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Christian Is Not Synonymous With Conservative [View all]
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/03/30/149717982/christian-is-not-synonymous-with-conservativeby EDWARD SCHUMACHER-MATOS
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Who are "the Christians"?
This beguilingly simple question was provoked by a Morning Edition report in which host David Greene referred to an anti-abortion movie, "October Baby", as a "Christian film." Many Christians objected. They didn't identify with the movie or its message.
"I've been troubled for years that conservative, evangelical Christians have appropriated the name 'Christian' as if Christians holding progressive views don't exist," wrote Theodore Johnson of Basye, VA. "In today's story, the reporter seemed to go along with that fiction by using the word 'Christian' without adding 'conservative' or 'evangelical' or some other words to indicate that these are Christians with one point of view that isn't held by everyone who consider themselves Christians."
Johnson's point is more than valid. But Greene's response was also valid.
"'Christian' is a well-established modifier when describing a genre in filmmaking, as well as a genre in music," he wrote me. "There's an award for Christian music at the Grammys, for example. Amazon and other retailers classify Christian movies as a category for sales."
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I can't count the number of times someone has told me that I have to be conservative republican if
liberal N proud
Apr 2012
#2
When you get lumped in with a very big group that is poorly defined to begin with, there
cbayer
Apr 2012
#6
Good lord, people. Look, the 'mainstream' is conservative. According to the President
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2012
#3
No, c, you missed the point. First off, my Mother is a Christian. Most of my family also.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2012
#15
Perhaps not, but Warren speaks for the majority of self-identified Christians in the USA,
darkstar3
Apr 2012
#48
That's true, but there are more conservative Christians than liberal ones, at least in the USA.
trotsky
Apr 2012
#4
I haven't, but I have seen you repeatedly jump into threads that put down assholes like Phelps
darkstar3
Apr 2012
#52
I hear you, but don't really know how to address it other than on a small scale -
cbayer
Apr 2012
#55
It is the correlation between the importance of religion and conservatism. Exactly as requested.
dmallind
Apr 2012
#25
But it's broken down by state. Can you see how they got this from the Gallup data?
cbayer
Apr 2012
#28
So, since you love math, why don't you crunch these numbers and give me the real answer.
cbayer
Apr 2012
#80
And I will say in return that having you around here and talking with you has been my
cbayer
Apr 2012
#43
That's $5 a month. Pretty small, although I realize some don't' have it and some just choose not
cbayer
Apr 2012
#74
a) they do not speak to the issue of correlation b)they show Christians to be more conservative
dmallind
Apr 2012
#23
I have not made the argument that there is NO correlation, just that it isn't as definitive
cbayer
Apr 2012
#31
Another reason for the domination by the religious right on the political landscape is because
cbayer
Apr 2012
#44
Exactly. How many quietly religious people have done similar things because they
cbayer
Apr 2012
#34
I prefer, for lack of a better word, cultural Christians over religious Christians...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#50
What an excellent post, Joseph 8th - I would like to try and distill and see if I get it.
cbayer
Apr 2012
#64