Comments on: No Messiah Running http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/10/no-messiah-running/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Raymond Takashi Swenson http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/10/no-messiah-running/#comment-20187 Raymond Takashi Swenson Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:38:47 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=11730#comment-20187 After the negative experience Evangelicals have had of electing fellow nominal Evangelicals Carter and Clinton, one would think they would concentrate on the the personal morality and the public policy views of a candidate, rather than thinking that mere membership in an approved denom,ination gives any assurance of either competence or integrity. Yet Reverend Jeffress is still out of touch with reality, thinking that Romney being a Mormon should disqualify him from beinig the Republican nominee. Has he even considered that, if Evangelicals make opposition to a candidate on the basis of religious affiliation a legitimate action, socially accepted, it will unleash the widespread prejudice against Evangelicals that is held by many Americans, and defeat an Evangelical Republican candidate? Backstabbing among Republicans is only going to encourage other voters to backstab in accordance with their own biases. After the negative experience Evangelicals have had of electing fellow nominal Evangelicals Carter and Clinton, one would think they would concentrate on the the personal morality and the public policy views of a candidate, rather than thinking that mere membership in an approved denom,ination gives any assurance of either competence or integrity. Yet Reverend Jeffress is still out of touch with reality, thinking that Romney being a Mormon should disqualify him from beinig the Republican nominee. Has he even considered that, if Evangelicals make opposition to a candidate on the basis of religious affiliation a legitimate action, socially accepted, it will unleash the widespread prejudice against Evangelicals that is held by many Americans, and defeat an Evangelical Republican candidate? Backstabbing among Republicans is only going to encourage other voters to backstab in accordance with their own biases.

]]> By: Michael Bauman http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/10/no-messiah-running/#comment-20011 Michael Bauman Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:59:07 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=11730#comment-20011 I can't recall any Republican (or any conservative) saying anything at all like they were looking for a messiah. They do say they are looking for the best candidate, and some candidates they enthusiastically endorse. But messiahship is not really what they are seek. I can’t recall any Republican (or any conservative) saying anything at all like they were looking for a messiah. They do say they are looking for the best candidate, and some candidates they enthusiastically endorse. But messiahship is not really what they are seek.

]]> By: sherry tucker david http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/10/no-messiah-running/#comment-19985 sherry tucker david Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:07:15 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=11730#comment-19985 "The conservative party should not be in quest of a political savior. The messiah came and until He returns, there will be no perfect ruler whether one looks in New Jersey, Florida, Texas, or Washington D.C. Perhaps it is better to vote for competence, knowing we will be a bit disappointed in some details, than quest for ideological purity." wow, you just distilled what I've been trying to say. “The conservative party should not be in quest of a political savior. The messiah came and until He returns, there will be no perfect ruler whether one looks in New Jersey, Florida, Texas, or Washington D.C. Perhaps it is better to vote for competence, knowing we will be a bit disappointed in some details, than quest for ideological purity.”

wow, you just distilled what I’ve been trying to say.

]]> By: There Will Be No Republican Messiah | Denny Burk http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/10/no-messiah-running/#comment-19978 There Will Be No Republican Messiah | Denny Burk Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:19:34 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=11730#comment-19978 [...] a messianic view of Obama are now casting about in search of a messiah of their own. I like how John Mark Reynolds says [...] [...] a messianic view of Obama are now casting about in search of a messiah of their own. I like how John Mark Reynolds says [...]

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