Why Sarah Palin's Speech Will Not Win Over All Evangelicals

New Republic ^ | 9/4/08 | Alan Wolfe

[longtermmemmory]

these are the same people who report one crackpot nun advocating abortion as a MASSIVE GIGANTIC RIFT.

these are the same idiots who believe that the abortion issue is not settled and the pope is still looking at the issue.

for these buffoons 100000000000000000 to 1 against the left wing is portrayed as a 50/50 split.

[MHGinTN]

Alan Wolfe is an excellent example of the soul darkened by selfishness, spittling bitterness from the depth of his emptiness and pretending it's objective analysis. Sadly, this is what a William Ayers style organization to train teachers can accomplish, and these sorts infest even the Catholic Universities.

Happily, if such a man showed up seeking a job at my granddaughter's Church School, he would be interviewed and his resume set aside and he would not be called back for a second look.

The poor fool thinks his essay will persuad young people to turn away from Sarah Palin. I sure hope the clueless continue this abject stupidity for the next two and a half months because every time these dolts expose themselves, more bright young people see the stark contrast of dead soul walkin'. The democrat party is built of such deadness sauntering across America.

[VOA]

“Why would someone with no religious convictions want to teach at
a Catholic university?” I asked myself.

Being a Marxist (post 21) agnostic/atheist, propagandizing
young minds...and getting good pay for it. Not to mention the benefits!

SWEET!!!
(/sarc)

These sort of faculty members are just doing what Mohammed Atta
would have done if he'd gotten that Small Business Loan to buy
a crop-duster to spread that anthrax (that the FBI says had to
come from Dr. Ivins).

Using an enemy's own money to destroy them.
That's an erotic fantasy for guys like Wolfe.

[Deb]

You keep using this word, “evangelical”. I do not think you know what it means.

[Tex Pete]

“...not all conservative Christians are Republican.”

But NO conservative Christians are democrats.

[JimSEA]

I have no religious convictions of my own.

How is this possible? Perhaps he is a devout atheist or agnostic but to have no conviction about such an important human question seem absurd.

all Christians, and not just Catholics, should do their best to insure social justice in this world.

Code words for collectivism. I have found that the poor are best served by a healthy and free economy. I have been to Burma and Laos and these are not good places in which to be poor. Singapore is likely the best and it an economy which is consistently rated one of the most free in the world. Even heavily socialized Sweden lags behind.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I have no religious convictions of my own.

Therefore, he better understands people that do.

Riiiiiiight.

[PGR88]

More from the dolts who think the cliche “social justice” equals religion.

[AmericaUnited]

“I study and write about evangelical Protestants. I have no religious convictions of my own.”

That is truely about as clueless AS IT GETS.

[Minus_The_Bear]

If you could find a Christian on the Boston College campus I’d be shocked.

[Uri’el-2012]

younger, post-partisan, evangelicals. These are people who disagree with Barack Obama's position on abortion but respect him as a Christian. Palin's over-the-top sarcasm toward Obama will not play well with them, especially her implicit questioning of his patriotism.

Wolfe has no clue as to Christianity, particularly Evangelicals.

Wolfe is a self-absorbed pagan.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai

[Revolting cat!]

I cannot say I am surprised to meet learned Catholics with a deeply honed sense of social justice.

Ah yes, "social justice". That's where the cat stopped reading. "Social justice". One of the favorite phrases cited often by Thomas Sowell. Here are two of his insights:

"Envy plus rhetoric equals “social justice.” "

"Lofty talk about “social justice” or “fairness” boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income — and are far more dangerous."

[iowamark]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wolfe
Earlier in his career, Wolfe was a member of the collective that put out the Marxist-oriented journal, Kapitalistate... He served as an advisor to President Bill Clinton in preparation for his 1995 State of the Union Address

Why Conservatives Can't Govern By Alan Wolfe
the best that can be hoped for is that American voters will do for conservatives what they are unable to do themselves: to vote them out of office.

[afnamvet]

I study and write about evangelical Protestants. I have no religious convictions of my own.

Stopped reading right there.

You have to serve somebody ~ Bob Dylan

[Revolting cat!]

One more from Thomas Sowell:

"But "social justice"? No explanation needed. No definition. No facts. Everybody is for it. Do you want social injustice?"

[keepitreal]

I study and write about evangelical Protestants.

What, are we freaks in a zoo?

[iowamark]

He obviously does have religious convictions, anti-Christian ones.

[Cecily]

“Finally, and most importantly, Palin did not speak to the powerful sense emerging among evangelicals that all Christians, and not just Catholics, should do their best to insure social justice in this world.”

I think the faux “evangelicals” of whom Alan writes are eventually going to find their numbers declining a la the mainline Protestant churches. When the Gospel and solid Biblical teaching are abandoned in the pursuit of a social “gospel,” people end up seeking the real thing elsewhere.

[tbpiper]

These are people who disagree with Barack Obama's position on abortion but respect him as a Christian.

These are the people who are really not evangelical but who are active memebers of pop christianity. They are not sufficiently schooled in the faith to recognize that Obama is not a Christian.

[JFC]

You must be a neat lady to be compared to our Sarah Pelin.

Actually, she is much like many women, and 52% of us vote!