Colson on "Religious Left" Conference: Nothing Done by People Who Tolerate Anything but Conviction

Chuck Colson's BreakPoint offers a superb analysis of the just-concluded Spiritual Activism Conference in DC, the much balleyhooed move by the left to capture a religious tone and so recapture some political power. We tip the SWNID cap to Mrs. SWNID for pointing us to it.

Here are a couple of Colson & Company's bon mots:

Ironically for a group that prides itself on tolerance, it seems the only thing the conference could agree on was its opposition to the “religious right.” But frustrating as it was for them, the group had to concede that the “religious right” is a lot better at getting things done. Beliefnet suggests this was because “religious conservatives are willing to argue there is one correct view on policy issues.” . . .

Tony Campolo . . . tried to explain at this conference the necessity of following Scripture. But one participant retorted, “I thought this was a spiritual progressives’ conference. I don’t want to play the game of ‘the Bible says this or that,’ or that we get validation from something other than ourselves.”

There you have it. Validation from ourselves simply means you make up your own god. We Christians may interpret the Bible differently; we may apply it to life differently; we may have arguments over exegesis. But the Bible has to be the ultimate authority. Otherwise we end up worshiping the goddess of tolerance and believing that tolerance takes precedence over truth.

Expect to hear something SWNIDishly related to this crucial point in an upcoming post.