It is a dangerous thing for Christians to take the moral high ground.
I read, with some sadness, this article citing George Wood, the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God (AOG) in the U.S.
In fairness, I think he has a point. However this quote stood out:
“Christians have a choice in this upcoming election, whether they are going to put their moral values ahead of everything else. There’s been so much talk about the economy and that’s understandable when you are hurting financially,” Wood says.
So according to the author, Wood says that Christians ought to put their moral values ahead of everything else.
The first question I ask is "What moral values do Christians hold that many other people do not?"
Now if you are a Christian with a strict literalist view of the Bible (as inerrant and infalliable), then I can suggest a few moral values that you have to endorse or justify that many other people do not!
1. Genocide
2. Rape
3. Murder of innocent people.
4. Discrimination against disable people.
5. Infanticide.
The second question I ask: "Was it simply the intention of Jesus to bring about a elevation of our moral values and the moral values of society?"
That is not my understanding of the meaning of the Christian Gospel.
