Comments on: U.S. Religious Right reacts to “Evangelical Manifesto”

By: Conscientious Observer

Conscientious Observer — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:03:40 +0000

This is sounds so familiar, you know when religious fundamentalism starts mixing with politics. This sort of religious influence on politics I thought could or would only happen in those 3rd world countries, with almost medieval attitudes, that you can find in parts of Africa, Asia and Middle East, (Not that there’s anything wrong with that if you’re into oppression, bigotry, ignorance and all that comes with it). This article is about 21stC USA isn’t it? I thought the meaning of democracy was ‘a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power, typically through elected representatives..’ (Oxford Dict.) I can’t seem to find the word ‘religon’ as part of the Oxford Dictionary meaning? Or would I only find that ‘religon’ is part of the democracy meaning in the book of the “Evangelical American Dictionary”?

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An Evangelical Manifesto « Wordspew — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:28:48 +0000

[…] especially critical of the Religious Right for doing this. The response of the Religious Right was not long in coming. Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, said that “it was like it was written for […]

By: J Cipolla

J Cipolla — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:44:09 +0000

Fundamentalism is fundamentalism. Mr. Hutchinson’s comments above echo the sentiments of many of my Muslim friends & coworkers. They, too, are being painted with the broad brush of intolerance, hatred & bitterness that their fundamentalist brethren have propagated.

Give me fundamentalist Buddhists any day…

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:47:23 +0000

division of church and state anyone?

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Critics of Israel are a cause of crime « The Daily Terror — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:24:37 +0000

[…] Hellyer, Alt. Muslim) Telegraph appoints Anglican priest to write on religion (Ruth Gledhill) U.S. Religious Right reacts to “Evangelical Manifesto” (Ed Stoddard, Telegraph) Vote BNP and this is what you get… (Walls Come Tumbling Down) Return of […]

By: Holland

Holland — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:28:02 +0000

This is all a bunch of bull. Conservative Protestants
have begun to feel uncomfortable about being looked down on by their liberal fellow believers. They are being cowed into whining “I am not a Republican.” The left wants Evangelicals to stand in the pulpit and say, “We don’t need to participate. Jesus loves everything and everybody anyway.” If the left and the weenie Christians can accomplish that the Evangelical vote will drop by about 50% and, voila, leftists will win more elections.
That’s their objective. Some Christian leaders whose predecessors withstood torture, prison, banishment, poverty, etc. now can’t stand up to political correctness.
The liberals critics don’t have any problem with the Protestant churches whose pastors preach Democrat politics, get paid to deliver Democrat votes, and deliver 90 to 95% margins for Democrats.

Christians should practice the truths of the scripture. They should align with political parties that best represent their Christian values and work as hard as possible to advance those values.
That’s what everybody else does in a democratic republic.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:35:28 +0000

It is the absolute right of all Americans to have a faith and a belief, or even non-belief, but this right is protected by a secular government and law. Religious people have the right to be political, but churches were granted a special status that prohibits political actions of the kind they have been doing, strongly, for the past 20 years. The Religious Right, hasn’t just forgotten these two point, they completely ignore this and have attempted to subvert the laws and rules that theoretically protect them. They act as they have because they currently have large numbers - a “Bully Approach.” It would be nice if everyone had the guts to stand up and say “Have you no sense of decency?” and stop this political movement.

By: Dan Hutchinson

Dan Hutchinson — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:22:06 +0000

I cringe now whenever I tell people that I am a Christian because I know they are thinking, “Oh, one of those right-wing nutters”. The unfortunate marriage of evangelical Christianity, right-wing politics and fundamentalism has made the word “Christian” a by-word…and erected tremendous barriers to sharing the good news of Christianity with others. The devil himself could not have done a better job of damaging Christianity than the right wing fundamentalist with whom Evangelicals have linked themselves.