Posted on 11/04/2008 5:56:14 AM PST by pissant
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Top evangelical scholar: Many evangelicals appalled McCain chose Palin
I recently asked John Stackhouse, an influential scholar on faith and politics at evangelical Regent College in Vancouver, what evangelicals are thinking about Sarah Palin. John, an author of many books and frequent contributor to Christianity Today, replied:
"Some evangelicals will support Sarah Palin because they are Republican. Some will identify with her class-wise (against "intellectuals," "snobs," etc.). Some will like her persona. And some will like her because she's prolife," Stackhouse said.
"Some are racists, of course, and that'll be that. But many evangelicals will not support Obama because he is not even moderately pro-life (versus, say, the Clintons) and because he is, indeed, inexperienced versus Senator McCain. Many moderate evangelicals will prefer Obama's politics to McCain's. Some will be turned off by the racism at some GOP events - and upset by Governor Palin's refusal to denounce them. But many, many evangelicals, I expect, are appalled (as I am) that Senator McCain would put the United States and, indeed, the world in the perilous position of having the inexperienced and, it appears, morally and intellectually suspect Governor Palin one heartbeat away from the U.S. presidency. It shows a dreadful lack of judgment--precisely what he is supposed to offer instead of the callow Obama. And for many, that'll be that."
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I second that.
Has someone from the ‘Vancouver Sun’ ever even met an evangelical?
who appointed/annointed this fellow?
Ay ay, sirs!
BARF Alert! I am a Christian and the Christian friends I have are ALL voting for McCain & Palin, and they absolutely LOVE Sarah Palin!!!!!
This article is nonsense! Sarah is fully qualified to be President one day (and what an AMAZING one she’ll be, at that!)!
What a prig.
I am fired up buddy. I already voted. and if we win. I will excited.
if we lose. We are going to wage a war on the Nicole Wallace’s, Steve Schmidt’s and Peggy Noonan’s of the Republican party and THROW THEM OUT OF THE GOP.
I am pumped.
“morally and intellectually suspect Palin”? What?
Same guy who anointed Al Sharpton a Reverend, I reckon.
What a load of crap.
I think the phrase “moderately pro-life” is a pretty easy tip-off.
Why be appalled? I would think they would welcome a pro life candidate with strong morals that walks the walk.
A pile of dingo’s kidneys.
Why be appalled? I would think they would welcome a pro life candidate with strong morals that walks the walk.
Every Evangelical and Fundamentalist I know loves her.
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beastshalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
of the field which YHvH had made. And he said to the woman,
"Indeed, has God said,
'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
So, what he said is, if Palin is against Obama, it’s racism. I don’t know where these idiots come from, and even more amazing is the press gives them a platform with articles like this. It’s like the press world wide has lost their minds and developed mental retardation
This just proves this guy knows absolutely zippo about evangelicals. Complete nonsense.
The term “evangelical” doesn’t mean what it used to. John Stackhouse does NOT qualify as a “mainstream evangelical,” much less as a “conservative evangelical.”
And on top of that, YES, he is a moron. A self-righteous, arrogant, “smarter-than-thou” moron.
Okay, I’m done now.
Maybe his source group is the “evangelicals” in the Emergent Church movement or in Rick Warren’s liberal church. In other words, not real Christians.
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