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» Brother_Jones - Values

In response to Values posted by BrianTubbs:
My point in all this is....Evangelical, conservative Christians have as much right as anyone else to speak out, lobby, organize, and vote to impact the lawmaking and policymaking process as any other group. Does everyone agree with that?
Yea well, I guess so. If you put it like that, but it seems to be an easy shot for you to take. I know we haven't had much interaction with each other, but this is sort of a slow day and here goes. I wonder what approach you would take with your congregation if you woke up tomorrow and became a Senator. Would you resign your post as spokesperson for God?
That is sort of the dilemma that folks face with some of these televangelists who have national recognition and they are on the phone with the President, as in the case of James Dobson. I guess I can speak about the Doctor since in the Pink eye, I have given money and am considered a follower. Focus on the Family has taken a political turn in the eyes of many listeners and some feel that James Dobson is doing in the 90's what Billy Graham swore off of in the 60's and 70's. Some charge that he is using his radio pulpit for political gain and that he should rename his show Focus on the Republican Family.
Of course, he has every right to do what he and his board of directors choose to do. However, in the day of the Christian Right being considered a demon-nation and a heavy handed political movement, there are some who wonder when folk like Falwell and Dobson speak for God and when do they speak as a Republicans. We often make the same charge about Hollywood actors and Sports Stars, that they use their platform for political gain.
The rub comes when a true platform exists when a church is led by someone as powerful as a James Dobson. Little guys like me wonder if the Spirit of God which moved so powerfully in the work of the Pastor is truly represented when the Pastor gets on the phone with the President. I think Billy Graham has an insight in that area and the course he chose, was to spend the rest of his life off the phone with Presidents.
But you might be different. You might choose to be a Senator and Pastor, and maybe pull it off.
What think you?
i am just an oldtimer for the Lord.

-- posted by Brother_Jones