The Tragedy of the Religious Left: Worshipping the Goddess of Tolerance

Breakpoint with Chuck Colson ^ | 7/18/2006 | Chuck Colson

[Old_Mil]

Tony Campolo certainly recognized this. Though Tony and I disagree on lots of things, I really like Tony. He’s honest, and he loves the Bible.

I don't like Campolo, and I would consider him neither honest, nor a lover of the Word of God.

[Mr. Silverback]

Thoughtomator, I don't think Chuck missed anything...when he talks about a unifying theme, he's talking about a theme that will enable them to become the "real" voice of religion in politics. the theme you cite is certainly the idea they are most unified around, but it won't get them anywhere when it comes to getting the public to listen.

Doesn't taking something back imply you had it to begin with? Lefty "religious" types are the most arrogant, self-centered, and hypocritical group I've ever encountered.

The funniest part is they think we're arrogant and paint us as thinking we've heard directly from God in some special way, but their whole schtick depends on believing that they have a special insight that's extra-Biblical and yet godly. In other words, they hear from god in a special way we mere knuckledraggers can't understand, and the conduit of God's voice is lefty colleges.

I've noticed a lot of them aren't terribly bright, either, especially considering they're the wing of the Church that is supposedly more intellectual. Take for example, the pastor of a lib church here in town, who told me (that my protest against a local appeasenik group was the same as restricting their right to speak and vote, and also told me he was a big supporter of the troops but was worried that American flags and a "Honk if you support the troops" sign would reflect badly on his church. He was right, BTW, another pastor from his denomination was passing through town and called him up to ask him why he was tolerating the actions of "that jongoist member of your congregation I keep seeing outside your church."

[nina0113]

Chuck Colson, the man who ordered the Watergate break-in and destroyed a President.

You're not real big on the whole conversion, atonement, redemption thing, are you?

[Mr. Silverback]

I suppose that's fine if they don't want to believe that, but why do they not call themselves the Episcopal Country Club?

Therein lies the question. Even if they want to call themselves a religion, they're basically Unitarians at this point.

[Froufrou]

Good observations.

[rightinthemiddle]

Hey, Jerk...yeah, you.

It was a pun, get it? Not very tolerant of you. Perhaps you should read someones previous posts and/or profile before you attack.

[caseinpoint]

"They have no tolerance."

Bingo. Liberals have created their own creeds and world view and they are as zealous in enforcing it at the point of a sword or gun as Torquemada or Hitler ever was. As Coulter's book points out, it is their religion. Therefore they are every bit as, if not more so, bigoted, intolerant and self-righteous as any of their stereotypes of the religious right. Their current quibbling among themselves is no different than the ecumenical movement in Christianity.

[Mr. Silverback]

I wonder what the word "spiritual" means to these people? Does it mean "what makes me feel good?"

In the current American lexicon, "spritual" mainly means "not a materialist," though much of the population couldn't tell you what a materialist is. In this particular use, "spiritual" means "The people who are Marxists only smarter than the Marxists because we know that God exists, and we wish to implement Her glorious socialist state on Earth."

[msnimje]

It can not be argued by anyone that the party that supports abortion has a religious foundation.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Yes and he also received Christ and his debts are paid in full.

[Mr. Silverback]

Colson has spent over 3 decades since then promoting the Gospel. Are you willing to be judged by your worst decision, to the point that nothing else you do matters? That's how you're judging Colson.

[rightinthemiddle]

"real" tolerance is great. Liberal tolerance disgusting.

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Liberals have made "tolerance" a buzz word to attack conservatives. It seems to be working, even in this forum.

[Mr. Silverback]

The liberal Christian Church is today's Laodecia.

At best.

[Buggman]

No Ping List ping {!}

[Reaganesque]

Isaiah wrote:

13 ¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Isaiah 29: 13-14

[ArGee]

It was a pun, get it?

BRAAD is a take-off on GLAAD. It is intended to poke fun at the entire diversity culture. The point was the same point you were making - the tolerant would have to be tolerant of the intolerant or they aren't tolerant. And if someone wants to define their own morality to make homosexuality acceptable, we can define our own morality to make bigotry acceptable.

Sorry you missed the humor. I should have made it clearer.

Shalom.

[ArGee]

In the current American lexicon, "spritual" mainly means "not a materialist," though much of the population couldn't tell you what a materialist is.

By that definition it means "emotional." Unless you accept the spiritual realm as an actual realm as real as the physical, that's all that's left.

Shalom.

[Mr. Silverback]

I think Petronius is onto something. However, the worth of the Evangelicals varies from church to church, and is, more directly than almost any other segment, tied to the spiritual state of the pastor. In some it's "shiny, happy people," in others (James McDonald's megachurch in the Chicago burbs comes to mind) the preacher talks about sin a lot and is very hard on it.

[Mike Darancette]

You can't be tolerant of the devil.

[Mr. Silverback]

Campolo once wrote about telling his draft board that he couldn't go to Korea and fight because he had asked WWJD, and concluded that Jesus would never drop bombs on people. I hung my head in miy hands, wondering why this fool would believe that the guy who was tortured to death for even the most wretched scum would want his followers to stand around singing Kum Bai Yah while instead of defending innocent people from torture and death.

Campolo is, at best, a fool.