The Wright Stuff

[Don Quixote]

Oh please tell me what "Republican" anti-American
preachers are getting a pass.....please, please, ah, come
on. And which ones Damned the United States of
America.

And who is this preacher who broke bread with all these
Republican Presidents. I have never heard of him.
But I did look him up on the old stand-by google and
the the other old standby Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Quite interesting reading. I found no
radical though. Look it up for yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Schaeffer

Actually, Francis Schaeffer (d.1984) is Frank's father and remains a hero of mine. Frank, we need to point out, is still a Christian but now belongs to Eastern Orthodoxy, while his parents were Presbyterian (Calvinistic). I am not entirely sure what led to their falling out, and not having read Frank's books, I will not pass judgement on him.

I have, however, read Francis Schaeffer, and his role as one of the spiritual giants of the 20th century is well-deserved. In spite of the caricature of him that some blogs might have us believe, his work was primarily religious in nature, not political. This, of course, is not to say that he did not take part in politics, but to characterize his work as essentially political would be wrong.

He recognized the enormous damage that had been wrought on Western civ. by both atheistic modernism and pan-whatever-ist postmodernism, and sought to bring the concept of truth back into the public square. As a religious person, he taught that, ultimately, the remedy for the anger and despair in the heart of postmodern man (you know, the people here!) is truth, or Christ.

Now ... if some later conservatives misunderstood him and tried to "force" Christianity upon people, then I'm sure Schaeffer would be upset. But he was a great man and a huge influence on Christians who are concerned with society and culture.

Hope I cleared that up, and was able to summarize a large body of work in a very small nuts .

[Wild Cobra]

pfffffffff.......ask and ye shall receive....

McCain Spiritual Guide Accuses Gov't Of Enabling 'Black Genocide'...

Really...

Did McCain ever claim this man to be his MENTOR for 20 years? How long did McCain know him. Words in context are important here.

I didn't watch the link, I'm running low on time, so I hope I didn't jump to the wrong conclusion.