GORE LOSES HIS RELIGION OVER FILIBUSTER FLAP
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Al Gore was once a Bible-carrying, salvation-through-Jesus Baptist in the South Belt where going to Sunday school and church was a staple if you considered yourself God-attuned.
There Al Gore was exemplary. There he learned his Bible memory verses, recited them gladly and proudly, impressing the worshipers surrounding his boyhood frame.
That same conviction carried on through his teen years and into marriage to another like-committed born again professing evangelical Protestant.
But Gore has since backslidden, a long time ago, along with William Clinton, the Bible-carrying Southern Baptist little fella who trotted off to church on Sundays while his mom went caring for the sick at the local nursing home.
Gore and Clinton both sat under evangelistic preaching, went to revival meetings, sang the old-time gospel hymns, heard extemporaneous prayers offered by both ministers and laypersons. They both interceded on behalf of the sick, listened to Sunday school teachers expound on weekly Bible lessons, and gave their offerings in the plate.
That’s the kind of John 3:16 upbringing a southerner tags onto his bio when growing up in the pulpit-in-the-center-of-the-platform Baptist world. It’s just there, like the morning breezes. Amen and Hallelujah!
But both Baptist boys, once envisioned by their dedicated elders as being true to the biblical faith till death, came into politics royal. They became enamored by Hollywood celebs, the rich and famous, and of course the liberal politicians who could swing and sway — without Bible in heart or hand. In that, Gore and Clinton left Jesus for the marketplace. They since have tended political tables in the Temple.
Therefore, when the GOP goes for wiping out the most foolish show in Congress — the filibuster — Gore and secular team champion the day care center exercise continuance, particularly railing against any evangelical organizations in America who say they’re out to slay the filibuster giant.
So now we have Gore versus his one-time Bible-believing cohorts, which really is no surprise to the Bible-believing cohorts for, as stated above, they have caught on to Gore’s backslidden tails a long, long time ago.
How, for instance, could a genuine Christian ever stomach Gore throwing his soul in favor of killing womb babies? And to make it all the worse, there stood mother Tipper smiling right alongside her killing-in-the-womb-babies husband political opportunist. So there you have two of the "falling away" in the End Times. No surprise, yet tragic.
Therefore, as Donna Cassata reports for AP: "Former Vice President Al Gore on Wednesday blamed Republican lust for ‘one-party domination’ for the GOP campaign to change Senate rules on filibustering judicial nominees, and he assailed religious zealots for driving the effort.
"’What makes it so dangerous for our country is their willingness to do serious damage to our American democracy in order to satisfy their lust for one-party domination of all three branches of government. They seek nothing less than absolute power.’"
Now for his betrayal of biblical morality, Jesus and the gospel, "he also cited recent comments from leaders of two conservative organizations - the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family - about disenfranchising certain courts or denying them funds.
"’This aggressive new strain of right-wing religious zealotry is actually a throwback to the intolerance that led to the creation of America in the first place,’ Gore said as many in the audience stood and applauded. The speech was sponsored by the liberal group MoveOn's political action committee."
A backslider is predictable every time.
Al Gore was once a Bible-carrying, salvation-through-Jesus Baptist in the South Belt where going to Sunday school and church was a staple if you considered yourself God-attuned.
There Al Gore was exemplary. There he learned his Bible memory verses, recited them gladly and proudly, impressing the worshipers surrounding his boyhood frame.
That same conviction carried on through his teen years and into marriage to another like-committed born again professing evangelical Protestant.
But Gore has since backslidden, a long time ago, along with William Clinton, the Bible-carrying Southern Baptist little fella who trotted off to church on Sundays while his mom went caring for the sick at the local nursing home.
Gore and Clinton both sat under evangelistic preaching, went to revival meetings, sang the old-time gospel hymns, heard extemporaneous prayers offered by both ministers and laypersons. They both interceded on behalf of the sick, listened to Sunday school teachers expound on weekly Bible lessons, and gave their offerings in the plate.
That’s the kind of John 3:16 upbringing a southerner tags onto his bio when growing up in the pulpit-in-the-center-of-the-platform Baptist world. It’s just there, like the morning breezes. Amen and Hallelujah!
But both Baptist boys, once envisioned by their dedicated elders as being true to the biblical faith till death, came into politics royal. They became enamored by Hollywood celebs, the rich and famous, and of course the liberal politicians who could swing and sway — without Bible in heart or hand. In that, Gore and Clinton left Jesus for the marketplace. They since have tended political tables in the Temple.
Therefore, when the GOP goes for wiping out the most foolish show in Congress — the filibuster — Gore and secular team champion the day care center exercise continuance, particularly railing against any evangelical organizations in America who say they’re out to slay the filibuster giant.
So now we have Gore versus his one-time Bible-believing cohorts, which really is no surprise to the Bible-believing cohorts for, as stated above, they have caught on to Gore’s backslidden tails a long, long time ago.
How, for instance, could a genuine Christian ever stomach Gore throwing his soul in favor of killing womb babies? And to make it all the worse, there stood mother Tipper smiling right alongside her killing-in-the-womb-babies husband political opportunist. So there you have two of the "falling away" in the End Times. No surprise, yet tragic.
Therefore, as Donna Cassata reports for AP: "Former Vice President Al Gore on Wednesday blamed Republican lust for ‘one-party domination’ for the GOP campaign to change Senate rules on filibustering judicial nominees, and he assailed religious zealots for driving the effort.
"’What makes it so dangerous for our country is their willingness to do serious damage to our American democracy in order to satisfy their lust for one-party domination of all three branches of government. They seek nothing less than absolute power.’"
Now for his betrayal of biblical morality, Jesus and the gospel, "he also cited recent comments from leaders of two conservative organizations - the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family - about disenfranchising certain courts or denying them funds.
"’This aggressive new strain of right-wing religious zealotry is actually a throwback to the intolerance that led to the creation of America in the first place,’ Gore said as many in the audience stood and applauded. The speech was sponsored by the liberal group MoveOn's political action committee."
A backslider is predictable every time.
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