12-22-2019, 03:01 AM
"Christianity Today" is being billed far and wide in the media as an "evangelical christian publication", but it's not. They are playing on the fact that it was initiated by evangelical Billy Graham, and are minimizing the fact that it has subsequently been taken over by a group of leftist Catholics.
Now Catholics, like Evangelicals and indeed the general population at large, are composed of all sorts of folks with all manner of political leanings, so I'm not trying to label the Catholic church as "Leftist". The fact remains that there is a faction that leans far to the left - the Jesuits who wrought such political havoc in Central America during the 1980's come to immediate mind.
Furthermore, this Leftist faction of Catholicism - in common with leftists wherever you find them - are the politically loud, sqwawky faction. Now, I don't hold with mixing my politics and my religion, as either one is explosive enough alone, but not everyone has the same sort of self-control that I do. Leftists in particular are notorious for their lack of self control and frequent emotional outbursts.
That's what has happened here - politically active leftist Catholics have taken over the rag, and this editorial piece was written by one of them, masquerading as an "evangelical" opinion because of the venue it was presented in. Franklin Graham has tried to set the record straight as to what evangelicals REALLY think, but has not met with much airplay in the media...
... it's as if the media is hiding something and trying to shape the national narrative, or something like that!
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Now Catholics, like Evangelicals and indeed the general population at large, are composed of all sorts of folks with all manner of political leanings, so I'm not trying to label the Catholic church as "Leftist". The fact remains that there is a faction that leans far to the left - the Jesuits who wrought such political havoc in Central America during the 1980's come to immediate mind.
Furthermore, this Leftist faction of Catholicism - in common with leftists wherever you find them - are the politically loud, sqwawky faction. Now, I don't hold with mixing my politics and my religion, as either one is explosive enough alone, but not everyone has the same sort of self-control that I do. Leftists in particular are notorious for their lack of self control and frequent emotional outbursts.
That's what has happened here - politically active leftist Catholics have taken over the rag, and this editorial piece was written by one of them, masquerading as an "evangelical" opinion because of the venue it was presented in. Franklin Graham has tried to set the record straight as to what evangelicals REALLY think, but has not met with much airplay in the media...
... it's as if the media is hiding something and trying to shape the national narrative, or something like that!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’