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right to worship so i get it when a guy walks up to a conservative christian organization s headquarters and starts shooting it confirms what many people already believe evangelical christians in america are a persecuted minority and the people behind the persecution are groups like the southern poverty law center a group that labels anyone who takes a stand for biblical righteousness a hate group the storyline would sound reasonable if it weren t for one small problem it s completely ridiculous to my friends in the evangelical community what happened at the headquarters of the family research council was a despicable act of violence that deserves to be condemned without reservation but please don t use what happened as a pretext to shore up prejudice against those in the lgbt community who by the way have also condemned this act of violence or as a pretext to exact vengeance against groups like the southern poverty law center a group that works to provide a service to society by raising the alarm against hate and extremism in a statement to the press tony perkins the head of the family research council said corkins was given a license to shoot an unarmed man by organizations like the southern poverty law center that have been reckless in labeling organizations as hate groups because they disagree with them on public policy he went on to say they have repeatedly and without cause demonized frc and have spent years stirring up anger in the homosexual community and directing that anger toward an organization whose only crime is to promote and defend the classic american values of faith family and freedom putting aside the logical fallacy that criticism giving someone a license to shoot the fact is the southern poverty law center didn t label the family research council as a hate group because they disagree with them on policy or because they defend the classic american values of faith family and freedom if that were the case they would have put focus on the family on the hate group list or the national organization for marriage both of these groups teach that homosexuality is a sin and lobby against gay marriage the stated reason the southern poverty law center has put the family research council on the hate group list since 2010 is according to their website because it has knowingly spread false and denigrating propaganda about lgbt people not as some claim because it opposes same sex marriage we criticize the frc for claiming in perkins words that pedophilia is a homosexual problem and because an frc official has said he wanted to export homosexuals from the united states the same official advocated the criminalizing of homosexuality it s one thing to say the bible says homosexuality is a sin and i oppose gay marriage it s another thing to say these people are out to get your children it s like when kirk cameron pegged homosexuals as destructive to so many of the foundations of western civilization and then cried foul when the liberal media called him out on it you can t single out a group of people as a threat to civilization and then cast yourself in the role of a victim when people suggest that your words are hate speech i believe that we in the american evangelical community are guilty of a persecution complex which is sad because i ve been to countries where new testament believers are actually persecuted like the videos my teachers used to show me in junior high the believers i ve met in these countries often live quiet and peaceful lives sharing their faith and loving the people that torture them and rat them out to the police they re the ones the apostle peter talked about who do good and suffer and take it patiently this according to peter is commendable before god new testament believers living in places that actually persecute religious minorities often suffer for simply being who they are and their suffering when taken patiently for following in the footsteps of christ who when reviled did not revile in return is commendable before god i m not sure that persecuted christians in america can say the same thing share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment avoiding the r word aug 6 posted by unconventionalchristians by aaron d taylor when mitt romney stood before a group of supporters in israel and declared that cultural superiority and divine providence are the reasons behind the economic disparity between israelis and palestinians the corporate sponsored liberal u s media called his remark ignorant insensitive and a gaffe but other than taking the indirect route of quoting palestinian leaders you d be hard pressed to find an american journalist with the moral fiber to call the remark what it actually was when it comes to the r word the u s media bows to the sacred cow of silence nobody wants to say the word racist anymore true the word racist is loaded the word conjures up images of attack dogs fire hoses church bombings guys in creepy robes riding horses in the dead of night torching homes not to mention hitler neo nazis skinheads the help given the historical baggage associated with the word racist it s understandable that in america today when somebody throws the r word out to denounce the words of another the shame more often goes to the accuser not the accused that s exactly the problem because the word racist is so often associated with its most obvious manifestations it s difficult to call into question the racial views of another even when their words and actions reflect a worldview that says that god favors one group of people over another when it comes to israelis and palestinians there are of course other complicating factors jews for centuries have suffered horrific atrocities under the banner of racism academic circles endlessly debate whether zionism is racism or whether anti zionism is anti semitism the words judaism israel and the jewish people are synonymous for many people making it difficult to criticize one without criticizing the other to make things even more complicated the very concept of the jewish people s chosen ness comes straight from the torah which both jews and christians revere as the word of god as complicating as these factors are at the end of the day we re left with a socio political religious ideology that says that god favors one group of people over another and when god s favored people israel happen to exhibit near total military and economic control over the other palestinians it s entirely appropriate to call into question the moral implications of such an ideology and to raise the question of whether it might be considered racist while romney was for sure attempting to rake in some cash and shore up the jewish vote it s no secret that any comment that praises israel and insults palestinians might be considered a wink and a nod to the supposed evangelical base of the republican party the dominant media narrative is that evangelical is synonymous