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Opinion: Christian & Political Attitudes on Key Issues
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........................Far Left....Left....Mainstream....Right....Far Right
Issues
(Accept? Y/N)

Abortion...........Yes...........Yes............No...............No...........No
On Demand

Gay..................Yes...........Yes............No...............No............No
Marriage

Prayer in..........No.............No............Yes.............Yes..........Yes
School

Pledge of...........No............No.............Yes.............Yes..........Yes
Allegiance

Teaching..........Yes...........Yes............Yes.............Yes...........No
Darwin

Moral...............Yes...........Yes.............No...............No...........No
Relativity

Symbols on......No............No.............Yes..............Yes.........Yes
Public Land

% of
Christians.......10%..........15%...........50%.............20%.........5%


This chart was constructed by me to reflect my opinion on the stance on the issues in five different groupings of Christians, from Far Left to Far Right. I also posit that these groupings correspond roughly with their political leanings. I believe a national poll along these lines would show substantially the same results. In any event, it is my opinion and I'm stuck with it. (My knowledge of putting tables into the posts is virtually non-existant. Sorry for that.)

From this base, I have formed the following opinions:

1. By far the majority of Christians oppose the post-modern changes being wrought on our society by fiat: abortion, gay marriage, no prayer in school, no Pledging Allegiance, moral relativity, and no placing of Christian symbols in public places, on coins, on money, and so on. This has been demonstrated in 13 States.

2. Most Christians are quite aware of the issue of Creationism versus Darwinism, and are simply ambivalent about it, seeing God as ultimately there, whatever science comes up with via Darwinism, and that Darwin's theory is scientifically useful and sound. The small Far Right minority, however, does make a big deal out of this issue, as does the Left, in opposition to the Far Right, especially the atheists in our population. This conforms to what I have experienced in five completely different Christian congregations over the last 40 years, from Episcopal to Unitarian, to Baptist, to Church of Christ, and Lutheran.

3. If a national referendum were to be taken on these issues, not simply a poll, my chart would reflect the outcome closely, I believe. If a ballot were to be taken throughout Congress, I believe the outcome would be quite similar as well.

But these two facts are the crux of the issues: there has been no referendum, and there has been no ballot in Congress. Instead, we have been ordered by the Supreme court to abide by their opinions and their elastic interpretations of the Constitution on these matters.

(The list of States enacting anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage legislation grows rapidly. I expect to see many more States enact such legislation by 2006 or 2008.)

4. Both the Left and the Far Left "Christians" and politicos are in synchronization with these issues, and in fact are the originators of the controversy about them. They are also the attackers of Christianity, together with other small groups, such as atheists and agnostics -- by way of the ALCU in large measure. In this group are the Secular Humanists, who, by their own Humanist Manifesto, align themselves with the Left and with acceptance of these issues. Liberal Leftists have demonstrated their beliefs on these matters most thoroughly at every turn.

5. It is hard for me to envision how a Far Left person could be Christian while at the same time giving the heave ho to most of the Ten Commandments and much else of Christian morality. But some so-called Sunday-Social Christians do, obviously.

6. I find it hard to explain how Christian Judges can rule against Christian values and Christian morality. By far the majority of Judges call themselves Christian. How is this happening?

# posted by Mannning @ 10:17 PM