Post by duke on Mar 26, 2012 12:39:19 GMT -5
So where does Mr. Santorum stand? Does he think Barack Obama is a genuine Christian or doesn't he?
Here's the most candid packaging of the GOP candidate's take on the relative merits of the various expressions of Christianity. In a speech at a Catholic University in 2008, Santorum charged that Satan, 'the Father of lies', had launched an all-out attack on the American church, starting with 'mainline' Protestant denominations like the Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, the United Church of Christ (Obama's denomination) and the American Baptists. Here's the salient paragraph:
And so what we saw this domino effect, once the colleges fell and those who were being education in our institutions, the next was the church. Now you'd say, `wait, the Catholic Church'? No. We all know that this country was founded on a Judeo-Christian ethic but the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant Judeo-Christian ethic, sure the Catholics had some influence, but this was a Protestant country and the Protestant ethic, mainstream, mainline Protestantism, and of course we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it. So they attacked mainline Protestantism, they attacked the Church, and what better way to go after smart people who also believe they're pious to use both vanity and pride to also go after the Church. [Emphasis added]
As Frederick Clarkson suggests, Rick Santorum believes the mainline denominations that were once the backbone of American Protestantism have entered a post-Christian phase.
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Here's the most candid packaging of the GOP candidate's take on the relative merits of the various expressions of Christianity. In a speech at a Catholic University in 2008, Santorum charged that Satan, 'the Father of lies', had launched an all-out attack on the American church, starting with 'mainline' Protestant denominations like the Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, the United Church of Christ (Obama's denomination) and the American Baptists. Here's the salient paragraph:
And so what we saw this domino effect, once the colleges fell and those who were being education in our institutions, the next was the church. Now you'd say, `wait, the Catholic Church'? No. We all know that this country was founded on a Judeo-Christian ethic but the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant Judeo-Christian ethic, sure the Catholics had some influence, but this was a Protestant country and the Protestant ethic, mainstream, mainline Protestantism, and of course we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it. So they attacked mainline Protestantism, they attacked the Church, and what better way to go after smart people who also believe they're pious to use both vanity and pride to also go after the Church. [Emphasis added]
As Frederick Clarkson suggests, Rick Santorum believes the mainline denominations that were once the backbone of American Protestantism have entered a post-Christian phase.
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