with christian zionist christian zionists believe that god obligates them to support the state of israel including the expansion of jewish settlements because any nation that refuses to do so will be cursed palestinians are an invented people that don t exist in their view so when their homes and orchards are demolished to pave the way for new settlements it doesn t matter because palestinians who don t exist are trespassers on land that god says belongs to the jewish people christian zionists oppose a two state solution and they want israel to permanently occupy the west bank and gaza strip this is the ideology that romney was trying to appease by insulting palestinians and make no mistake about it romney s remark was an insult romney says that his remarks were mischaracterized but in what universe does telling an entire people that they re culturally inferior to another people not an insult sorry mr romney you can t blame the media on this one as for my evangelical friends that romney was trying to please if you re not at war with the muslim world if you believe that following jesus means challenging racial and religious prejudice if you believe that loving your neighbor includes practicing nonviolence and combating islamophobia if you believe that jesus calls you to work for the peace safety and well being of all people without distinction of their race religion or sexual orientation then i invite you to register for the evangelicals for peace summit coming up on september 14th in washington d c it s time to reclaim our faith share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment the triumph of hypothetical evil over real evil jul 15 posted by unconventionalchristians by aaron d taylor there s a famous maxim that says the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing though wikipedia says otherwise the statement is often attributed to edmund burke i doubt that wikipedia will give me the credit for this 200 years from now but i d like to take a crack at a counter point to burke s famous maxim anyway sometimes evil triumphs not when good people do nothing but when good people fail to distinguish between hypothetical evil and real evil and end up doing something about the former when they should be doing something about the latter case in point national conservative christian radio host kerby anderson s attempt to rally his followers to thwart the senate from ratifying the arms trade treaty as i write these words it s easier to trade weapons around the world than it is to trade bananas and ipads whether we re talking about armed militias that terrorize civilian populations joseph kony or dictators that slaughter their people bashar al assad or insurgents killing american soldiers the taliban the world has yet to come together to negotiate a treaty that would make it difficult for human rights abusers to purchase the weapons to commit their atrocities the arms trade treaty that s under discussion is about regulating the international transfer of weapons not the domestic gun laws of individual nations according to amnesty international the u s state department has explicitly said regarding the att treaty there will be no restrictions on civilian possession of trade or fire arms otherwise permitted by law or protected by the u s constitution one would think that an explicit unambiguous statement like this from the state department would settle the issue but that hasn t stopped kerby anderson from sending out emails to god only knows how many followers to urge them to oppose the att treaty based on the obama is coming for your guns boogeyman in an e mail sent out on july 12th anderson writes to his followers the obama administration working through secretary of state hillary clinton has been working to advance the united nations arms trade treaty while some of the rhetoric may sound good on the surface there is serious concern that this is an attempt at an end run around a republican controlled congress to enact limitations on our second amendment rights based on what mr anderson the troubling part about the e mail is that mr anderson didn t deem it necessary to provide evidence to back up his claim which tells me that he took it as a given that his followers would make an a priori assumption that the claim is true regardless of what the state department has actually said laying aside the question as to whether stricter gun laws here in the u s would actually constitute as an evil even if mr anderson s position on domestic gun control were the correct one that still doesn t absolve him from the responsibility to provide credible evidence that the att provides an actual threat to the second amendment assuming that something is true doesn t make it true after directing his followers to click on a link to sign a petition urging their senators to not vote for the ratification of this treaty the e mail goes on to say if the senate currently under control of the radical left wing of the democratic party ratifies this treaty it could be used to undermine our rights as american citizens could be mr anderson you re opposing a not yet written treaty designed to make it more difficult for thugs terrorists and crackpot dictators to slaughter innocent people something that s actually happening based on a could be anderson closes out the email with this is one of those times when all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing or maybe sometimes it s better for good people to make sure that the evil they seek to thwart is a real evil and not a hypothetical one millions of christians in africa are praying for the negotiation of a robust international arms trade treaty unlike rich white american radio hosts they know what real evil looks like when unregulated weapons and ammo pour into their countries ending up in the hands of militants that rape and slaughter their spouses and children let s hope that the prayers of millions of african christians don t go unanswered because of a few american christians afraid that a democratically elected president wants to steal their guns so that a future dictator might have the power to haul them off to concentration camps share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment towards an evangelical peace movement jun 22 posted by unconventionalchristians by aaron d taylor billy sunday was the most famous evangelist in america during the first two decades of the 20th century without the aid of loudspeakers tv or radio sunday preached to over 100 million people the classic evangelical gospel that remains familiar to many people today repent and believe in jesus who died on the cross for your sins and be saved from eternal damnation the simplicity of sunday s message prompted millions of early 20th century americans to examine the state of their souls and consider their eternal fates yet when it came to conscientious objectors during world war i sunday 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