03/10/2009 03:39:35 PM EST

Evangelicals and the GOP

posted by OldGerman

Cenk interviewed Frank Schaeffer yesterday. Schaeffer said in the course of the interview that originally evangelical christians were largely apolitical, singing their gospels, healing people through prayer etc.


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According to Schaeffer, they were then quasi infiltrated or recruited by the GOP, which instrumentalized evangelicals for their political purposes. This, Schaeffer said, corrupted the evangelical movement, conforming them more and more with the GOP's political views, while alienating them from their original religious ideals.

My question is, whether above statements are exactly true, or evangelical ideals rather changed the Republican party into what it is today, especially with regards to the former President being an evangelical christian, and the influence this fact, again according to what Schaeffer said, had on America's foreign policy in the years 2000 to 2004.

Thank you to everybody who comments!

 

 

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I think he has a point (none / 0)
in that Bush/Rove used conservative Christians to divide the country and create a base.

I dont think Rove could give a crap what conservative Christians believe as long as they can be used for his political ends.

I dont buy into the conservative Christians are just minding their own business scenario either.

Focus on the Family
Family Research Council

etc etc etc  come to mind

Maybe Pat Robertson isnt a main stream conservavite Cristian. But he sure has a lot of influence .

Regardless if conservative Christians are active in politics or not. When it comes time to vote.

They still vote conservative Republican usually against their best interests.


by Chinese Democracy on 03/10/2009 05:03:19 PM EST

It was consensual sex (none / 0)

The only way the Rethugs could grab hold of power was the southern strategy. The key was through lower class Southern (and to a lesser extent ,western) voters was to grab a Bible and start thumping plus pump up thinly veiled racial politics.. The old guard upper class, ie rich white folks, just held their nose and went along for the tax cuts...

On the other hand the extremist Christians could only advance the agenda of American moral decay through a political movement.

A marriage made in hell.

Unfortunately for the GOP , whites and Christians are declining in the USA. 

Amen

by MRFred on 03/10/2009 05:22:42 PM EST

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