It’ll be great to see this guy’s congregants desert him.
You wrote: “It’ll be great to see this guy’s congregants desert him.”
Many of them don’t even know he said this:
Joel Hunter: “I’ve been in conversations with organizations ..like Hezbollah. The enemy is never as scary or threatening up close.”
HERE:
January 20, 2012 Good News in the Public Square
http://www.pastorjoelhunter.com/?p=823
“We’ve developed a consumerist, self-centered culture. That feeds into pre-emptive war because we fear that ‘they’re going to take away what I have.’ Or ‘Government programs are going to take away my hard-earned dollars.’ There are remnants of that now, in right-wing talk radio– Limbaugh, Hannity, Michael Savage - just awful.
Here’s what I think the enemy is: the luxury of being simplistic, of not understanding how complex problems are and how much cooperation is required to solve them. Evangelicals went through a period where we formed homogeneous affinity groups. You cloister together and think everybody else is the enemy.
One reason I’m thrilled with Obama’s presidency is that he likes a broad spectrum of perspectives. Out of those he will glean a practical solution good for everyone. He’s got the intellectual capacity to handle the job.
I’ve been in conversations with organizations our government can’t even talk tolike Hezbollah. The enemy is never as scary or threatening up close. ...”