http://larison.org/2007/10/08/the-gnostic-obama/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://larison.org/2007/10/08/the-gnostic-obama/#comment-7804 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:06:55 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/10/08/the-gnostic-obama/#comment-7804 I agree with your assessment of impiety. I don't agree that chiliasm is a heresy. Many of the earliest church fathers were premillennialists and, more importantly, I believe it's scriptural. The question is, Who is going to set up the Kingdom of God on Earth? Jesus Christ or the Democratic Party? Obama's rhetoric is as empty as Bill Clinton's "New Covenant" slogan or Hillary Clinton's pretense of being a devout Methodist. I expect a 1,000 year reign of peace and justice on Earth, but it will be inaugurated and presided over by Christ, not by a bunch of two-faced politicians. In his pseudo-sermon, Obama sounded like a postmillennialist but to say that gives him credit for a sincerity and theological awareness which he probably does not possess. It's just cynical campaign talk. Not heresy. Not theology. Just hot air. I agree with your assessment of impiety. I don’t agree that chiliasm is a heresy. Many of the earliest church fathers were premillennialists and, more importantly, I believe it’s scriptural. The question is, Who is going to set up the Kingdom of God on Earth? Jesus Christ or the Democratic Party? Obama’s rhetoric is as empty as Bill Clinton’s “New Covenant” slogan or Hillary Clinton’s pretense of being a devout Methodist. I expect a 1,000 year reign of peace and justice on Earth, but it will be inaugurated and presided over by Christ, not by a bunch of two-faced politicians. In his pseudo-sermon, Obama sounded like a postmillennialist but to say that gives him credit for a sincerity and theological awareness which he probably does not possess. It’s just cynical campaign talk. Not heresy. Not theology. Just hot air.

]]> http://larison.org/2007/10/08/the-gnostic-obama/#comment-7801 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:55:09 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/10/08/the-gnostic-obama/#comment-7801 Exceedingly well put. Exceedingly well put.

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