9/11 Anniversary Generates Christian Outrage and Fears of Syncretism

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Egyptian-born Evangelical Michael Youssef, pastor of the “Church of the Apostles” in Atlanta, Georgia and founder of radio ministry Leading the Way, is worried about syncretism. Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs. As archaeologist William G. Dever writes, “The essential meaning is to incorporate various beliefs, some of which may once have been contradictory, into a fusion on the basis of other beliefs held in common.”<1>

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, you may have heard, has barred clergy from participating in the tenth anniversary of 9/11, spurring outrage, reported the Wall Street Journal. What they don’t tell you is that political speeches aren’t welcome either – the day has been set aside for families, which seems perfectly reasonable but reasonable doesn’t give cause for outrage, does it?

So if there is no cause for outrage, the conservative credo is create one. And so they have. And it should come as no surprise that the people who claim to be all about family values don’t really support them at all. Damn the families: where’s our theology!

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Youssef is far too late to save Christianity from syncretism, or to thank Michael Bloomberg for doing so. The syncretism was already in the mix from the very beginning and the damage, if damage it can be called, is done. Youssef may not like it; he may pretend it doesn’t exist, but it does. And the idea that the government should prop up Christianity above all other religions is so obscenely far off base from the Founding Fathers’ intentions that Youssef should be ashamed and hand in his doctorate immediately.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/911-anniversary-generates-christian-outrage-and-fears-of-syncretism

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1. worth repeating...

'And the idea that the government should prop up Christianity above all other religions is so obscenely far off base from the Founding Fathers’ intentions that Youssef should be ashamed and hand in his doctorate immediately.'

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2. + 1

The commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9-11 is not about "USA! USA! USA!" or God loves this country and Christians and everyone is damned.

Stick to the solemnity of the victims and their families.