Clinton to Speak at Church on America's Spiritual, Moral and Democratic Values

The Riverside Church Website ^ | 8-28-04 | The Riverside Church NYC

[Moomah]

Former President, William J. Clinton will address the congregation during the worship service on Sunday, August, 29, 2004. Dr. Forbes will introduce Mr. Clinton as part of an anouncement about the current Mobilization 2004 campaign to recover America's spiritual, moral and democratic values. United States Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton will also attend the service.

[Lynda]

Is this a joke?

[clintonh8r]

This is a good example of why I no longer participate in organized Christianity....

[doug from upland]

I guess that they won't be talking about the BJ in the Oval Office right after Easter Service, huh?

[sweetliberty]

A demonRAT politicking speaking in church on subjects of which he knows nothing to people who are too stupid to notice.

[sweetliberty]

Well, isn't this special?

[cyborg]

Ah it's one of those churches that believe in holy boy foot worship.

[VOA]

James 2:19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:
the devils also believe, and tremble.


That last part of the verse always comes to mind when I'd see photos/video of The Clintons going to church.
Except they never seem to tremble.

[mountaineer]

Kerry sizes up Clinton. "No wait, I'm overestimating a tad ..."

[SteveAustin]

Someone needs to bookmark this event for future use when the IRS and the "Rev." Barry Lynn start getting all uppity about conservative churches preaching conservative agendas.

Christian Coalition voter guides and sermons on moral decay seem to always be lambasted as some sort of reason to revoke the nonprofit status of many conservative churches. But, in reality the Democratic party uses "Church" as a voter drive platform more than the GOP.

[sweetliberty]

"Some people just value an intern dropping to their knees and paying lip service to the head of state."

YOU! GO TO YOUR ROOM! Now I'm going to be trying to shake that image all day.

[NoBullZone]

I think we should DEMAND that its tax-exempt status be reviewed. Lets start an email campaign to the IRS demanding that they enforce the law!

[Right_in_Virginia]

I don't even know where to start. .. this has truly left me speechless.

Ditto. Words simply fail me.

[NoBullZone]

This from the Riverside Church website:
President Clinton
Former President, William J. Clinton will address the congregation during the worship service on Sunday, August, 29, 2004. Dr. Forbes will introduce Mr. Clinton as part of an anouncement about the current Mobilization 2004 campaign to recover America's spiritual, moral and democratic values. United States Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton will also attend the service.

If Mobilization 2004 is a partisan political effort, as I suspect it is (the website for that is conveniently "unavailable") this is a blantant violation of IRS regulations, not to mention a flouting of the seperation of church and state the liberals always scream about when conservatives want to limit infanticide or homosexual marriage!

[sweetliberty]

"Have they hired anyone to service him while he's speaking?"

That conjures up the hooker under the podium scene from Police Academy. Hooker under the pulpit?

[sweetliberty]

"Be VERY wary of churches that describe themselves without a single reference to Christ."

Amen. And I expect we'll be seeing more and more of them over the next few years.

[sweetliberty]

How did you know your post to their guest book was rejected?

[blue-duncan]

Even the Onion would not have offered this offal. The prophecies of Jeremiah are coming to pass before our eyes, "and the people love it"!!

[sweetliberty]

Nauseating.

[sweetliberty]

"“The Reverend” Jessie Jackson and his mistress taught Bill Clinton all about morals when Slick was caught in the Monica thing."

Ah yes, the Reverend Hypocrite .Jackass . Jackson did give Bill spiritual direction, didn't he?

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[newgeezer]

Be VERY wary of churches that describe themselves without a single reference to Christ.

Well, to be fair, as I was searching high and low for anything resembling a statement of beliefs, I noticed that the mission statement says, "The Riverside Church seeks to be a community of faith. Its members are united in the worship of God known in Jesus, the Christ, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The mission of The Riverside Church is to serve God through word and witness; to treat all human beings as sisters and brothers; and to foster responsible stewardship of all God’s creation."

But, that's it. No statement of beliefs that I could find. They might as well be Universalist/Unitarian. You know, the "we all worship the same god" crowd.