Give me a freakin' break
By Erick Posted in 2007 | Mississippi — Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
The Washington Post has this write up on John Eaves, the soon to be former Democratic nominee for Governor of Mississippi. He's taken to talking about Jesus everywhere he goes.
I am a Democrat because I am a Christian," he tells voters.
He then draws a contrast to the way he construes the Bible's message and what he sees as the judgmental aspects of some religious conservatism.
"My Jesus offers love, hope, peace and forgiveness," he said.
But, naturally, he gives away the game later in the article.
As governor, he assures them, he would be tolerant of the views of other faiths. "Everyone searches for the truth," he said. "They ask, 'Why am I here? What is my purpose?' I find my truth in the message of Jesus. But I believe we are all united in the search for truth."
Either Christ is the way, or Christ is not the way. To presuppose that there might be other "truths" out there is a patently false belief according to the same Christ this dude claims to believe in.
And let's go to the current lefty canard spouted off by Mr. Eaves that he's a Democrat because he's a Christian. We should note that, as Mike Huckabee corrected said, God is not spelled G-O-P and it is not spelled D-N-C either.
But I have a hard time believing the media/Democrat bumpersticker slogan of the year — "Real Christian = Democrat," when the whole of the party leadership and grassroots structure has spent decades throwing stones at Republicans for embracing sinners while the Democrats have chosen instead to embrace the sin.
Christ gives no way out -- one must either accept him exclusively as the only way to truth or not. And if one does, one must not hedge, hem, or haw. Mr. Eaves, using his shtick to out Christian Haley Barbour may have earned himself some press in the Washington Post, but it will not earn him the Governor's Mansion. The people of Mississippi are smarter than that.
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Didn't Jesus also show "the judgmental aspects of some religious conservatism"?
…How about when Jesus laid into the scribes and Pharasees? (You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?” -mt.23:33)
…Or when Jesus was teaching his disciples? ("He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.” –mt. 12:30)
…Or when Jesus beat the tar out of the merchants in the Temple? (“And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; and to those who were selling the doves He said, ‘Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business.’" –jn. 2:14-16)
Seems like Mr. Eaves follows the cartoon Jesus that so many wish existed. A shame.
The search for truth, and that is ANY truth be they spiritual or not, requires the application of "judgmental aspects", otherwise what you have is not a search with the intent of finding an answer, but a sort of willfully ignorant wallowing in the mess of conflicting premises and ideas.
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“It must not be supposed that folly is as powerful as truth,
just because it can, if it likes, shout louder and longer than truth.”
--Augustine
Christianity as its standard of truth?
and so is God.
Something tells me this doesn't quite meet God's smell test for genuine devotion and worship.
Obviously, this is a far cry from how Karl Rove would have implemented it. Simply put, the Dems aren't that slick. The exploitation of Jesus, ethnics, and moral issues isn't exactly a spanking new stratagem. It's been well manipulated by both parties. Accordingly, I question why this would be considered anything other that "fair game".
I think the comments attributed to Mr. Eaves illuminates his duty to preserve the rights of others to seek truth in their own fashion. While his religion may be Christianity, he understands his responsibilities under our Constitution to safeguard the rights of others. I look for that attribute in my conservative candidates as well. Too much government in our religious persuits is not healthy.
Eaves has probably lost more liberal votes (what few there are in MS) than he has gained by trying to run to the right of Barbour on everything.
I seem to remember New Testament scripture talking about Jesus being the Way, The Truth, and the Life and no one comes to the Father but by him... so if you are a Christian and espouse those believes truthfully then there is no possible "searching for truth"
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