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Posted on 11/22/2009 3:08:18 PM PST by Jim Robinson
A formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular authority – and even engage in civil disobedience – if laws force them to accept abortion, same-sex marriage and other ideas that betray their religious beliefs.
On Friday, these leaders released a 4,700-word document – called the "The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience."
The document was signed by leaders ranging from evangelical leader Chuck Colson to two of the leading Catholic prelates in the U.S., Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, and calls on Christians to engage in civil disobedience to defend their doctrines.
The document also blasts the Obama administration, saying that social ills have grown since the election of President Obama, an abortion rights advocate, along with an erosion of what it calls "marriage culture" with the rise of divorce, greater acceptance of infidelity and the uncoupling of marriage from childbearing.
Colson says the project is aimed at instilling social conservative beliefs in a new generation of believers.
"We argue that there is a hierarchy of issues," he told The New York Times. "A lot of younger evangelicals say they're all alike. We're hoping to educate them that these are the three most important issues" – abortion marriage and religious liberty.
"We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them," says the declaration, which was drafted by Colson, an evangelical, and Princeton University professor Robert P. George, a Roman Catholic.
The declaration lists the "fundamental truths" as the "sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
hmmm... i cannot pay my taxes because doing so would be a violation of my beliefs and everything i believe in
that ought to make the dems squirm
Wow, call me shocked!
It’s about damned time!
I’ve been biting my nails to nothing waiting for the Christian’s to find the clutch and a working gear.
Christian’s having been beaten bloody and have turned the other cheek far too often of late—to the point of self-destruction, I dare say.
I hope they mean what they say.
I will certainly be there with you all.
WOW!!!
Kathy... Ping!
I will be watching for opportunities to participate.
Signed it this morning.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
Not all of them. Heard one mention this morning that he signed it. Don’t think he’d approve of the illegality of amnesty.
This should be an axiom. According to the Bible, we have an -obligation- to disobey. We cannot bow to their idols, even if it means death.
In the words of Martin Luther, “Here I stand; I can do no other.” It’s one thing to say it but we all may soon be put to the test.
I like the tea parties but if it comes down to being an accomplice to murder and other sins, we may soon get to the point where we have to go beyond symbolism and enclose tea bags in lieu of a check with our W-2s.
Publius321
http://www.tableofwisdom.com
Got a link???
you got it...
I watched parts of their news conference on Friday. Pretty good stuff.
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.
We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are:
the sanctity of human life
the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife
the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
Inasmuch as these truths are foundational to human dignity and the well-being of society, they are inviolable and non-negotiable. Because they are increasingly under assault from powerful forces in our culture, we are compelled today to speak out forcefully in their defense, and to commit ourselves to honoring them fully no matter what pressures are brought upon us and our institutions to abandon or compromise them. We make this commitment not as partisans of any political group but as followers of Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
20667 signatures in support.
And growing...
Whining about being dissed. How Muslim. What next?
another 100 have signed up since I posted the last numbers 10 minutes ago.
If God is with us,who can be against us.
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