Poverty called new faith agenda
DENVER – The “faith community” has taken on a new dimension at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, with advocates saying poverty has replaced same-sex marriage as an issue for Christians.
ABSOLUTE, UTTER NONSENSE!
“an array of theologies assembled in Denver for the DNC reaches far, according to a report in the Denver Post. Attending a convention-opening interfaith gathering were the likes of Ingrid Mattson of the Islamic Society of North America, Rabbi Tzvi Weinreb of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and Sister Helen Prejean.
Jim Wallis, an evangelical political activist who wrote “God’s Politics” and founded the “progressive” magazine and community Sojourners, said the country is undergoing a change, and “poverty has replaced gay marriage as a galvanizing issue for Christians.”
Leaders also cited climate change, Darfur and Iraq as “religious” issues.
Becky Vanderslice organized a group of Denver clergy to advocate for the “common values” of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and said differences don’t “represent the values held … poverty, immigration reform, human rights, economic issues.”
A bunch of liberal religious types gather together to decide, without any supporting data nor authority within the community of faith that, Christians now find the liberal political agenda of greater importance to people of faith than abortion, homosexual marriage, family values or whatever else has always been their top spiritual priorites. What enormous hubris, it is vanity beyond belief that they believe they speak for the Christian Church. Further, there are no common values between Christianity and Islam, they are as foreign to one another as if they came from different planets.
Yes, there are liberals within the various Christian denominations that are pushing a secular, global minded, green and socialist agenda and they have their followers; but they hardly speak for a very large number of Christians, nor do they represent true Christianity which is not involved in the affairs of this world, but rather primarily in spreading the Gospel message of Jesus Christ throughout the earth. If these liberal minded folk are not advancing that Gospel and submission to Christ, they are Christian in name only, attaching Christ’s Name to their personal, liberal political agenda without any biblical warrant.
The good news is, their nonsense will not impact how Christians, especially evangelicals vote.
