January 13, 2005

Would Jesus be a Democrat or a Republican?

By Noel Sheppard
I recently had an opportunity to discuss some religious issues with the Reverend Ray Dubuque, a retired Methodist minister who now spreads the word of the Lord largely over the Internet.  As I researched the Reverend, his background, and his perspectives in preparation for our appearance together on Alan Colmes's radio program, I realized that his overall position concerning politics and how they relate to theology had some glaring economic inconsistencies. For instance, here is his basic philosophy as expressed at his website, Liberals Like Christ: If Jesus of Nazareth was anything, he was an extraordinary friend of the downtrodden, definitely a Liberal, whose advocacy on their behalf so infuriated the ultra—Conservative religious and political leaders of his day that they had him killed to prevent the public from hearing the very liberal teaching that you will see quoted in Jesus' own words here on this web site! Those who actually know what the Bible says about the life...(Read Full Article)