The Future
Aug 23rd, 2005 at 9:38 am by Susie
Nearly every Monday for six months, as many as a dozen congressional aides — many of them aspiring politicians — have gathered over takeout dinners to mine the Bible for ancient wisdom on modern policy debates about tax rates, foreign aid, education, cloning and the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
Through seminars taught by conservative college professors and devout members of Congress, the students learn that serving country means first and always serving Christ.
They learn to view every vote as a religious duty, and to consider compromise a sin.
That puts them at the vanguard of a bold effort by evangelical conservatives to mold a new generation of leaders who will answer not to voters, but to God.
“We help them understand God’s purpose for society,” said Bouma, who coordinates the program, known as the Statesmanship Institute, for the Rev. D. James Kennedy. [...]
The philosophy animating Cameron’s lecture — that federal law should be based on biblical precepts — troubles the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
“This nation was founded specifically to avoid the government making religious and theological decisions,” Lynn said. “We are not to turn the Holy Scriptures of any group into public policy.”
Kennedy counters that evangelicals have every right to put up candidates who vote what they believe to be God’s will — and let voters judge them.
To which Lynn responds, with exasperation: “He says that because he knows in a majority Christian country, the Christian view is going to be expressed by more voters. They have no problem imposing their biblical worldview on every American.”
Evangelical conservatives acknowledge that’s their goal.
And they now have a systematic plan for achieving it.
Okay, there is that little, slightly un-Christian thing of lying and misrepresenting what you’re up to until after you’re elected, but what the hey, when you’re doing God’s work, it’s okay to cut a few corners.
Jesus said so.
Just like the Pharisees. They managed to kill Jesus because he spoke truths they didn‘t want to hear. Today the current crop of pseudo-religious demons want to finish the job by killing truth while lining their pockets.
Grooming Politicians for Christ
I did not see anything in the article which indicated anything about lying and misrepresenting what you’re up to until after you are elected, nor do I recall Jesus endorsing such behaviour. Perhaps Ms Madrak is thinking about something she learned at…
just what we need… a pseudo religous troll…
If they really read the bible, they would know that Jesus was a champion of the poor and downtrodden, not the rich an d powerful.
They and their fellow fundies in politics are really doing the Devil’s work.
Let’s call them what they are -
False Christians