Article VI Blog is at it again!
The following inane post appeared today on the pro-Romney Article VI Blog- the same one which, by some system of logic hitherto unknown on this planet, the other day accused me of questioning the legitmacy of my own Christian faith, or the sincerity of the faith of the bloggers at Evangelicals for Mitt, or something (the charge was so incoherent that at least one Mormon blogger got the totally false idea that I had a problem with the notion of a Mormon like Romney running for president):
I suppose we might take it as a belaboring of the perfectly correct position that gives the blog its name: that Article VI of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test for public office. I regret that some Republicans forget that when it comes to Gov. Romney.
But still, I have to wonder... why the totally gratuitous attack on Sen. Thompson? The logic- and even the point- of this post seems just as obscure as the blog's libel of me the other day.
ADDENDUM: Lowell Brown of the Article VI blog and I have made peace. It seems that the post in question- far from being aimed at Sen. Thompson- was aimed at James Dobson, and sought to defend Thompson from Dobson's odd comment that it's not his "impression" that Thompson is a Christian.
Perhaps Lowell and I may each benefit from listening to each other more before jumping to conclusions!
Reflecting on this morning's Reading List, it has become apparent that the Fred Thompson thing is more than a flash in the pan and wishful dreaming on the part of the dissatisfied few. But before we can go any further with it there are some questions about Mr. Thompson that simply must be answered. I hereby challenge every member of the press and blogosphere out there to work tirelessly until these questions are answered thoroughly, completely, and repitiously:
Transubstanitation - Yes or No?
Priest or pastor?
Elder rule or hierarchical?
Sprinkle or dunk?
Catechism?
Confession?
Calvinist or Arminian?
Platonist or Aristotilean?
Ordination of women?
Pre-, Post-, or Mid-Trib?
Modern or traditional worship music?
Vestments, business attire, or Hawaiian shirt?
Take the elements to the congregation or have the congregation come to the server?
What's that you say? You don't care? You might want to give that fact some serious consideration in making decisions about who to back in '08. I mean the man could be a total fruitcake!
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I suppose we might take it as a belaboring of the perfectly correct position that gives the blog its name: that Article VI of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test for public office. I regret that some Republicans forget that when it comes to Gov. Romney.
But still, I have to wonder... why the totally gratuitous attack on Sen. Thompson? The logic- and even the point- of this post seems just as obscure as the blog's libel of me the other day.
ADDENDUM: Lowell Brown of the Article VI blog and I have made peace. It seems that the post in question- far from being aimed at Sen. Thompson- was aimed at James Dobson, and sought to defend Thompson from Dobson's odd comment that it's not his "impression" that Thompson is a Christian.
Perhaps Lowell and I may each benefit from listening to each other more before jumping to conclusions!
Comments
Peace,
Lowell Brown (Article VI Blog)
Suffice it to say that it's remarkable that the two of us have been exchanging brickbats over this stuff. We are, after all, agreed that Gov. Romney's religion ought not to even enter into anyone's deliberation over his candidacy, and that remarks like Dobson's are out of place.
Peace,indeed.