[Recovering_Democrat]

...who would have thought 20 years ago that evangelicals, who then barely acknowledged the existence of AIDS, would now be leaders in calling public attention to its ravages -- particularly in Africa?

This guy is truly ignorant of evangelicals. Christians have been reaching out to people suffering from AIDS for years--the first time I heard about it was from a Christian artist named Steve Taylor and that was about 13 years ago. And he didn't talk about it like it was something NEW!

Secondly, President Bush has been in office for seven years and HE has been talking about helping the african sufferers of AIDS nearly since the beginning.

Alan Wolfe's idea of evangelicals is limited and that is too bad: if he opened his eyes and heart, he would see more than what he currently perceives.

[shrinkermd]

Yes, and something else neither he nor most understand about Evangelicals. Seldom does the pastor take political positions. In my Evangelical church-never.

It is assumed you will act in public and political life according to your spiritual convictions. It is also assumed that in the real world other people may have quite different views than yours and still be meritorious and fine people.

Intolerance in these matters is rare face to face but there seems to be something about anonymous posting, especially on FR, that brings out a rage against differences that would make Hamlet's death wish seem like the chuckle of a freckle faced boy.

I find this rage more disturbing than the differences per se.