John Roberts' Sure Footing?
I am reading Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy R. Pearcey.
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I am not finished, but Pearcy argues that many of us may be Christian on Sunday, but are not taught how to apply our Christianity to our everyday life for the other six days.
TF Stern posts Saturday in A line drawn in the sand
In our pride and our abandoning of Christian values, once an integral part of the fabric of our everyday lives, we have abandoned the sure footing that was intended to guide our society through all times, good and bad.Which leads me to Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) questioning Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.:
Roberts was asked what he would do if the law required a ruling that his church considers immoral. Roberts is a devout Catholic and is married to an ardent pro-life activist.Roberts didn't have a prepared answer and said something about recusing himself. - Jonathan Turley in the Los Angeles Times, 7/25/05
Last year, Scalia chastised Catholic judges who balk at imposing the death penalty - another immoral act according to the church: 'The choice for a judge who believes the death penalty to be immoral is resignation, rather than simply ignoring duly enacted constitutional laws and sabotaging the death penalty.Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says Roberts wasn't comfortable talking about how his Catholic faith influences his life and work.
Seems TF Stern has pretty well nailed it!
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Posted by movermike on
Monday July 25, 2005 at 10:23am
Thanks for reading my article and for the nod in your own.
TF
Second, it is a phony question. The same question isn't asked of a Jewish senator and his manner of deciding how to vote or a Muslam, if there are any in Congress, or an athiest. Senator how does your lack of a belief in God help you with moral decisions.
Third, I don't like the assumption that that we must be either religious or secular. I believe our Founding Fathers were deeply religious and it shows in the documents they forged.
Mover Mike