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I hope Jim Wallis will have some crisis which shocks him to the bottom of his soul and makes him turn to Christ for mercy and life.

I about had it with him for having the shameless indecency of calling Marvin Olasky a liar. Olasky reported that Sojourners got money from Soros, and as it turns out they in fact got more than $300,000 from Soros; so Wallis was the one who lied.

He also was one of the over-the-top Sarah Palin maulers, almost as bad as Andrew Sullivan. I just don't "get" that. Anybody can disagree politically, but this screeching, vein-popping level of malicious contempt?

I can't begin to wrap my head around that.

Crack-pots like this Wallis, who glibly slander others whenever it suits their compulsive bias, are not driven by reason or compassion. (See Compassion Or Compulsion?.) They cannot handle reality, and cry out in rage because the world is what it is, not the egalitarian land of make-believe that they desire.

Ranting insults at your fellow countrymen, without any actual basis in reality for those insults, is a symptom of this neurotic personality, who might like to be accepted as a "Faith Leader," but is a living negation of any behavior inspired by traditional Faith.

William Flax

I about had it with him for having the shameless indecency of calling Marvin Olasky a liar. Olasky reported that Sojourners got money from Soros, and as it turns out they in fact got more than $300,000 from Soros; so Wallis was the one who lied.

Yep - see this 2004 thread: Jim Wallis vs the truth.

I seem to recall he has been diagnosed with cancer, so maybe that would fit the bill, although I wouldnt wish such a thing on anyone.

Wallis is one of a number of Christian leaders who signed the "Covenant for Civility", a document deploring the growing polarization in American politics. I find this rather bizarre, as he is one of the most divisive figures on the scene at the moment - his activities certainly encourage and deepen that divide. As you say, there is nothing wrong with disagreeing with someone politically, and even with being passionate in expressing your dissent - maybe even shouting - but there should be no place for the kind of personal insult and attack that is such a feature of modern politics. Wallis is not the only person who almost always ascribes malicious motives to those who oppose him, but its something he does far too often.

I cant get my head round that either. If you think someone is wrong, you can argue the point with them. If you think they are the devil, that is never going to happen.