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Originally Posted by Baron1710
Well I disagree, I don't have to like Dobson's views to think he did a great thing for the American church. There is nothing wrong with him being a political activist. If you don't like his list do what I do, ignore it. I am not so sure that he said any outlandish things about BO, but even if he did, so what?
You can't confuse the condition of government during the time of the early church and now. That's like your joke about Coadies response to posts, it really is completely irrelevant.
So one or two crackpots said 9-11 was about judgment...so what? There were some crackpots that claim GWB orchestrated it.
We have Jesse Jackson shaking down business in the name of God and civil rights, we have Al Sharpton making a living off of made up controversies, and BO very own pastor said some wacky and outrageous things. So what?
It is America and we have and freedom of speech even applies to religious people.
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And it's "Freedom" that I believe in, particularly the freedom of those we are trying to reach. I believe unchurched people who may be very liberal in their political persuasion should be able to approach the church for spiritual enrichment without the fear of being told who to vote for.
In his book "They Like Jesus But Not The Church", Dan Kimball references the two concerns that unchurched people have about Christianity; 1) What do you think about gays, and 2) Do I have to be a republican?
When the ecumenical church takes such a harsh stand as a whole, falling on one side of the political fence, we eliminate half our audience. My question is, why should we let our political party get in the way of the cross?
And I'm not crazy about Jackson and Sharpton either, although I do understand where they're coming from.
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