THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT & ETHICAL IGNORANCE

THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT OR WRONG?

The jabs keep coming at the religious right, yet somehow Obama can over and over try to portray himself as a Christian and gather only criticism from the extreme left and only the knowledgeable on right. Why is that? Well, it is truly a matter of ethical illiteracy.

THE IGNORANT CHURCH?

In Francis Schaeffer's book The New Super Spirituality, he talks about the romantic view of religion that the church has assumed. In some churches, Jesus is optimistically a savior from "something" and seldom Lord. Jesus takes the role of a "love, love, joy, joy, buddy," but there is still a steady decline of the teaching of doctrine, and thus the church has not only suffered a loss of corporate defense of the faith but personal defense as well. Without any actual "truth content" many in the church are stumped by even the most simple ethical questions.

A RETURN TO TRUTH

It is extremely important that now in this latest resurgence in political conservatism, like the Tea Party and others, that we question ourselves. Does the right really have answers? Can they be defended? On what basis do they stand? If we falter on any of these three questions, we are likely to just replace the current situation with a more corrupt one. When the pendulum swings back again we may find that the leader we elect could be replaced with someone even worse that Obama. The return to Biblical Truth in ethics will make good politics by default. We should be very mindful about distorting this order.

SANTORUM ON ABORTION "CIVIL RIGHTS"

You have to admire Rick Santorum's recent argument against Obama's view of abortion. To boil it down basically Sactorum states that he finds it hard to believe that a person of color ("black person" or "victim of slavery"), would embrace a policy that diminishes the civil rights of an unborn child.

In a recent CNN article, he is quoted as saying "Life is a civil right." See the article here:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/24/santorum-life-is-a-civil-right/

It has always been so frustrating to me when I hear politicians bumble around over this sort of ethical issue. You would think that if they are going to be a politician they would learn some debate tactics and solid arguments. Here Santorum, is showing that he has some skill in this area, that may educate the masses. So what is encouraging is that once a prominent argument takes hold, it tends to propagate among the ranks. Let's hope this is the case, because people need to learn to argue more about ethical truths than political posturing. This is not a political issue, it never has been, it has always been a moral issue, and it needs to be argued properly.