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08/20/2002 Entry: "Right wing?"
I was very pleased to get a mention on the Bitter Shack of Resentment, an interesting blog I hadn't seen before. Reading the comments in response to the piece, it seemed to me that there was an assumption being made that Christianity necessarily implies a right-wing agenda. So let me get up on my 'high horse' to remind everyone that it doesn't. Not at all.From the Washington-based Sojourners through the FairTrade Foundation to the 'liberation theologies' that have emerged in the past 30 years or so, Christians worldwide are engaged in the struggle for social justice. I musn't overstate my case. The church in the USA is politically much more conservative than in Britain and Europe - but the Christian Church is not defined by the USA, and having more money and global influence does not always mean they'll be right. Some Christians seem to identify the interests of the gospel with the economic interests of the United States. (I heard Jerry Falwell do just that on television) But, imnvho, they're very, very wrong.
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Well said Richard. Unfortunately many Christians from inside and outside the US don't speak up against being painted with the same tired brush. I do get weary of trying to explain that and I'm glad you did a good job of it. Blog on!
Posted by Bene Diction @ 08/20/2002 06:09 PM CST
I know. I find it humorously ironic that the voices of 'tolerance'tend paint us so broadly with the same narrow brush.
Posted by Dean Peters @ 08/20/2002 02:23 PM CST
