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Open Discussions => Christianity => Topic started by: Unbeliever on March 13, 2008, 02:28:34 pm

Title: Theocracy Rejected: Former Christian Right Leaders 'Fess up
Post by: Unbeliever on March 13, 2008, 02:28:34 pm
QuoteFrank Schaeffer spent several years making a good living writing books promoting the Religious Right's worldview and speaking before rapturous crowds of fundamentalist Christians.

Schaeffer, the son of evangelical guru Francis Schaeffer, was the closest thing to a rock star that politically conservative fundamentalism can offer. As the Religious Right soared in the 1980s, Schaeffer was there to ride the wave. Young, bright and charismatic, he could have founded his own Religious Right group or perhaps even launched a political career.

Twenty years have passed. What does Schaeffer think of the Religious Right today? He wouldn't touch it with the proverbial 10-foot pole -- and the feeling is mutual. A spiritual and professional crisis brought Schaeffer to the understanding that the Religious Right has it all wrong.




http://www.alternet.org/story/78818/