Posted on 07/01/2017 8:39:47 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Can you be a Christian and a politician? I'm not talking about a fundamentalist who would seek to apply Biblical precepts across all of society. I'm talking about a "moderate" Christian, one who knows how to distinguish between the moral principles that rule his life and the secular values that rule the life of the wider community.......
Machiavelli's response to this question was brutal: No, there isn't. And to cite Isaiah Berlin's interpretation of Machiavelli: Christianity is an estimable religion, admirable even. But works only for private matters........
We're all sinners.
Or rather, I do not. Because the initial question came up recently with the resignation of Tim Farron as leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats. Everything has already been said about the British general election: the collapse of the Conservatives, the spectacular resurrection of the Labour party. But what about Farron's fate?
An evangelical Christian, Farron has conservative views on certain social matters. Like homosexuality, like abortion. Let's start with the first one. Is homosexuality a sin? The question was first put to Farron in 2015 and he answered: "We're all sinners." Such a show of humility wasn't enough. During the recent campaign, the question returned to haunt him and Farron tried to put the controversy to rest. No, homosexuality isn't a sin, he said.
That wasn't enough either. If homosexuality wasn't a sin, why did it take so long for him to acknowledge it?
Not to mention abortion. The Guardian found an interview in which Farron said that "abortion is wrong." This astonishing statement, unprecedented in the history of humankind, provoked a similar storm.
So, are Farron's opinions right or wrong?
(Excerpt) Read more at worldcrunch.com ...
A very well written article about the intolerance of the liberal, tolerant left.
“So, are Farron’s opinions right or wrong?”
Opinions are neither right or wrong. Facts are. This is the difference between reporting and editorializing that modern journalism seems to have forgotten.
I think Farron’s statements are wrong on homosexuality and abortion. I don’t think this is what he believes, but were made due to the political climate. Even though he buckled, it did not save him from the leftists.
Off topic, but is FR screwed up again.
The Democrat Thug Party.
What’s the prob? You can only post on short threads... lol
Change your account preference to limit the results to 20. Worked for me.
For me it has been. Not getting full page even when set to 20
Spotty. Hit or miss. May choke soon.
English Christian progressive. One of these things does not belong with the others.
If you lie down with dogs, don’t be surprised if you get fleas.
Once you decide to violate your core beliefs to accommodate some one else, their next complaint will be you didn’t accommodate them soon enough or that your late acquiescence means you are insufficently pure ideologically and will always be suspect.
You are better off just standing on morally sound principals and truths.
"I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits....
Shall we not have regular swarms of them here, in as many disguises as only a king
of the gipsies can assume, dressed as printers, publishers, writers and schoolmasters?
If ever there was a body of men who merited damnation on earth and in Hell,
it is this society of Loyola’s.
Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religious toleration
to offer them an asylum."--John Adams to Thomas Jefferson; May, 1816
>>No, homosexuality isn’t a sin, he said.
What does he think “abomination” and “due penalty” mean?
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