{"id":184,"date":"2004-08-16T22:38:22","date_gmt":"2004-08-16T22:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/08\/god_is_not_a_re.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:41","slug":"god_is_not_a_re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/08\/god_is_not_a_re.shtml","title":{"rendered":"God is not a Republican. Or Democrat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, this might be considered political too, so I guess my staying away from the political didn’t last long. I got this link from this post<\/a> at Radical Congruency.
\nGo read this<\/a> and then finish here.
\nDo you think, as I do, that the title is bit misleading? It’s not complete (the last item seems to go against Kerry on abortion), but the subtile message there is that Kerry is the choice of “more thoughtful” Christians. The implication is if you’re for Bush you’re less thoughtful.
\nI found it a bit ironic that that they criticize Robertson and Falwell for their blatant support for Bush, but they aren’t willing to be honest about their obvious (to me) Kerry leanings. It seems, frankly, that Robertson and Falwell (as silly as they sound) are at least not hiding their partisanship behind a thin veil of objectivity.
\nOK, now I’m really done with politics.
\n(BTW – Don’t Roberston and Falwell sound ridiculous? I mean really, my Christian ‘responsibility’ to be serious about supporting Bush? Bush appointed by God no matter what he does?<\/i> No wonder fundamentalist Christians get slammed in the media. Sheesh.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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