With all the fear-mongering on the Left about an imminent “Christo-nationialist” takeover, it’s nice to read an article like this at The American Prospect. Evangelicalism, much less Christianity as a whole, is not nearly as monolithic as some liberals fear (and conservatives might like!). Not that I’m necessarily on board with the whole “progressive” evangelical/Jim Wallis platform (for starters, I’m not even an evangelical, except in the old-fashioned European sense I guess). Rather it’s that Christians can be, and are, all over the map politically.
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal
3 responses to “Christians aren’t as scary as you might think, my blue-state friend”
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I personally think that the “Religious Right” has completely ruined American Christianity for people who aren’t members of their churches. I also think that the people who insist that all evangelicals are part of the “Religious Right” are complete bigots, but that’s just me. The problem is that these two opposing groups are so loud and dominant that other people simply don’t have the lungpower/bicep size to compete. Sometimes I really, really hate being American.
I guess I am on board with most of the “progressive” platform; I’d probably be considered a “moderate liberal”, but it seems like most “moderate liberals” are liberal on the things I’d be conservative on and conservative on the things I’d be liberal on.
The whole thing, quite honestly, makes me sick.
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“I personally think that the “Religious Right” has completely ruined American Christianity for people who aren’t members of their churches.”
Sorry, I meant “for people who don’t subscribe to their political view”. I *absolutely* can’t think straight today.
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Alex, you may be right, but I also think a good case be made that the “Religious Left” has completely ruined Christianity for those who don’t share its political views wherever it is dominant.
If Christianity means free health care for all, then obviously there are whole swaths of the public who will be resentful of Christianity. I think in many areas of Europe this has played a bigger role than you think in secularization.
A Thinking Reed 
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