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via Mike James, via LewRockwell.com (entitled “Bush the Christian”)

Bush the Christian by Christopher Manion

John Henry Cardinal Newman put it as simply as anyone: “Being a great theologian doesn’t make you more holy. It only makes you more guilty when you sin.”
Well, how could “such a good Christian” make such profound mistakes about a central issue like war? A lifetime would not be enough to address that question adequately. Our culture, our history, and our civilization are full of Christian symbols, assumptions, and vocabulary. It should not come as a surprise that they should be borrowed, or even blatantly hijacked, to suit political agendas that, on inspection, are in decided and deadly opposition to the Gospel of the Prince of Peace.

Mike comments:
I’m concerned that this setback to the true kingdom of God (the one inaugurated by Jesus in his teaching and parables) may last an entire generation. Kevin (Mike refers to this comment on KOS) confirms my own experience that even lifelong passionate followers of Jesus are being shaken to the core and driven away by this Religious Right behavior — how much more so those who would be new disciples?