Great lament is being expressed regarding the vast numbers of Southern Baptist leaders either dismissing or withdrawing from the upcoming convention meeting in Atlanta. This meeting is set to address the issues such as poverty, health care, the justice system, and other social issues. How can this in any way be considered to be just a pep rally for the Democrat party? DOH, very easily, that is what it will be of course. Yes, all of these issues will be discussed, and always with the same result; steal, yes steal, as in confiscate - more money from the working taxpayers to give away to those that some beaureucrat deems to be worthy enough - by whatever unknown criteria - to become the recipients of these ill-gotten government gains. Democrat party? Yes, for never, is there ever any mention of how to eliminate or stop poverty, lack of health care, and someone's perceived level of social injustices. o mention ever of how to turn these unfortunates into theroles of the educated, employed, and taxpaying. Heaven forbid that we should ever ask anyone to accept some small level of personal responsibility for their own actions, past and/or present. NO, just blame GWB and the GOP, blame disfunctional families and bad parents. Maybe more so-called Christians should seriously rethink which political party is more in line with the scriptures. Democrats? with their paltry demeaning hand-out mentality to social needs and issues, or the GOP's ideas which encompasses the whole person and their long-term needs, and builds self-respect, self-regulation, personal dignity, and inner prosperity?????!!!!!
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I'm not usually a defender of altruism because it's not part of my nature. But why does it have to be one way or the other? Moderates aren't asking for responsibility-free commitments to others, nor are they demanding political action. They're asking for the church to reconcile. Why does that trouble you?
Many of them, yes, do want to do more with respect to social action. But they want to do that within the church, not in politics. The irony is where politics gets in the way, now some in the church want to get in the way as well.
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former."
I don't think it's government's job to be merciful and caring and giving. You apparently don't think it's the church's, either. Stay home and don't work for amity with others. It doesn't suit you anyway.
I do believe that it IS the individual person,s job whether to tithe, donate, give alms, etc - directly or through the "Church" - but definitely not through the government. To me, this is what is really meant by separation of church and state. Pastors, ministers, and/or politicians, should not be preaching politics inside the church; or religion within their politics.
Seems like more and more, Evangelicals are resembling the mainline Liberal churches in going political. (Reminiscent of the RCC: in the 19th c., the Pope wrote adamantly against Socialism, but by the 20th c., they not only were more favorably inclined towards it, but the Polish Pope preceding the present one was a Socialist apologist!) Irony of ironies, the church adopting the world's perspective and works. Biblically, it's supposed to be the other way around.
But altho I think your views on the GOP once upon a time were valid, for the past 38 years or so, the Pachyderms have tried harder and harder to pass for Asses; in exchange for the paltry pottage of (purported) more votes, they long ago sold out on those solid values you tout above.
For the last 40 years, politicians of either party - is there a difference? - whatever animal - are still what comes out of the horse's ass !!!!!