from the Omaha Reader
UPDATE: I just got around to reading Sunday’s paper, and Cal Thomas had a great column on the role of religion in politics, which was refreshingly pluralistic for a Christian conservative.
Too many conservative Evangelicals have put too much faith in the power of government to transform culture. The futility inherent in such misplaced faith can be demonstrated by asking these activists a simple question: Does the secular left, when it holds power, persuade conservatives to live by their standards? Of course they do not. Why, then, would conservative Evangelicals expect people who do not share their worldview and view of God to accept their beliefs when they control government?
Read the rest at CalThomas.com.
Awesome cartoon today neal!
I totally love and agree with both your cartoon and Cal Thomas’ column. I’m a Concordia, Seward taught Lutheran- but a life long Democrat and I think it’s high time Christians took our faith back from the right-wing fundaMENTALists!
Thanks, folks.
Cal wrote, “Does the secular left, when it holds power, persuade conservatives to live by their standards? Of course they do not.”
I see no basis for this conclusion…and I believe he is wrong. BOTH sides try to persuade each other that they are the correct way.
Obviously both sides try to persuade people that they are the correct way — that’s how you win elections, and I don’t think that’s really what he’s getting at. I imagine Thomas’ larger point is referring to how the social agenda of the “secular left” is about ensuring rights for those who need them, not forcing anything on those who disagree. For example, gay rights advocates don’t want to outlaw heterosexual marriage, nor do pro-choice voters don’t want to force expectant mothers to have abortions. But their oppositional equivalents very much wish to impose their social will onto other people through political and legal means.