Monday
31Jul2006
Minnesotan evangelicals see the Bush-God hypocrisy
Monday, July 31, 2006 at 1:39PM
Is the tide finally turning against oxymoronic pro-war evangelical Christianity?
From The New York Times, link:
From The New York Times, link:
“There is a lot of discontent brewing,†said Brian D. McLaren, the founding pastor at Cedar Ridge Community Church in Gaithersburg, Md., and a leader in the evangelical movement known as the “emerging church,†which is at the forefront of challenging the more politicized evangelical establishment.
“More and more people are saying this has gone too far — the dominance of the evangelical identity by the religious right,†Mr. McLaren said. “You cannot say the word ‘Jesus’ in 2006 without having an awful lot of baggage going along with it. You can’t say the word ‘Christian,’ and you certainly can’t say the word ‘evangelical’ without it now raising connotations and a certain cringe factor in people.
Reader Comments (3)
I have never quite understood how anybody who calls themselves a Christian could ever get caught up in this right-wing political claptrap.
Christ made Himself pretty clear - and He was either a complete nutter, or He was who He said He was.
If He was, and therefore Is, none of us fare too well...
Agreed.
Well said.
Yes, Richard. You are right, absolutely.