Re: J. P. Holding compared with moderate evangelicals

Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote: At 10:19 PM 6/1/2006, Edward Babinski wrote:

 Janice,
 You could also read a bit more widely than Holding and study what some moderate Evangelicals have to say about the Bible, science, or even homosexuality. Have
 you read Tony Campolo...

 @ The Tony Campolo that tells people they should thank God for Karl Marx? This is a "moderate"???

 Oh, yes, I know all about Tony - he's a member of the radical religious left. Here's a link to one of the items I posted about him in 2004. Click link and scroll down to October 11th.

  ...

 "I'm not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians." -Tony Campolo Charlie Rose show on January 24, 1997

 In actuality, it's the voice of a hard-core follower of Herbert Marcuse. He's a Marcusian Marxist - pure and simple.
 
In other words a Christian who cares about peace, equality, poverty, health, environment etc. No wonder some consider him to be a radical.

Tony seems to have done quite a lot for the inner city youth. Those darn radicals, what are they doing with our youth...

http://www.tonycampolo.org/

And then this interview with Tony... http://www.beliefnet.com/story/150/story_15052_1.html

     'Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked': An Interview with Tony Campolo
     Speaking out on gays, women and more, a progressive evangelical says 'We ought to get out of the judging business.'

On divisiveness

<quote>
When did it become anti-feminist? When did evangelical Christianity become anti-gay? When did it become supportive of capital punishment? Pro-war? When did it become so negative towards other religious groups
</quote>

On focus on poverty

<quote>We also raise some very serious questions about the support of policies that have been detrimental to the poor. When I read the voter guide of a group like the Christian Coalition, I find that they are allied with the National Rifle Association and are very anxious to protect the rights of people to buy even assault weapons. But they don’t seem to be very supportive of concerns for the poor, concerns for trade relations, for canceling Third World debts.</quote>

No wonder people are 'scared' of Tony and are quick to label him a Marxist. Makes life much easier when we label people :-)
Received on Fri Jun 2 12:36:20 2006