Re: [xmca] critique of pure tolerance

[Tony Whitson <twhitson@UDel.Edu>]

For anybody who's not clear about how very extreme the Evangelical 
movement is becoming (and even if you think you know, you might be 
surprised by this), you might want to listen to this:

http://www.frcaction.org/prayercast

They held a 90-minute session feverishly imploring God to save our nation 
from health care reform. Obama is demonized -- more literally than you 
might think possible -- but God is asked to intervene and sway the hearts 
of those members of Gongress who are not beyond saving.

There are two important Senators participating, plus two members of the 
House of Representatives. These members are not unique: for example, they 
don't include Senator Coburn who said from the Seanate floor that 
Americans should pray for God to intervene more directly by rendering a 
Democrat incapable of attending and casting a vote (this was widely 
interpreted as praying for the death of 92-y-o & ailing Sen. Byrd of West 
Virginia). See
http://curricublog.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/democracy-vs-filibuster/
Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1V0H-VM

The first hour is streamed on the Internet as a "prayercast" (top link 
above). The reason for listening would be to actually hear the rhetoric of 
the Discourse they inhabit. It seems to me quite closed off from any kind 
of conversation, or any input from outside of their world.

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009, Andy Blunden wrote:

> Question: Do you Americans think that it is feasible to draw a line between 
> Evangelical Christians (Intelligent Design etc) and Christians who belong to 
> mainstream churches (which have harboured science for 600 years)? Anglicans, 
> Catholics, Presbyterians etc., are as threatened by Charismatic Christianity 
> as are secular people, and I would have thought that approaches which 
> patently put Evangelicals off-side but appealed to Christians with a 
> plausible theology would be a good basis for ground rules.
>
> Andy
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