MSNBC’s Bashir Fails to Object As Guest Indirectly Compares U.S. Evangelicals to Taliban
Frank Schaeffer — the embittered liberal progeny of the late evangelical Christian scholar Francis Schaeffer — appeared on MSNBC's “Martin Bashir” program this afternoon where he availed himself the opportunity to spew forth more venom against American evangelicals , who tend to vote for conservative Republicans. Schaeffer was ostensibly brought on to react to new polling data that show 56 percent of Americans believe it's important for presidential candidates to have strong religious beliefs, even if those beliefs don't square with the voter's personal views. In the process of the interview, Schaeffer indirectly compared evangelical Christians to the Taliban as he slammed “faith-based politics” (emphasis mine): You can't win a [presidential] primary without the backing of the 25 percent of Americans who believe in a literal 6-day creation, think that gay people choose to be gay, believe everyone except them will go to Hell when they die because they didn't ask Jesus to accept them into His kingdom. Look, this is deformed American politics. We're in a war of religion you know in this country and it's not much different than Afghanistan.
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MSNBC’s Bashir Fails to Object As Guest Indirectly Compares U.S. Evangelicals to Taliban
Frank Schaeffer — the embittered liberal progeny of the late evangelical Christian scholar Francis Schaeffer — appeared on MSNBC's “Martin Bashir” program this afternoon where he availed himself the opportunity to spew forth more venom against American evangelicals , who tend to vote for conservative Republicans. Schaeffer was ostensibly brought on to react to new polling data that show 56 percent of Americans believe it's important for presidential candidates to have strong religious beliefs, even if those beliefs don't square with the voter's personal views. In the process of the interview, Schaeffer indirectly compared evangelical Christians to the Taliban as he slammed “faith-based politics” (emphasis mine): You can't win a [presidential] primary without the backing of the 25 percent of Americans who believe in a literal 6-day creation, think that gay people choose to be gay, believe everyone except them will go to Hell when they die because they didn't ask Jesus to accept them into His kingdom. Look, this is deformed American politics. We're in a war of religion you know in this country and it's not much different than Afghanistan.
