Posted on 07/15/2011 12:54:00 PM PDT by Polybius
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has long been a darling of conservative evangelicals, but shortly before announcing her White House bid, she officially quit a church she’d belonged to for years. ....
The Bachmanns had been members of the church for more than 10 years, according to Joel Hochmuth, director of communications for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, ....
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has come under criticism from some Catholics for its views on the papacy, an institution that the denomination calls the Antichrist.
"We identify the Antichrist as the Papacy," the denomination's website says. "This is an historical judgment based on Scripture."
(Excerpt) Read more at religion.blogs.cnn.com ...
"We identify the Antichrist as the Papacy," the denomination's website says. "This is an historical judgment based on Scripture."
It is one thing for a Church to point out that a doctrine was uttered in the 16th Century. It is quite another thing to post such a teaching on their 21st Century web page.
Evangelical Protestants only make up 2 out of every 10 voters. There is absolutely no way that such a candidate can ever win the general Presidential election.
Even many evangelical Protestants will have a problem with Michele Bachmann having her finger on the Nuclear Button when she believes that she must be "subservient" to her husband to the following degree:
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Bachmann: "God called me to run for Congress"
In this speech at a mega-church in the Minneapolis area back in 2006, Michele Bachmann explained her decision to pursue tax law wasn't her choice. Her husband, Marcus told her "to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law." This was not what Michele wanted. ("Tax law? I hate taxes!"), but she was believed that God was speaking through her husband.
"Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, 'Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands.”
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The entire Bachmann religious package is just simply too much to expect the 80% of all voters that are not evangelical Protestants to buy into.
FYI
Deep on the bowels of many a church, whether founded in a town in Wisconsin, a big old place in Italy, or anywhere, ludicrous statements may be found.
Run Sarah Run! Bachman is not my choice for many reasons..this is just one more.
Everyday she is on the defensive is a day she can’t get her message out. This is standard attack practices by the media.
I heard this on CNNradio via internet earlier today. I really dislike these people. Now they care about a candidates church?
Only if the candidate is a Republican.
Dumb move. Leaving the church is a tacit admission of guilt. They’re going to smear her with this anyway - she should have stood firm.
Gee, is that why California has 2 Jewish female Senators, for example? Since when is being a religious minority a barrier to public office?
Protestants of whatever stripe founded the United States and did so in direct contravention of the institution of the Papacy and the Catholic church in Europe, which ratified and controlled the monarchial system there.
Why should WELS apologize for their views? That viewpoint created the United States.
Perhaps one of the valuable lessons Michelle Bachmann could provide is just why such a viewpoint is at the heart of America.
In the end, as someone else pointed out, who do the Catholics plan to vote for: the Muslim from Jakarta?
Only if the candidate is a Republican.
Should have done this before making a bid for the presidency IMO.
Really? As I recall, the monarchical system against which the 13 colonies rebelled was Protestant.
All Protestant denominations originated in the Reformation, which is the source of these ideas; more American Presidents have been Protestant than any other denomination. So any Protestant running for any office could well be attacked on the same grounds. This type of issue signifies that the initiator of the conversation is either ignorant of the fact that the Reformation era ended a few centuries ago and the fact that Roman Catholics and Protestants can hardly be considered to be “at war” any more, or, more probably, they are simply trying to “stir the pot”.
Those most ardently Roman Catholic and those most ardently Reformation-minded actually now have much more in common with each other than with anyone else. Though published viewpoints of various denominations may be at odds with each other these types of conflicts are not the focus of the daily lives of Christians any more.
Christians who are not so ardent about, or even knowledgeable of the differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, which is to say, most Christians, will have seen too big a difference between what obama promised and what he delivered to vote for him again, unless they are so supportive of new world order that they will vote from him no matter what anyway.
I seem to remember one JFK that you excoriated for being Catholic. Funny how what goes around, comes around.
Good on Bachmann for joining another protestant church that teaches biblical principles.
She shoulda stayed put in my opinion. I dunno what motivated her to make this decision, but I fear that it was political expediency and not theological conviction.
Another trashing of a good conservative by the Palinistas as they chase those evil windmills that stand in the way of their dreams.
Shh, don’t spread facts!
Perhaps, but if it’s her or Obama, it’s not even close. If it’s Palin or Obama, it’s not close. If it’s Perry or Obama . . . . all the way down to Elmer Fudd or the kid who bags my groceries . . . and Obama, it’s not close.
Question, would you vote for a Catholic who said that he believed that evangelical protestants were heretics?
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