Alan Wolfe has a great piece in The New Republic.
You should read it.
If you don’t wanna read it, here’s an excerpt.
“And that is not all. In rushing to Sarah Palin’s defense, the leaders of the Christian right have made it abundantly clear how they define a Christian. We don’t care if you sin. We are not bothered if you put your ambition ahead of the needs of your children. If you have lied or broken the law, we will look the other way. It all comes down to your stand on guns and fetuses. Vote the right way, and you have our blessing. If any proof were needed that James Dobson is a political operative rather than a spiritual leader, his jumping on the Palin bandwagon offers it.”
Now, go read it.
Christian conservative activists are nothing but a political machine. They decide whom they want to approve, and then cherry pick their doctrine to justify their choice, claiming Christian love one day and judgment the other. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.”
That’s kind of disgusting, i’n it?