It's increasingly clear the cornerstone of today's false Christianity is false equivalence. I'm amazed at how many honest and good believers have never thought to examine, or will not examine, the idea that "conservatism" (itself falsely so-called) is somehow equivalent to Christianity.
One friend, perhaps more thoughtful than others, tells me that he is "conservative" because Christianity is about righteousness. He disavows any blanket endorsement of "conservatism" per se, but perceives "conservatism" as the faction promoting righteousness in its stance against abortion, against feeding those who won't work, against homosexuality, etc.
Given the deeds which "conservatism" increasingly includes: fellowship with (even leadership by) manifest enemies of Truth (Mormons, for example), blatant nationalism (under the guise of "patriotism"), and the continual untruthfulness of "conservative" politicians (like all politicians): my friend is wise to leave himself an "out" from identifying with that faction. Beyond that, I don't buy it.
A faction is a faction, however rationalized; and scripture teaches factions are "a work of the flesh" which excludes people from the Kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21).
Nor is identifying righteousness with "conservatism" different in kind from equating the Church with "conservatives." God's Character no more has a political equivalence than does Christ's Body. I solemnly testify here against the idea that there is any human equivalent (least of all a political equivalent) to the Kingdom of God.
May God heal His American Church of spiritual blindness ! May God lead His American Church to repent !!
