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Ecumenism is ALWAYS deadly to the Truth. [FWdude]
The only group that can compete with the left for PC is the ‘new’ feel good, non judgemental Christian church and all of it’s so called leaders. [Altura Ct., post #85]
History repeating again and again.The left fights dirty, wins, then says we need to stop fighting. Repeat The left fights dirty, wins, then says we need to stop fighting. [icwhattudo, post #9]
In theory this sounds good, it really means however that the right is to shut up and the left goes on their merry way doing and saying what they want. [svcw, post #10]

From the covenant doc: Preamble portion -- The church in the United States can offer a message of hope and reconciliation to a nation that is deeply divided by political and cultural differences. Too often, however, we have reflected the political divisions of our culture rather than the unity we have in the body of Christ. Wrap-up portion -- We will work to model a better way in how we treat each other in our many faith communities, even across religious and political lines.

Three comments:
(1) Things like dismembering babies is reduced to a "political and cultural 'difference'" in this "covenant -- 'difference' is itself, when it comes to killing off the next generation, a 'pro-choice' mentality.

(2) The crafters talk about “hope and reconciliation” -- but the 19th century "hope and reconciliation" in the U.S. came after the bloodbath of the Civil War, when more men died in battle than all of the other U.S. wars put together. When part of the religious community embraces the bloodbath of slavery (19th century) and abortion (20th-21st centuries), to proclaim a “false peace” is what Jeremiah railed about the false prophets of the Old Testament.

(3) These statements can be read two ways (probably purposefully):
* How the church treats each other is a model to the rest of the nation and the world. [They could have included verses from John which reinforces this – like John 13:34-35; 17:21, 23]
* And/or, they define “the church” in the broadest possible terms [since cults masquerade as “the church” this would even include them] … so as to squelch attempts to speak reality to the hearts of the “pretenders” … notice the last portion of the doc references ”many faith communities, even across religious and political lines.”

So my Q to Sojourners: Does the timing of this document equate to wanting to protect Democratic Congressmen in as subtle ways as possible after they passed healthcare which could eventually lead to more of our tax$ paying for killing off more of our young?