On Nov 28, 2004, at 5:56 PM, JDG wrote:
At 02:39 PM 11/28/2004 -0500 Damon Agretto wrote:
So what begins? More demonization of Christians?
Sometimes I think that for all the talk about religious tolerance, that
some people believe that Christians really shouldn't be permitted to
participate in the political process.
I would note, John, that these are direct quotes done in front of a news
camera.
Look, I probably would not have made those comments.
Nevertheless, it is particularly annoying that after moral conservatives
are an integral part of the winning coalition in the most recent election
that the first thing religious conservative leaders are asked is what they
plan to do for the *losing* side in the last election. And yet, somehow
when the Democrats win, we don't see Patricia Ireland, Jesse Jackson, or
the head of ACT-UP asked on how they plan to reach out to religious
conservatives, do we?
Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those you hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you, and persecute you that you may be the children of your Father who is in Heaven. -- Matthew 5:44-45
Not a word in there about whether those who "despitefully use you" were the winners or the "*losers*" as you so delicately emphasized it. Nobody likes a sore winner, John. Climb off it.
Here's the thing: when one sets oneself above others, claiming that one
hews to a higher standard (and demands that they do the same on threat of
damnation), one should expect to be held to that same standard. Or, as a
wise man once said:
Judge not, that you not be judged. -- Matthew 7:1
That judgmental, critical, damning attitude is probably the most poisonous
thing infecting Christianity today. Want to know why fine people like
WTG hurl such vicious invective at Christianity? Because we have let
ourselves be represented by vicious, invective-hurling brutes. It's time
to take back Christianity, which is not the party of the winners, but
always sides with the "*losers*."
Dave
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