re: Politics and Faith

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If you condone abortion you aren't a Christian.

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I would disagree

Not that I think most abortion proponents are Christians - I don't. But some could be and I suspect there are some who are.

My sin is no worse or better than theirs. I do think it's reasonable to question whether someone wrapping their left-wing politics in faith is pursuing the former or the latter. And relatedly, whether they're faking the latter to pursue the former.

I think it's reasonable to question that on the right, too, but one position tends to be more openly hostile to faith than the other. Left-leaning Christian churches are often Gospel-free zones. While right leaning churches may let politics dominate to a problematic extent, I'm not aware of any that are completely devoid of Gospel. There are left-wing churches where you could go years without hearing the Gospel, and I just don't think that happens at FBC Dallas, for example.

The reality is that left-leaning churches are a vehicle for directionless political advocates. You get a salary, you get to engage in advocacy, you get more respect than the average left wing organizer and you can wrap up your radical views in the more acceptable framework of the church.