| Can a Christian be a liberal? Short answer: no.
There is no way a Christian can buy into neo-liberal ideology and be
faithful to the bigger-than-Dallas teachings of the scripture and
expect to continue enjoying his hard-won religious liberties.
For the "Christian" to lean politically to the left means that he
must blow off huge chunks of the Bible and replace the scripture
with the make-believe notions of postmodernism's malleable "Christ."
Only after torturing the scripture can the Christian then fit
liberalism into his supposed relationship with God.
For the Christian who believes that unfeigned faith in Christ
should correspond with Jesus' high view of scripture, it is
impossible to believe in God and be an adherent to postmodern
liberalism.
Liberalism has been hijacked by bizarre special-interest thugs
who defy the Word of God and believe that the Bible has no place in
public life (except maybe in a museum where people can look at it
from time to time).
The Christian skipping around the maypole wearing his
rose-colored glasses who has a bent to the liberal left needs to
understand something: if it were left up to the modern, secularized
liberal establishment, he would be more restricted than Bill when
Hillary's in town. If the Christophobic thugs had it their way,
Christians would be relegated to a marginalized spiritual ghetto on
the sidelines of life.
For the naive Christian voter who thinks he can toss a ballot in
the Nuevo liberal direction, please know that a vote toward the
secular left could leave you bereft of sacred liberties. Thanks to
the aggressive and ludicrous liberal lug nuts' anti-Christian
agenda, your vote for a liberal Christian is a vote for:
1. Christianity to be scrubbed from government and whatever turf
the government owns. Thanks to the liberals, the Ten Commandments
have about as much acceptance in our government and their properties
as Rush Limbaugh would at Al Franken's family reunion. The
Judeo-Christian principles that formed the rock-solid foundation of
this great American Experiment are now aggressively and consistently
attacked by the lascivious left.
If . . . if . . . the secularists continue to stay behind the
wheel of this American bus, you can kiss all semblance of
Christianity good-bye in this heretofore God-graced government.
Saint, you might as well say farewell to our government's
recognizing Christmas and adios to Good Friday if you're going to
vote the liberal ticket. If the secularists have it their way,
Easter will be behind your keister, and you can kiss the Cross
good-night as an acceptable public symbol that represents your faith
and our nation's recognition of Christ's atoning work.
2. Secularism to be continually mainlined into our public school
system. Thanks to rabid, vapid secularism, our public schools and
universities would rather you be a Rocky Horror super freak than a
Christian. If your beliefs run to the bizarre or the banal; or if
you want to smoke the same philosophical crack that Caligula, Nero,
Castro or Lenin freebased, they'll accommodate you.
Our schools are totally open to anyone and to anything, unless,
of course, you're a Christian. And if that's the case, then you're
likely to get more sympathy from a badger with minimal sleep than
you will from liberal educators who are hard at work making your
life hard. Let me repeat: A vote for the secular left is a vote for
Christianity to continue to be officially vilified on campus and for
Christians to be ostracized in campus life.
3. Public officials, employees and appointees to be pressured to
hide their faith in the closet and suppress their public displays of
belief in God lest they be grouped with Hitler, Osama, or Mussolini
and then fired. Not only will the liberals aggressively work to
prohibit the State from green lighting and recognizing Christianity
as a legitimate and positive force in our land, they will also
attempt to stifle Christians from influencing the path of
government.
4. Public attacks on churches and Christians and attempts to
restrict them in the private sector. Consider this, Christian pastor
and Christian lay person looking to vote for the ludicrous left: the
secular Mafioso's intent is to make your ministerial life difficult,
your evangelistic work taxing and your voice minimized. And good
luck, pastor and church committee, in trying to buy property and get
zoning with the anti-Christian libs at the helm.
5. The continued media endorsement of the same putrid, hedonistic
stuff that sunk ancient civilizations. With the liberals in place,
expect more weird crap in movies and on television. Expect to see
more paintings of Christian symbols and saints smeared with elephant
dung. Expect Christianity to be bashed and vilified and Christians
made out to be buckled-shoed morons with three teeth and an IQ of
50. Expect the culture to coarsen. Expect your kids to continue to
be exposed to things that only rock stars see backstage with
groupies. A vote for a liberal is a vote to see Christians continue
to receive special ridicule and be flogged more than a piñata during
a Cinco de Mayo festival
Modern liberalism tosses out the scripture on several different
levels. How a true believer in the Christ defined by the scripture
can buy into what Jesus, the prophets and apostles said and also
give credence to what these secular goons say is beyond me. In
addition to liberalism's obvious and odious pro-holocaust-like
abortion stance, its anti-biblical view of marriage, its
scripture-slamming aggressive secularism, and its feckless view of
our nation's defense, liberalism completely clashes with the
Christian worldview. Secular liberalism's aggressive desire to
eradicate Christians' rights should cause Christians to be
concerned.
The Democratic Party's liberalism has degenerated over the last
40-50 years in regard to its view of Christianity and Christian
rights. This party, which formerly embraced and protected our
nation's great Christian heritage and teachings, no longer does so.
Thus, today the Christian is between a rock and a hard place: he can
either be a Christian or a liberal—but he cannot be both.
Originally published Oct. 23, 2004
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