Thursday, July 3, 2008

Is "religious left" an oxymoron?

This is a question that, as an observer and not an actively "religious" person, I believe I can answer with an unequivocal "YES."
Those on the left who call themselves Christian seem to optimize my response.
The bible is chock full of moral absolutes. But you would be hard pressed to find anyone on the left who will admit such. Moral relativism is the only moral code they will accept and the only thing that is immoral is believing in moral absolutes. Why do they believe this? So they can be comfortable in their belief that murdering children in right and killing murderers is wrong.
Obama displays this characteristic in full view without apology. He opposes every "Born Alive Infant Protection Act" and opposes the death penalty for any crime. He seeks to grant the legal protection of US citizens to terrorists captured in foreign countries but does not believe we have a constitutional right to self defense. He does not believe parents have the right to direct their child's education either.

Back to biblical teaching. It is very clear that killing murderers is not a sin. Murder is. Murder is the killing of innocent people.
There are numerous behaviors that are immoral according to the bible but are glorified by the religious left. And what does the RL do to defend their belief? Threaten those who dare to say they are wrong.
In Colorado is now a criminal offense to sell unedited bibles. Punishable by up to one year in prison.
SB200 can not be interpretted any other way.
In California, it is illegal to teach anything truthful about "alternative life styles" that may offend anyone who chooses such a life style.

"Religious Left" is an oxymoron. Yet they are the one with bumper stickers declaring that "The Christian Right is Neither." The Religious left is LEFT but they are not religious. For being of the LEFT neccessarily result in a belief in government over God.