tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post6066622324804693958..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: David Kupelian is Not A ChristianBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-60266163782543511642010-08-21T08:21:09.563-06:002010-08-21T08:21:09.563-06:00Look at all the money the people who right about t...Look at all the money the people who right about this stuff make. Not to mention all the organizations on both sides that twist the words of the other to get donations.King of Irelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793825722325763371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-85802479440432608192010-08-20T20:06:19.027-06:002010-08-20T20:06:19.027-06:00The Culture Wars make too many people a lot of mon...<i>The Culture Wars make too many people a lot of money.</i><br /><br />That intrigues me, King. I can see some connection between now and during the Founding Era.<br />.<br />Will you expound on that?<br />.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-3776632849358831972010-08-20T18:56:28.018-06:002010-08-20T18:56:28.018-06:00"Clearly an old piece of yours, Jon, since it..."Clearly an old piece of yours, Jon, since it's now clear you must show a necessary link between Christian political theology and its soteriology, and there is no link. You can believe Jesus is God [Samuel Adams] or not [John Adams], and the political theology comes out the same."<br /><br /><br />I am starting to believe the frame of discussion will never shift. The Culture Wars make too many people a lot of money.King of Irelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793825722325763371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-20314283951121303812010-08-20T16:54:05.806-06:002010-08-20T16:54:05.806-06:00.
[Enlightenment figures like John Locke] ... coul....<br /><i>[Enlightenment figures like John Locke] ... could be ... executed for their heresy.</i><br />.<br />Are you serious?<br />.<br />That put a shadow of prima facie doubt on everything published during that period.<br />.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-28316559993876932622010-08-20T16:06:45.750-06:002010-08-20T16:06:45.750-06:00That's how they did it at the Founding. It wa...That's how they did it at the Founding. It was the clergy who tried to start theological wars. The people didn't care much.<br />_________________<br /><br /><i>The folks I see as NOT being able to claim the political theology of the American Founding are the orthodox Christians, those who believe Jesus was 2nd Person in the Trinity, an Incarnate God.</i><br /><br />Clearly an old piece of yours, Jon, since it's now clear you must show a necessary link between Christian political theology and its soteriology, and there is no link. You can believe Jesus is God [Samuel Adams] or not [John Adams], and the political theology comes out the same.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-32382119786025820522010-08-20T14:48:35.215-06:002010-08-20T14:48:35.215-06:00Perhaps, muddying the waters of defining a Christi...Perhaps, muddying the waters of defining a Christian is wise, as won't it lead to more tolerance? And America, after all, is a tolerant nation, as it regards religious confession.<br /><br />The danger today is defining one's religion/God....Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-62465665683645408332010-08-20T07:37:27.421-06:002010-08-20T07:37:27.421-06:00The question of who is a Christian, or what qualif...The question of who is a Christian, or what qualifies a person to be a Christian, currently has some attention in the media.<br /><br />In <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/08/obama-christian-muslim-catholic/1" rel="nofollow">Who, exactly, is a 'Christian'? Obama? You?</a>, Cathy Lynn Grossman sums it up as "In short, not only do many people not know Obama's religion, they may not know their neighbor's -- or their own."<br /><br />Which for the purposes of this blog could rephrased as; "In short, not only do many people not know [the Founder's] religion, they may not know their neighbor's -- or their own."<br /><br />The disconnect between an individuals personal view of him/herself, the public view they project to the media, and the view constructed by their day-to-day religious actions, makes this discussion very difficult to moderate / navigate.bpabbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047791198702983998noreply@blogger.com