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Steve. Thanks for this. Part of the poll the WSJ r...

2006-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:00

Steve. Thanks for this.
Part of the poll the WSJ reported concerned religious conservatives, not just political conservatives. My aim was not to suggest that Jesus was on anyone's side, per se—except the poor of course. My aim was rather to let the numbers speak for themselves. Among other things, the numbers suggest that conservatives, both political and religious do not fit the stereotype propagated about them by liberals. Periodically, numbers like this come out, but they are not widely reported, and not long remembered. Why not? I suspect that part of the reason is because such statistics are not welcomed by those who need to have the caricature of conservatives as heartless despisers of the poor maintained.

I guess we're speaking in terms of political conse...

2006-12-18T14:55:00.000-05:00

I guess we're speaking in terms of political conservatives and liberals, rather than theological conservatives and liberals, since it's the Wall Street Journal. Still interesting, though. It's really good that conservatives are leading the way in terms of social justice praxis. However, division along political lines isn't too helpful for Christians, in my opinion. I don't think Jesus would side either way. He didn't seem to in matters political or religious.

thanks for the post. I'll definitely check out th...

2006-12-18T11:09:00.000-05:00

thanks for the post. I'll definitely check out the article. It is funny how these things work out.

You know, in many ways the only reason France exists today because of the generosity of the American people. If it wasn't for us they'd all be speaking German with funny little mustache's. Maybe they'd be known for beer and not wine anymore too.