Posted on 03/22/2007 11:15:39 PM PDT by AdmSmith
This Stratfor piece is one of those articles meant to shape public opinion rather than reflect it; that reveals more about the wishes of its author, Bart Mongoven, than it does those of "evangelicals." Those who know evangelicals first hand, or are evangelicals, and who know what the word "evangelical" means, also know that evangelicals favor choice over force. They also know that there is no necessary equating of conservative religion and conservative politics. Some ten million evangelicals voted for Al Gore in 2000 (see here: http://slate.msn.com/id/2089641/
It is distressing that Stratfor, a think tank that advises our leaders and the public on geo-political-religious affairs, such as Shiias vs. Sunnis in Iraq, can only provide a caricaturish description of evangelicals. This casts doubt on the credibility of Startfor to deal with religious issues at all. The sociologically ignorant and the religiously unmusical might try reading The Truth about Conservative Christians by liberal sociologists Andrew Greeley and Michael Hout before they pop off as experts about evangelical Christians.
All I can glean from this article is that Bart Mongoven is wishing for a divorce of evangelicals, whoever they are, from the Republican Party and an ascendence of libertarians. More wishful thinking than good analysis.
Imagine if mainline Protestant denominations purchased ABC, or if the Catholic church bought NBC back in the 60s. I think it would have accomplished a lot more than the political lobbying done.
NBC with Bishop Sheen...... Nothing but Catholics... What a Winner but we would have never met mother Angelica and EWTN
Agreed. I think Duncan Hunter is excellent on many issues and is probably my third choice. However, I say that knowing full well that on Fiscal Conservatism Hunter is no Ron Paul, he's not even (nearly) as good as Tom Tancredo; and the National Debt is only getting worse. Still, I would consider him my third choice, mainly because the current "front runners" are so awful.
Having said that, Jesus told His followers to sell their cloaks and get a sword in Mathew because He knew His followers would be persecuted. When people say "What would Jesus Do", that is important for 99% of the actions that Jesus did to be emulated by His followers. Jesus however was born to die. His purpose in coming to Earth was to die on the cross. It wasn't to teach people, or heal the sick or perform other miracles, even though He did all those things. His purpose was to die. He doesn't expect us to just allow ourselves and our families to be slaughtered like sheep. We should be willing to give up our lives for the cause of Christ, but unlike the muzzies, it isn't required. The student that was asked at Columbine if she believed in Christ, gave her life willingly knowing the answer the killer was looking for was "no". That answer would not have precluded her from having a Glock in her purse and as she was saying "Praise the Lord", emptying a 15 round clip in the guy.
I am an atheist and if the country club party hacks put Julie-Annie up, I vote with my feet...
Newt's in there, you just missed it.
These were the Constitution Party issues mentioned.
Constitution is based on the Gospel of Jesus Christwe will continue to provide asylum for non-Christians
An immediate withdrawal from Iraq?
The dems can give you that.
Recovery of America’s sovereign land in Panama?
Yes, other than the Iraq withdrawl which you can rationally support, imo that's moonbat stuff. And none of those issues are related to abortion.
In other words, to fiscal conservatives and libertarian conservatives the social conservatives are like the welfare state loving liberals - just that they want to spend the money of the state and use the power of the state for different causes.
In view of that I don't see this coalition lasting much longer.
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