Originally posted by Viss1:
Originally posted by 04marauder:
What bothers me somewhat though is that there seems to be a perception that all evangelicals or christians are of the same political persuasions...

Its just not smart to lump all christians as having the same political goals and agendas.



I don't know if that confusion really exists. I personally don't know anyone who confuses the mostly homogenous Evangelical political views with the widely varied views of mainstream Christians.

As far as "the media" goes, what type of event would people attend as Christians that is not right-wing in nature? In other words, is it more common to see people acting politically in the name of Christianity protesting abortion or supporting a gay marriage?




Well, when you hear people referring to the 'megachurches' or 'evangelicals' protesting this or that, it sounds like a generalization about christians. The Religious Right, Moral Majority or Christian Coalition did not speak for all christians. Yeah, they're evangelical and attend mega churches, but there are many of churches with large congregations that you could call evangelical (the Bible calls on all christians to evangelize) and that don't subscribe to these groups' particular kind of rhetoric.

I hope people are able to make distinctions between what we usually see and hear in the media about christians and know that this is just too large a group to pin a specific set of political beliefs on.

It is more common to see people acting politically in the name of Christianity protesting abortion or supporting a gay marriage in the media. That's my point. What you usually don't see or hear alot about though are people acting politically in the name of Christianity on issues such as poverty or who are anti-war. They are out there, they're just not as visible or vocal.


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