SBC Fundamentalists Equated to Islamic Fundamentalists

Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics shares his opinion as to why Republican presidential candidate and Southern Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee needs to speak at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration in January. The NBC is the effort of the North American Baptist Fellowship (NABF), a regional affiliate of the Baptist World Alliance. The NBC seeks a common purpose with the support of former Presidents Carter and Clinton.

"... as Christians to promote peace with justice, to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and the marginalized, welcome the strangers among us, and promote religious liberty and respect for religious diversity. "

In his editorial Parham paints the picture that the Christian Right is composed of Christian fundamentalists. Thus fundamentalists according to Parham maintain a subculture that "dislikes Hispanics", denies global warming and is disinterested in the poor and the environment.

Parham writes "Huckabee withdrew from the NBC program in protest of Jimmy Carter saying that the Bush administration's foreign policy has been the worst in history.

In our news story about Huckabee's retreat, I speculated that he did so because he needed the support of Southern Baptist Convention leaders, who are not part of the New Baptist Covenant program. If Huckabee can't stand up to Southern Baptist fundamentalists, how will he as president stand up to Islamic fundamentalists and corporate profiteers?"

Parham seems to echo Rick Warren's sentiments:

"Warren predicts that fundamentalism, of all varieties, will be 'one of the big enemies of the 21st century...Muslim fundamentalism, Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism, secular fundamentalism - they're all motivated by fear. Fear of each other."

Is it ethical for the executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics to categorically lump Christian fundamentalists in with the Christian Right? Is it ethical or even rational to ignore the research of scientists that do not agree with Al Gore's interpretation on climate change and label those that do agree with these findings disinterested in the environment? Is it ethical to infer that all religious fundamentalism is a threat and a danger to the United States and the world? Mr. Parham, are your opinions even Biblical?

The NBC Celebration in January features:

• Former President Jimmy Carter, who promotes the idea that everyone will be saved, with or without faith in Christ, so "building humanity" has an interspiritual premise for Carter.


• Tony Campolo, who believes Mysticism's the bridge between Christianity & Islam. Campolo also states...the Holy Spirit "is in you before you became a Christian" (unlike being dead in your trespasses) and "Christ indwells all, saved and unsaved."


• Former President Bill Clinton, Former Vice President Al Gore

It seems that neither Parham or Warren recognize what a Christian Fundamentalist is... a sinner saved by the atoning work of Christ's shed blood , born igain into the newness of life, as a part of the Body of Christ, who believes and practices by the sanctification of the Holy Spirit, the fundamentals of the One True Faith as revealed without error in God's Word, the Bible.

So the dialectic continues to paint the picture that Biblical Christians are a threat to the goodwill of mankind. Not hard to imagine what the Book of Revelation has to say about the fate of Bible believing Christians in the not too distant future...

Revelation 13:7

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Not hard to imagine the persecution of Bible believing Christians coming from the visible church... martyrs of the Reformation and the modern day refugees of the Purpose Driven Dismemberment program .

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