[Vision2020] Religious Concerns about a Candidate?

[keely emerinemix]

When one's pastor says something that contentious against an entire group or religion, and Bouma does not immediately denounce the antagonistic tone taken, he shows that he either lacks the courage to think for himself, the boldness to separate from his pastor's public position, or the civility to work with people whose religion he disagrees with -- however strenuously he holds those disagreements.  I don't expect him to acquiesce, publicly or privately, to LDS theology; I couldn't, and I wouldn't.  But I'd like to think that I can work harmoniously and respectfully with anyone of any faith, or no faith, or of a faith whose tenets I find offensive, which is the case with the LDS.  (The doctrine bothers me; people don't, unless a doctrine leads them to bad behavior).

Anyone who can't work harmoniously and respectfully with people of other faiths -- who either announces that he requires his own church fellowship surrounding him to get things done in the rest of the world, or who won't distance himself from a pastor who would seem to suggest that -- really needs to come to terms with the fact that his personal submission to Christ doesn't require that he malign people who are different.  Crazy little thing called love, and all of that.

And why the boldface?  So that Bouma supporters don't think they've caught me in a net of sentimental religious syncretism or politically-correct relativism.  And I don't care if they do -- but I want them to consider the point, not get into a lather about what I believe or not.  

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




> From: bear at moscow.com
> To: nickgier at roadrunner.com
> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:08:55 -0700
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Religious Concerns about a  Candidate?
> 
> 
> Nick, et al........
> 
> Just an open question here that I'd like an answer to:  When has our  
> politics devolved so much that we would or wouldn't vote for a  
> candidate base on his/her religion?
> 
> Just taking a step back from the Republican / Democrat / Tea Party  
> politics, this is starting to sound like the taliban when a vote will  
> be based or a person would be belittled because of what their church  
> and faith they believe in. Would it be OK to ask these same kind of  
> questions if a candidate is jewish or catholic? I just want to know  
> how far tolerance  goes and where is the line?
> 
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