(3:23 PM)
disconnecting conservative politics and evangelical christianity
“America wasn’t founded as a theocracy,” he said. “America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a Christian theocracy where it wasn’t bloody and barbaric. That’s why our Constitution wisely put in a separation of church and state.
“I am sorry to tell you,” he continued, “that America is not the light of the world and the hope of the world. The light of the world and the hope of the world is Jesus Christ.”
from a sermon by an evangelical preacher. the only part I disagree with is the Jesus Christ part, which is why I'm not Christian as such. quoted in this article in the NYTimes: Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock, via Uncertain Principles
