Just out of curiosity, would you attribute this, at least in part, to the tendency of many on the Right towards a radical, Objectivist-style libertarianism?
Just out of curiosity, would you attribute this, at least in part, to the tendency of many on the Right towards a radical, Objectivist-style libertarianism?
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I think that has to be at least a part of it. Sometimes Christians are corrupted by the Liberalism the world foists upon them thru Hollywood and the popular media. At other times, Christians are confused by what is identified as “Conservatism” even within the “New Media,” “Talk Radio,” and the internet.
Objectivism and the old line libertarian Conservatism of Ayn Rand and even William F. Buckley to a large extent is secular and based on many different principles and foundations than the Social Conservatism that is produced by a Biblical worldview. Scriptural principles inform and undergird the Soical Conservatism of Christians, and while both forms will generally agree on some issues to some extent (economics/capitalism, for instance, or peace thru strength as military/foreign policy) they will ultimately disagree on moral issues like abortion, homosexual unions/”marriage,” etc...
Christians NEED to be re-taught a basis for the BIBLICAL worldview that most of the Founders of this nation held to.