Sunday, August 14, 2005

"My own feeling is they are giving American Christians a bad name around the world." ... "They see God as mean and having to be appeased"

Not all Christians back 'Justice Sunday' - Saturday, 08/13/05: "Saturday, 08/13/05 | By JEANNINE F. HUNTER | Staff Writer

Organizers of Justice Sunday II, a program designed to draw attention to the Supreme Court and how Christians may influence its jurists, say the live 6 p.m. simulcast at Two Rivers Baptist Church remains on course. The program, titled Justice Sunday II — God Save the United States and this Honorable Court, features House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, among other speakers.
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"My concern is the way the religious right and this administration are turning the courts into a political battlefield," said Rita Brock, director of Faith Voices for the Common Good, an interfaith organization based in Oakland, Calif. "They are now declaring that they are taking over the third branch of government."
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"My own feeling is they are giving American Christians a bad name around the world. People now think this is Christianity, what they say it is."
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Knox said events such as Justice Sunday "offer a very narrow view of my faith and other faiths."

"I see God as unconditional. They see God in a different way. They see God as mean and having to be appeased, which may cause people to think God might not love them if they have a certain status. … I felt, as a person of faith, that it was important to act out of my concern," said Knox.

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