Most Protestant pastors think Bush, Palin are Christians but not Obama | The Christian Century

Most Protestant pastors think Bush, Palin are Christians but not Obama | The Christian Century

Found this article today on the Christian Century purely by chance. Although I once subscribed to the Christian Century, I haven't been a reader or subscriber for many years. One of my Facebook friends had posted a link to a Christian Century article about a Lifeway (Southern Baptist) online survey indicating that a majority of respondents put family at the heart of their Christmas celebration, not the religious observance. This article was linked on the side of the page under "Related Articles."

A couple of paragraphs from the article stood out:

"Three-quarters of Protestant pastors surveyed called Bush a Christian, followed by 66 percent who included former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the Christian fold. Just 41 percent said they believe Obama is a Christian."

"Stetzer said the responses may indicate that Protestant pastors are more particular than other people when considering who is and is not a Christian. For some pastors, being "Christian" is synonymous with being "born again" or "evangelical," he said."

WHAT?? Excuse me? "Protestant pastors are more particular than other people when considering who is and is not a Christian," and three quarters of them consider George W. Bush Christian? Is this the same man who, as Governor, set a record for the most executions, refusing clemency even when evidence suggested the probability of wrongful conviction? And isn't this the same man who, as President, "bore false witness" to get us into not one, but two ill-advised wars? Is this the same man who approved torture for detainees?

If anyone wonders why I have become disgusted with the state of the church today, consider this "Exhibit A."

Using the Google Cr-48

"I arrived home from work yesterday and found an unexpected package on my back porch. Given the time of year, I didn’t dare open the box, even though it was addressed to me. When my wife arrived home, she was as surprised by the package as I was. I opened it to find a Google Cr-48 netbook!
 
Although I had applied to test the netbook, I had not been notified that I was selected to participate in the testing. My initial excitement waned a bit, however, as I was initially unable to connect to the internet, rendering the netbook unusable. The good news is, the support team was able to help me correct the issue. (A firmware upgrade to my Linksys WRT110 router was required, and after applied all went well.)

I am using the netbook now, my second action using the appliance (the first, of course, was to email the technician who solved the problem.) So far, so good. More about this later."

Poor choices? Really?

Here's a news flash Lindsey: It wasn't just Senate candidates where the GOP made some desperatel­y poor choices.

Unfortunat­ely an astounding number of those "poor choices" ended up getting elected, because people who were disgusted with the choices stayed home. So what does the future hold? The "poor choices" will make poor policy decisions and further wreck not only our economy, but our internatio­nal standing and any semblance of the progress for which so many had hoped. Some day people may realize the consequenc­es of not making the choice among evils and staying home is too high a price to pay.

(Read the referenced article on The Hill: http://bit.ly/hsU1Kk)

I'm back...

I've neglected this blog for the last year or so for a variety of reasons. I am back from hiatus (bet you didn't even know I'd left town!).

Obama Palin Shoe Shining Email Could Get Colorado State Worker In Trouble

I would hesitate to use the "worker" to describe the person who forwarded the email. If there is any "bright" spot in this, it is that the offence took place in Colorado, a state that Obama carried in 2008, and not in one of the southern red states. It shows that racial stereotypes are not the sole property of the South. Of course, if this had happened here in my home state of South Carolina, not only would no one be surprised, but there probably wouldn't have been enough outrage for it make the news. Despite protestations to the contrary, I would posit that most of the opposition to the President's "policies" are race-based. Nothing goes better with a Tea Party than white bread.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Prominent South Carolina Conservative Offers Support For Graham

Lindsey has nothing to worry about in SC. He won't be back on the ballot until 2014. Sadly, he's the closest thing to a Democratic senator that we have at the moment. DeMint does have token opposition for his 2010 campaign, but given the fact that average IQ of SC voters is lower than the average November temperature, I don't see much hope of DeMint departing.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost