Wednesday, January 19, 2005
The Evangelical Humanist
The Daily Show's guest tonight was an evangelical Christian. I must admit I tensed up and waiting for the impending awkwarness as he tried to talk to Jon Stewart, but it turned out to be a very interesting fellow.
His name was Jim Wallace, and he was promoting his book "God's Politics: Why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it/"
Jon Stewart asked him a question about moral values, which was, if any of you remember, the number one issue for those that voted for Bush. Wallace said that if you really cared about moral values, then you'd care about moral values like:
fighting poverty
caring about God's Earth and protecting it
only going to war for the right reasons
I think he said a few more, but the audience was already cheering at this point. He also referred to a verse in Matthew in which he had made the following conclusion:
"the best way to show your love for God is by showing your love for God's children"
This is a fine example of how humanism is compatible with anyone, and how wonderful the results of it are.
Also, while attempting to look up his Matthew verse, I ran across this line by Jesus himself, and thought it was interesting enough to spur debate:
19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
Uh oh!
His name was Jim Wallace, and he was promoting his book "God's Politics: Why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it/"
Jon Stewart asked him a question about moral values, which was, if any of you remember, the number one issue for those that voted for Bush. Wallace said that if you really cared about moral values, then you'd care about moral values like:
fighting poverty
caring about God's Earth and protecting it
only going to war for the right reasons
I think he said a few more, but the audience was already cheering at this point. He also referred to a verse in Matthew in which he had made the following conclusion:
"the best way to show your love for God is by showing your love for God's children"
This is a fine example of how humanism is compatible with anyone, and how wonderful the results of it are.
Also, while attempting to look up his Matthew verse, I ran across this line by Jesus himself, and thought it was interesting enough to spur debate:
19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
Uh oh!
