Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Our Dear Leader fooled by real christians
Not the trademarked variety. When he speaks at the commencement of Calvin College on Saturday, he will find that not every evangelical is brain dead, some of the students and faculty really do believe the teachings of Jesus. 130 people from the small evangelical college are taking out a full page ad in the Saturday edition of the local paper saying,among other things.
"As Christians, we are called to be peacemakers and to initiate war only as a last resort," the ad will say. "We believe your administration has launched an unjust and unjustified war in Iraq."And
"No single political position should be identified with God's will," says the ad, which also chastises the president for "actions that favor the wealthy of our society and burden the poor."And why do they do this?
"We are a serious theological and intellectual school, and we try to have our students informed by thoughtful reflection about the concerns," said history professor Randall Jelks, who is rounding up signatures for the ad.I guess God is not as dead as some would have us believe
"We are not Lynchburg," he said, referring to the more conservative Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. "We are not right wing; we're not left wing. We think our faith trumps political ideology."
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