“Nearly 30 years after religious conservatives decided to re-enter the political arena—after abandoning it as ‘dirty’ and leading to compromise—what do they have to show for it? The country remains sharply divided and the reconciling message they used to preach has been obscured by the crass pursuit of the golden ring of political power. In the end, they got neither the power, nor the Kingdom; only the glory and even that is now fading.”
—Cal Thomas, former vice president of the Moral Majority
Monday, February 18, 2008
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Pretty scathing. A reminder: don't get involved (on an institutional scale) with something corrupt to its core in an attempt to "clean it up" unless your righteousness is more powerful than its corruption.
Not that its impossible, but I think anyone self-righteous enough to believe they are so much better than everyone else, will likely fall pretty hard. And one with Christ-like humility would probably lack the political acumen.
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