[alloysteel]

"Christian leftist" comes very close to being an oxymoron.

Left in politics indicates a predilection to socialistic policies, with an almost religious adherence to those ultimate goals. When this much religious fervor is poured into the mechanics of administration of social reformation, there is blessed little left to direct toward the salvation of men's souls.

Islam becomes merely a "moral equivalent" of Judaism or Christianity, which in the end, shall be equally despised by the dedicated socialist. But on the short term, the Left can make common cause with Islam, if that means hastening the end of dominance by Christian and Jews in Western elected representative republics.

There are two wars going on right now, one for the preservation of historical definitions of freedom and human dignity, and another for our very souls. We cannot afford to lose either.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

"Yet, in this same quarter century when the U.S. military has been so busy it is said to be overstretched and exhausted, Iran has invaded not one neighbor and fought but one war: an 8-year war with Iraq where she was the victim of aggression. And in that war of aggression against Iran, we supported the aggressor.


Hence, when Iran says that even as we have grievances against her, she has grievances against us, does Iran not have at least a small point? And when Russian President Putin calls Bush's America "Comrade Wolf," does he not have at least a small patch of ground on which to stand?"

There appears to be a huge gulf of ignorance leading to a moral equivalence argument. Iran has not overtly invades anyone, except for a Romanian Oil platform, but it has been the chief architect of state sponsored terrorism for the past 27 years, funding Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations that seek the destruction of Israel and the USA.

[MeanWestTexan]

I am currently re-reading C.S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters (a series of letters written by a devil to his nephew, a junior tempter).

One of the great letters is about co-opting Christianity to make it PART of a cause or a means to an end --- e.g., pacifism or, on the right social conservatism.

This effort reeks of using Christianity as such a tool.

Amazing book, really. Can read it in an evening, but I am savoring it.