I have to chuckle whenever liberals want to talk in terms of
morality. I mean, after all, it was their party that lustily booed God on their
convention floor. Of course, this is in addition to their devotion to killing
children in the womb, removing prayer, the Commandments, and the Bible from the
public arena, and their support of sexual immorality and the redefinition of marriage.
Ironically, with the devotion they show, for many, liberalism
has become a religion. “Observing the basic divide in the American culture,” Dr.
Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, looks to
Howard P. Kainz, professor emeritus of philosophy at Marquette University .
Kainz notes: “Most of the heat of [culture] battle occurs where traditional
religious believers clash with certain liberals who are religiously committed
to secular liberalism.”
Mohler adds, “Looking back over the last century, Kainz
argues that Marxism and ideological Liberalism have functioned as religious
systems for millions of individuals. Looking specifically at Marxism, Kainz
argues that the Marxist religion had dogmas, canonical scriptures, priests,
theologians, ritualistic observances, parochial congregations, heresies, hagiography,
and even an eschatology…
“Similarly, Kainz argues that modern secular liberalism
includes its own dogmas. Among these are the beliefs ‘that mankind must
overcome religious superstition by means of reason; that empirical science can
and will eventually answer all the questions about the world and human values
that were formerly referred to traditional religion or theology; and that the
human race, by constantly invalidating and disregarding hampering traditions,
can and will achieve perfectibility.’”
Of course, this directly contradicts the Judeo-Christian
worldview held by most conservatives. Thus, Kainz boldly warns that modern
secular liberalism is the greatest threat to orthodox Christianity. This is no
new assertion, as Mohler also points out.
In the early 1920s, J. Gresham Machen, founder of
Westminster Theological Seminary, argued that “evangelical Christianity and its
liberal rival were, in effect, two very different religions.” In his book Christianity and Liberalism, Machen goes
so far as to propose that Christian liberalism is not Christianity at all, declaring
that “Liberalism has abandoned Christianity.”
Bishop E.W. Jackson certainly thinks so. The fiery black
pastor recently implored
black Christians to “end [their] slavish devotion to the Democrat Party.” Jackson accuses Democrats
of violating “everything we believe as Christians,” and of creating an “unholy
alliance” with Planned Parenthood which, he declares, “has been far more lethal
to black lives than the KKK ever was.” He goes on: “Planned Parenthood…has
killed unborn black babies by the tens-of-millions…and the Democrat Party and
their black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide.”
Many Pastors, of every skin color, are becoming bolder when
it comes to political activity. Sunday October 8 was Pulpit Freedom Sunday. The
movement, led by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), challenges the IRS over the
1954 Johnson Amendment which forbids churches from specifically endorsing
candidates. Over 1,500 American pastors participated and voluntarily informed
the IRS of their “transgression.” (In 2008, the number was only 33.)
As more and more people of faith see our government
(especially the federal government) endorsing or specifically engaging in
activity that many deem immoral, taking a political stand on the social issues
is seen as vital. Pastor Mark Cowart in Colorado
Springs told
his congregation that, “When a Christian goes in and votes for someone who
promotes things that God abhors, I can’t imagine how God sees that. I encourage
you to look at your faith and your politics and your vote and see if they
correlate.”
Granholm’s recent Huffington Post piece was entitled, “Mr. President: Next Debate, Make Moral Choice Clear.” Of course, what she really means is that she wants Barack Obama to make the case for bigger government. She wants Mr. Obama to make the case for having more of our money. Liberals love to be generous—with other people’s money.
So yes, PLEASE Mrs. Granholm,
let’s debate the moral issues. Let’s have Mr. Obama defend his “evolution” on
gay marriage and his
defense of what could only be described as infanticide. Let him justify to
the American people why he prefers to be more generous with our income than he
is with his own. Conservatives welcome this debate.
(See this column on American Thinker.)
(See this column on American Thinker.)
Copyright 2012, Trevor Grant Thomas
At the Intersection of Politics, Science, Faith, and Reason.Trevor and his wife Michelle are the authors of: Debt Free Living in a Debt Filled World
tthomas@trevorgrantthomas.com
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