The tough-talking Doug Giles lays it out in his latest column, “A Christian Can Be a Christian or a Liberal, But He Can’t Be Both.” Giles, a graduate of Knox Theological Seminary writes:
For the “Christian” to lean politically to the left means that he must blow off huge chunks of the Bible and replace the scripture with the make-believe notions of postmodernism’s malleable “Christ.” Only after torturing the scripture can the Christian then fit liberalism into his supposed relationship with God.For the Christian who believes that unfeigned faith in Christ should correspond with Jesus’ high view of scripture, it is…now…impossible to believe in God and be an adherent to postmodern liberalism….
The Democratic Party’s liberalism has degenerated over the last 40-50 years in regard to its view of Christianity and Christian rights. This party, which formerly embraced and protected our nation’s great Christian heritage and teachings, no longer does so. Thus, today the Christian is between a rock and a hard place: he can either be a Christian or a liberal, but he cannot be both.
A liberal-supporting Christian causes me no small amount of frustration and confusion. I used to assume that Christians thought biblically about issues (naive?). I quickly figured out I was mistaken. Many Christians make decisions based on a secular worldview, and they shouldn’t. What does it mean to “think biblically?” More on this later.
Update: First day back and the wolves have gathered around my door already! You bloggers out there trying to get my attention, please check out the rules of this blog. From my Comment Policy: Trackbacks leading to offensive posts where I’m the subject will be deleted.
Update II (10/26): Now that word of this post is bound to travel the length of the blogosphere, let me state for the record that only God knows a person’s heart. Doug Giles isn’t arguing that there are no Christians who are liberals; he contends that liberal ideology itself is anti-Christian to the core and should not be supported by one purporting to be a Christian. I concur. Since naysayers and contrarians will use any excuse to castigate, this update is for the reasonable people in the audience.
Update III: For the edification of our new visitors and friends, I’ll link to my Jesus Was A Liberal post.
Update IV (10/27): Liberals seem to be a little confused about why I delete trackbacks leading to insulting posts where I’m the subject. I thought it was self-explanatory but apparently not. I don’t think I know any human being who’s willing to put up with and pay for gratuitous offenses on his/her own bandwidth. If you know such a person, please arrange an introduction. Being linked and insulted by a black liberal has put me on the radar screen of white liberals, who are equally vacuous. I’m waiting for the “House Nigga” slur, because I know it’s coming…
