoo! This writer went to Harvard Divinity School....In my 'neck of the woods' we call seminaries "cemetary's" because they usually kill your faith! Hopefully, most of you won't swallow this man's brew!
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Breathe, Timm, breathe. The Religious Right is not your average Christian; I'd certainly not consider you part of it, for example. This guy is not attacking Christianity- read his final sentence, for the love of Pete. But a well-financed, well-organized minority can accomplish quite a lot, and I think that's what he's warning about. As he says, the Albanians didn't think it could ever happen there, either.
Being of the female persuasion, I am not a fan of any religious movement pushing for power in the government, since most of those religions seem to also advocate women being barefoot and pregnant. And it's a secular nation that best protects everyone's opportunity to worship as they wish.
My father got his Master's at a seminary- he told me the seminary's philosophy was that it did everything it could to persuade the students that Christ was not the Son of God, because if, after all the evidence to the contrary, the seminary student still believed in Christ's divinity, then that student was of the right stuff to be a minister. Doubt is an intrinsic part of faith-- if something was certain, it wouldn't require faith. I don't need to have faith that 2+2=4. It does. Belief in God requires faith. It's not wrong for a seminary to address doubt. It's part of the journey.
Faith without doubt leads one to believe that, oh, God is talking to one, and saying that He wants one to be President. And we see how well that works out. Bush could do with a little doubt, if you ask me. It's humbling.