a person to applaud

[kimberly_t]

Yep, I'm still an agnostic with minor Deist tendencies, and I'm still fairly liberal for the most part. But here is a very conservative, evangelical Christian preacher whom I sincerely applaud. It's pretty damn rare these days that you find such a man arguing for the separation of church and state, just the way our Founding Fathers wanted it;

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[trini_naenae]

*stands and claps*

Yes. Exactly. The biggest reason I've stopped "trying" to be a Christian is because I get tired of hearing politics and being told how to think. I shouldn't have to worry about people looking at me funny because most of my comic books are PG13 to R. I shouldn't have to worry about getting a lecture about the fact that I like drawing nudes, and OMG, I've seen a naked man. Gasp! While the college group I currently go to is fairly used to me and has some people who I can actually talk to, I don't want to have to worry about being myself whenever I'm around Christians. Because every once in a while, I still get one of those disapproving looks and it's just ... frustrating.

[trini_naenae]

Just wanted to add, it got in my local newspaper's front page today. :D

I think I'm going to make a post to that sort myself.

[doppleganger55]

Wow, now if this man preached at our local church I may actually make an effort to go see him. Back when I did go, the Church services were so very boring and I felt no connection or real interest to listening to what they had to say. Very strictly structured around hymns, readings from the Bible so on and so forth.

It's very disheartening this trend that's been happening over the last few years where more and more govermental influence is placed into the Church's hands. Church and state can be a very dangerous thing, just look what had happened with the Crusades. I kind or cringed when the priest mentioned "crosses on a hill top and fighter jets all in the same scene".

[sandrusevich]

I totally concur.

I go to church if it was him, or someone like him, preaching.

[northsider]

What? A conservative evangelical preacher who gets it? Stop the presses!

I wonder if the people walking out on this pastor and complaining about him would be surprised to find out that they aren't really Christians in the first place. According to the words of Christ himself -- who, last I looked, is the final authority on the subject of Christianity -- there's no room for hatred, violence, and warmongering in his club. It's all there, spelled out in black and white in the Gospels that these so-called Christians profess to know and love so well.

Belief in Jesus as the Messiah (a.k.a. Christianity) doesn't give people carte blanche to do as they damned well please. Quite the contrary, in fact. It's about time that the evangelical Christians who really do get it made their voices heard.

[earls_guys]

Notice that this guy actually has the brains to understand the complex issues. The problem is most "christians" who disagree with him simply don't have what it takes (brains, patience, or open midedness) to want to think on his sermons and maybe have a "come to Jesus" realization. ;) Instead, they perfer the dumbed down over simplified schlock most mega-evangelists preach.