He talked about the different strains in the evangelical movement, fundamentalists, pentecostal, charismatic, non-denominational, emergent. How he has a lot more respect for these churches and their leaders than he did before. One point that he considers very important, the members of evangelical churches do more service work than the members of mainline churches. I don't know if that's really per member but a lot of community service happens in those communities.
Interesting, wonder if that's true and how it's true. ie volunteering at a pregnancy counseling service which condemns abortions, would that count? Doing hospice work and trying to get their patients to accept Jesus, would that count? I could see getting together and painting the houses of elderly people who can't do it, yes that counts. I'm not doubting it, I'm just wondering how you can measure it. My professor is all about the data.
My take on abortion? I'm a knee-jerk liberal, definitely pro-choice. Abortion is nasty for everybody involved, no doubt about that. Nobody wants to do it. But, both times I was pregnant, I felt very strongly about it. For myself, there was no way that I intended to have an abortion. But I certainly didn't want a bunch of white men making that decision for me and telling me I couldn't.
So, the Republican party has been enjoying the support of most evangelicals, an important voter base for them. But has the line been completely blurred? Is the Republican party now completely evangelist? Are they one and the same? With a Mormon candidate. Must any Republican candidate represent evangelical christianity.
Picture of Mitt Romney. Glad I'm not him.
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While I really don't care for some of Mitt Romney's policies, I'm kind of glad that the conservative (especially Evangelicals) are going to have to choose between an African American and a Mormon. I think it's going to force a lot of people to face their own bigotry.
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