Ted, Ted and more Ted

Ana · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:20 am Post subject:

I'm under the impresssion that the right wing puts on the appearance that they support Christianity purely to appeal to the predominantly Christian American public. If we talk specifically about the GOP, I'd say they're more likely to put on a Christian appearance specifically to rally support from the Christian segment of America. I've mentioned before about how Kevin Phillips, a voting analyst for the GOP, said that he is responsible for putting this tactic into play.

I'm equally certain that on an individual basis, many right-wingers are Christian (in America). That said, I also think that Christians probably have an overall tendency to lean towards the more conservative right simply because Christianity is also conservative...

RevJP · Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 6844 Location: USA

I mostly agree with Ana. I wonder though at denominational affiliation as a correlation to political affiliation?

I would think Baptists and Prespy's, would tend to be Republican (conservative) and methodists, non-denominationals, SDA's and a few others would tend to be Democrats (liberals) - from the people I go to church with I would think they would be rabid (misled) liberals.

Ana · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:34 am Post subject:

That's a good point. Some facets of Christianity are certainly more liberal than others, so since different denominations place different emphasis on different facets of Christianity, it makes sense that some could be more left wing and some could be more right wing. I think there are a lot more people in denominations that favour the right wing, though.

Edit: I meant to say "in America." I have no idea how true this is globally. Looking at Europe, I'd hazard a guess that the opposite is true, but there's more to it than that. America is pointing to renewed fundamentalism (which is very conservative), whereas I don't really see a similar phenomenon happening anywhere else.

theseldomscene · Banned Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817

yes there can be no doubt that CHRISTians in america have been taken advantage of by the right because of theiir own bible illiteracy...a lack of knowledge of their own faith has allowed them to be deceived into thinking that the right winged agenda is CHRISTian based...when nothing could be further from the truth...thus causing them to do the bidding of wickedness... Very Happy

IronSharpensIron · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject:

Seldom Scene wrote

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IronSharpensIron · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:10 am Post subject:

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