Posted on 06/15/2006 9:24:11 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Former President Bill Clinton praised evangelical Christians on Thursday for their recent efforts on global warming and debt relief for poor nations and said he sees growing understanding between people of different faiths.
Clinton made the remarks while accepting an award from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. He said that as president he had "a consuming interest in the intersection of religion and politics."
He said evangelicals, few of whom voted for him, "were instrumental in the biggest debt relief initiative in history in my last year as president because they believed in the admonition of the Scripture to alleviate the burdens of the poor."
Clinton also noted the publication earlier this year of "Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action," which was signed by many leading conservative Christians and which frames environmental protection as a Christian imperative.
The mission of the New York-based Tanenbaum Center is "to defuse verbal and physical violence perpetrated in the name of religion" worldwide, according to the group's Web site.
Clinton, speaking at the group's awards luncheon, said religion is a problem for both liberals and conservatives in the United States.
"For people in America who are a part of my political tradition, our great sin has often been ignoring religion or denying its power or refusing to engage it because it seemed hostile to us," he said. "For ... the so-called Christian right and its allies, their great sin has been believing they were in full possession of the truth."
Clinton, a Southern Baptist, noted that there was once a resolution at his denomination's convention to expel his church because of his positions in favor of abortion rights and gay rights. It failed.
I can't tell you how much Clintoon sickens me...
SOUTHERN Baptists appear (to me) to be commies.....with apologies to anyone here who is a Southern Baptist and can educate me....
He's speaking as an expert.
Bill is just trying to give the dems some talking points that may be of consequense in the elections.
He knows theyve got bupkis
And here all along I thought he had a "consuming interest in the intersection of the Presidency and interns."
I have the feeling that you are beyond education.
For so-called ex-President's who question the meaning of what "is" is.....it's a bit hard to except his definition of "truth".
"He said that as president he had "a consuming interest in the intersection of religion and politics."
I bet you did Bill. This guy is pathological.
Do my eyes deceive me, but is Billy Bob in agreement with Ms. Coulter? Tell me it can't be.
Funny...he didn't mention Jesus or God just global warming and other suck tripe.
what a load of BS! I see more knowit alls on the left than I've ever seen on the right.
DemonRats have their Religion, it is called Liberalism. They have sacrificed millions of babies to that worship.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Ah yes. If your religion calls for you to stop abortion, you are violating the separation of church and state that is enshrined in the Constitution (at least, liberals are certain that it is. They aren't quite sure WHERE, but anyway...) However, if your religion calls for you to tax the rich out of existence to feed, educate, clothe, house, employ, and heal the poor... particularly if they're here illegally... then you're just a compassionate, enlightened individual who understands what Christianity is REALLY all about.
Caught me with that one.......
LOL!
"He said that as president he had "a consuming interest in the intersection of religion and politics."
LOL always praying he'd never get caught with Lewinsky and hoping everyone would forgive him.
BILL CLINTON (day-dreaming): Gosh, when I think of religion I think of all the luscious babes I've met in churches all over this great land..... mmmmm, mmmmmm, there's nothing like pretending to be a man of fervent faith, yet frail and struggling with sin, that gets some of my favorite cupcakes aroused for me...... ah, yes, religion is great thing, it's brought me so much ecstasy and the best thing about it is I can never think of Hillary when I'm in church because I only associate her with the infernal regions.......
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