Thursday, June 3, 2010

Darryl G. Hart On If George Washington Is Orthodox, What About Barack Obama?

Here. Outstanding post. Barack Obama's words are far far more explicitly "orthodox Christian" than George Washington's were. If we do a Lillback to Obama, we could make him look like a conservative evangelical.

4 comments:

Paul Swendson said...

We have extensive writings by Washington and Franklin from different times in their lives. People from all pespectives can find something in these famous Americans’ writings to support their particular agenda. The Founding Fathers were not generally hostile toward religion, and because they lived in a predominantly Christian society, their discussion of religion is expressed in Chrstian terms. But my understanding is that their deepest commitment – in general – was toward the principle of religious liberty. They recognized that the best thing that government could do for religion was to stay out of the religion business.

Jonathan Rowe said...

Paul,

I think you are right.

Tom Van Dyke said...

But my understanding is that their deepest commitment – in general – was toward the principle of religious liberty. They recognized that the best thing that government could do for religion was to stay out of the religion business.

That would be an oversimplification.

Brian Tubbs said...

FYI - A good book on Obama's religious beliefs is "The Faith of Barack Obama" by Stephen Mansfield.