When people say "America is being run by evangelical Christians," they are usually mean that it only feels that way. But with George W. Bush in the White House, James Dobson on the airwaves, and evangelical books filling the best-seller lists, evangelicals have rarely been as prominent as they are today. And as a major new study by sociologist Michael Lindsay reveals, evangelical Christians now hold seats of influence in American government, business, culture, and higher education.
Scared?
2007-10-16 17:17:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not scared. Look around, Christians and other people that consider themselves Christian have been in the huge majority forever -in America. Congressmen, presidents, vice presidents, Generals, Judges...grouped together should be and will be more Christians than not. The only way it would not be is if a prerequisite to hold these positions is that one must be non-christian.
James Dobson has been on the radio for decades. It is nothing new or changing. Evangelical books have been among the best sellers for a very very long time. Again, nothing new.
What are you afraid of? None of these people are bent on blowing us up.
2007-10-16 17:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by howdigethere 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can you stop it? If there are more evangelicals in america than any other religion then is it not possible that there will be relatively more evangelicals serving in the government? Or you may look at the theology of servitude for all religion in the US. Catholics believed in separation of state and church; evangelicals does not make that distinction. For evangelicals, social action and participation is an exercise of faith.
2007-10-16 17:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by paulyaranon007 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I completely disagree, though I feel the evangelical Christian voice is strong, it is quite evident that the liberal media, the small but aggressive homosexual community and hollywood bigwigs are the ones with the money and the ones pulling the puppetstings of the career politicians.
2007-10-16 17:22:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really scared. I sense a change in the winds. I think the next election we will see the end of the evangelical revolution.
People are sick of the Christian-Republican war machine and the creationist nonsense evangelical have been trying (and failing) to push in schools.
2007-10-16 17:21:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2016-10-07 02:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. As long as they don't try to mandate their own religion the "one true religion".
It's up to the people to pick and choose their leaders based on how well they believe those leaders represent their own values.
Majority rules, but they never be able to force people to be Christians...evangelical or otherwise.
2007-10-16 17:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Actually we say America is being run by evangelical Christians because it is, in fact, being run by evangelical Christians.
2007-10-16 17:20:09 · answer #7 · answered by Slater 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Now, any group which manages to attain power will abuse that power, and as the abuse becomes more egregious, it will meet with more and more resistance until, ultimately the power is removed from them, and put into the hands of other people who will repeat the process.
Mark Twain referred to it as "exchanging one gang of bandits for another."
2007-10-16 17:22:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you talk to Christians they will say America is too secular. If you talk to others, they will say America is too Christian. I think as long as both of those hold true, we are safe :)
2007-10-16 17:21:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to mention the supreme court and our military. Yes, I said our military...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00120.htm
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1004/p13s02-lire.html
I can list more articles...
2007-10-16 17:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by Tom M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