Increase of Blogs on Christian faith and Senator Obama
Thursday October 16, 2008
Religious voters are really paying attention this election cycle- and writing about it on their blogs.Here are excerpts of dozens of blog postings we've run across just in response to the Matthew 25 websites.For links and a full collection of...
Add to Del.icio.us
Add to Technorati
Add to Digg
Add to Newsvine
Add to Facebook
Add to StumbleUpon
Advertisement
Advertisement
Search This Blog
About Progressive Revival
Diana Butler Bass and Paul Raushenbush both stand firmly within the Mainline Protestant tradition and, along with guest bloggers of all religious backgrounds are dedicated to the revival of religious progressivism and its influence in American politics.
Contributors
Diana Butler BassDiana Butler Bass is a commentator and scholar in American religion. She is the author of seven books including A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story (HarperOne, 2009).
» Posts by Diana Butler Bass
Paul RaushenbushModerator of the Progressive Revival blog and the Associate Dean of Religious Life at Princeton University.
» Posts by Paul Raushenbush
Subscribe
Recent Posts
Most Popular Posts
- Psalm 109:8--A Prayer for Obama or Ourselves?:
- New Catholic Hardball: Trading the Poor for Doctrinal Purity:
- The Fort Hood Shootings and the White Privilege of Disassociation :
- The Stupak Amendment and why the Post Card Campaign would make it easy to Hate Catholics Right Now:
- Election 2009 Mixed Blessings:
- Burn In Hell Halloween:
- Pro-Football, Injury, and Clear Christian Conscience :
- All Saints Day: A Progressive Call to Remember:
- Halloween 2009 vs All Saints Day (Eternally):
- Sarah Palin - Flawed, Human:
Some people are so naive. Obama is going to sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act. This will give NO restrictions on abortions at any point during a woman's pregnancy. So from the first trimester to the infanticide trimester, young girls will NOT have to notify their parents, and women will not be required to have to hear about the procedure and/or alternatives to the procedure. And all other progress acquired by the pro-life movement will be destroyed with one stroke of President Obama's pen.
So everyone who has been duped into believing they can be pro-life AND vote for Obama (by this website, Brian McLaren, and the Matthew 25 network) are in for a rude awakening.
It's sad really.
What's sad is the idea that the GOP has done anything meaningful for the pro-life movement. The Democrats propose some concrete (and proven) proposals that will lower the number of abortions, and the GOP pro-lifers go into a rabid rage! Why? Because they know that once the GOP loses the abortion issue they are history.
The GOP needs 4000 dead fetuses a day in order to win elections. This is why they do nothing meaningful about abortion other than bring it up every election cycle.
Maybe it's about time those serious about decreasing the number of abortions in this nation do something other than vote Republican.
You can't vote for Obama and be pro-life at the same time, and have everything tied up in one pretty little package. That's like saying I believe in God, but Satan has his good points to. You know like I'll take some things from the Bible I like and some things from Satan I like and roll it all up into my pretty little package. What do you think God would think about that on judgement day?
ds0490, I think your response is what psychologists call "projection." It's such an interesting argument that Republicans actually WANT abortions for their political future. "Grasping at straws" would be an understatement.
Believe it or not, we actually think that's a real person in the womb, and we don't think people should murder him/her, because of convenience. And if you had our beliefs, then you would see why it's such a BIG deal to us and why we bring it up all the time.
Christianity is about unity and acceptance and understanding and love.
Not about which presidential candidate you're voting for.
Everyone has reasons for what they believe and what their opinions are.
Please, stop arguing over this junk. Accept other's thoughts, opinions, and decisions and love them anyways. Keep what you believe, but don't put down others for their beliefs. You wouldn't want someone to do so to you.
Christianity is about so much more than what it's been torn apart to be.
It's heart wrenching.
I'm not going to put my political views on here so you can pick at them. I'm not going to criticize your views. That's not my job. My job is to love you no matter what. God will be the one to figure out your heart. He'll judge. Not me, not anyone but God.
Ashley, unfortunately in this case, beliefs and opinions translate into votes, which translates into policies, which can cause real damage in people's lives and, in fact, effect life itself. It's a very serious time. And we're all adults - we can handle it. But I do agree with you this should be done in love.
I find a quote from Catholic priest Chaput on this rather insightful. I think this quote could aptly apply to Christians as well.
"To suggest — as some Catholics do — that Senator Obama is this year's 'real' pro-life candidate requires a peculiar kind of self-hypnosis, or moral confusion, or worse," Chaput said according to his prepared remarks, titled "Little Murders."
Link:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jiPlZPgP2opGSJfRLYsYEf_wGEbAD93TAOTG0
Post a Comment
By submitting these comments, I agree to the beliefnet.com terms of service, rules of conduct and privacy policy (the "agreements"). I understand and agree that any content I post is licensed to beliefnet.com and may be used by beliefnet.com in accordance with the agreements.