Posted by
John Finnigan on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:05:11 PM
Post Modern Conservatives are probably looking at the Evangelical Christian ambivalence and dissatisfaction with Mitt, Rudy, Fred and John with puzzlement. Post moderns don’t understand why people who hold firm beliefs can’t or won’t triangulate and negotiate with the devil. They can’t understand why evangelical zeal often trumps the pragmatic tenet of picking the least evil path.
Even some Post Modern Evangelical Christians are urging their pesky half siblings who hold to orthodoxy to triangulate. I’m sure that the founder of Bob Jones University, if he weren’t in heaven, would be turning in his grave. Even Pat Robertson seems to have lost his way.
This is not the first time that Christians who hold fast have been thought of as crazy for holding to their beliefs. The Roman Empire at one point required all Romans to confess that Cesar is Lord or face execution. Christians who held fast to their beliefs were put to death.
During World War two Hitler made the confessing evangelical churches change their confessions to include that God sent Hitler to save the German People. Those who resisted were burned and killed.
Orthodox Evangelicals who hold fast to biblical admonitions to not be unequally yoked are often referred to as crazy, unwise, non team players and childishly stubborn. Political and position triangulation and moral relativity are not traits that are readily found in the bible. It’s very clear to most evangelicals that Mitt, Rudy, John and Fred have not been sent by God to save the Christians.
I keep waiting to see if Mike Huckabee falls into the category of post modern evangelical. Time will tell.
The question most evangelicals have to ask is “Do I feel cheated by the Republican Party?” Most will probably answer: “Yes.” I know I do. The second questions is “Is being unequally yoked to the unsaved, heretics and post modern conservatives working for you?” I think the Republican Party should hold its breath and pray about that answer.
John