http://politicaljesus.com/2009/03/15/limited-government-part-3-the-old-testament-view/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://politicaljesus.com/2009/03/15/limited-government-part-3-the-old-testament-view/#comment-47 The NAACP Thinks that I am a Racist | Political Jesus: Journeys in Non-Resistant Love Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:48:21 +0000 http://politicaljesus.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/limited-government-part-3-the-old-testament-view/#comment-47 [...] The NAACP Thinks that I am a Racist Posted on July 13, 2010 by Rod of Alexandria Why The Charge of Racism Is One Helluva Way to Cut Off Political Debate For the past two years, my political views have gone through a bit of a transformation. Attending and having graduated a white liberal Protestant seminary in TX, as well as being a registered Democrat, at first I chose not to challenge the policy preferences being exchanged in the conversations in the academy.  I was, in high school, a fan of Jimmy Carter and a pro-life Democrat (they are basically extinct now). Yet, I had never had my politics challenged until I got to college.  The first libertarian I met was an African American, and our debates were provocative, but I remained a conservative Dem throughout undergrad.  I did read both conservative and liberal political blogs, watched Fox News and MSNBC (as I still do) just to see what the talking points are for both sides. Yet recently, I have been discovering my anti-statist, pro-liberty streak that was always there, but I never paid attention to it.  Philosophically and theologically, I have gone through somewhat of a makeover. I posted about my journey on my first blog posts: here;here;here; and here. [...] [...] The NAACP Thinks that I am a Racist Posted on July 13, 2010 by Rod of Alexandria Why The Charge of Racism Is One Helluva Way to Cut Off Political Debate For the past two years, my political views have gone through a bit of a transformation. Attending and having graduated a white liberal Protestant seminary in TX, as well as being a registered Democrat, at first I chose not to challenge the policy preferences being exchanged in the conversations in the academy.  I was, in high school, a fan of Jimmy Carter and a pro-life Democrat (they are basically extinct now). Yet, I had never had my politics challenged until I got to college.  The first libertarian I met was an African American, and our debates were provocative, but I remained a conservative Dem throughout undergrad.  I did read both conservative and liberal political blogs, watched Fox News and MSNBC (as I still do) just to see what the talking points are for both sides. Yet recently, I have been discovering my anti-statist, pro-liberty streak that was always there, but I never paid attention to it.  Philosophically and theologically, I have gone through somewhat of a makeover. I posted about my journey on my first blog posts: here;here;here; and here. [...]

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