Reply #12: "...let's not make liberal theology the basis of our policy decisions."

[Adsos Letter]

Thanks for your response trotsky. I think, for me, this is the heart of the matter. My question regarding Wilson, the FCC, and America's entry into WWI is to what degree Wilson was consciously using the ideology of American exceptionalism to take the nation to war, and was his perception of a Providential role for the United States based in Kingdom of God eschatology.

I can sense how this could be very seductive to progressive christians, because the socio-economic goals of Kingdom of God theology mesh so well with progressive humanitarian values. But as you point out, "Liberal thought and policy stand on their own with reason" and the thought of our nation consciously pursuing a perceived Divine mandate as a matter of State policy makes me uncomfortable.