Interesting
Jan. 5th, 2008 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundVery interesting article on the president of the Rutherford Institute, and how he now believes that "the Christian Right has used religion like a sledgehammer to beat down its opponents," and that its activists were "seduced by political power,"
Christian right does not have the brains to govern, a founder of movement says
"He described himself as a founder of the Christian right who became disillusioned with its agenda and some of its leaders. "I'll be honest with you," he said. "It was like waking up after a three-day drunk."
Movement leaders such as James Dobson of Focus on the Family now regard him as "a traitor," Whitehead told me.
Whitehead termed George Bush, elected as the candidate of the religious right, "the worst president" we've ever had.
"Be wary of people in power who say they hear from God," Whitehead said in the interview. "I'm a Christian, and I don't think that God talks to people.""
Christian right does not have the brains to govern, a founder of movement says
"He described himself as a founder of the Christian right who became disillusioned with its agenda and some of its leaders. "I'll be honest with you," he said. "It was like waking up after a three-day drunk."
Movement leaders such as James Dobson of Focus on the Family now regard him as "a traitor," Whitehead told me.
Whitehead termed George Bush, elected as the candidate of the religious right, "the worst president" we've ever had.
"Be wary of people in power who say they hear from God," Whitehead said in the interview. "I'm a Christian, and I don't think that God talks to people.""
