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Evangelical Snark, the Pope, and Congress
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I had a bit of a discussion (read: argument) with a friend of mine last night over this very issue. I don't think either of us convinced each other, which reminded me of why I despise having debates on Facebook because it largely is for naught in terms of persuasion. He made an interesting point which I had not considered, which I really disagreed with but was a serious fundamental difference that was not going to be resolved through Facebook snark. (I admit now upon sleeping on it that I should have just walked away and not gotten involved, which I usually try to do, but, hey, we all make mistakes...) His point was, coming from a Southern Baptist Evangelical position that "that you have to get the doctrine right, or else there can be no ground for social justice." His reasoning was that everything flows from Jesus, which had a logic to it in its own way, though I vehemently disagreed. Yes, Jesus is central, but like David said above, you don't feed steak to a ba...