An Evangelical that is pro-reason? - Democratic Underground

Tux

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Thu Mar-31-05 08:37 PM
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An Evangelical that is pro-reason?

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/150/story_15052.html

Basicly, he trashes far right Evangelicals and wants to modernize them. Maybe he could get them into the 18th century.

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Wapsie B

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Thu Mar-31-05 08:40 PM
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1. There's lots of Evangelical Christians out there.

The conservative fundie make up a small subset of EC's. Problem is the way the media presents it makes it appear like there are 70 million conservative fundies in this country. No way in hell.

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Tux

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Thu Mar-31-05 08:47 PM
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2. Er

How does Falwell et al get so much money? Someone has to buy thier books and make donations.

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LoZoccolo

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Thu Mar-31-05 09:00 PM
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3. Er, because people send it in?

Just because he has a lot doesn't say anything about what percentage of evangelican Christians belong to the religious right, really. I imagine there are a lot who spend the same kind of money feeding the poor, healing the sick, etcetera. I also think Jerry Falwell looks bigger in the media than he actually is because he's outspoken and says controversial things. It's like Al Sharpton on our side: a very small part of the overall civil rights movement, yet he knows how to get media attention.

39% of evangelical Christians are Democrats, and 21% of white evangelicals who voted, voted for John Kerry.

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Tux

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Thu Mar-31-05 09:09 PM
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4. If they support Falwell

That means they agree with him that non-Christians caused 9/11, deserve death (I read it between the lines of his 9/11 comment), and he needs more money because god said so.

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LoZoccolo

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Thu Mar-31-05 09:44 PM
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6. And your point is?

Edited on Thu Mar-31-05 09:48 PM by LoZoccolo

And then what would it mean after he took that back? That they still support all those things even though he doesn't? Are you saying those evangelical Democrats are mostly Falwell supporters or something?

I guess I don't get what you're trying to say, or how it follows this conversation.

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Wapsie B

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Thu Mar-31-05 09:38 PM
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5. There's lots of rwing money out there.

James Dobson and his Focus on the Family is a veritable cash machine.
The way Dobson get a chunk of his money is to go into churches of other faiths, such as my ELCA Lutheran church, and sell his wares. They capitalize on the fact that a fair number of people are totally ignorant of their political dealings.

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