{"id":1138,"date":"2007-07-24T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T11:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/07\/ryan-rodrick-beiler-ct-on-bush.html"},"modified":"2007-07-24T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2007-07-24T11:39:39","slug":"ryan-rodrick-beiler-ct-on-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/07\/ryan-rodrick-beiler-ct-on-bush.html","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Rodrick Beiler: CT on ‘Bush’s Heresy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who’ll accuse me of Bush-bashing, the headline was Christianity Today<\/em>‘s. Ted Olsen has an interesting round-up of conservative bloggers<\/A>, mostly criticizing recent statements by Bush about his theology of foreign policy:<\/P>
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And people have said, you know, this is Wilsonian, it’s hopelessly idealistic. One, it is idealistic, to this extent: It’s idealistic to believe people long to be free. And nothing will change my belief. I come at it many different ways. Really not primarily from a political science perspective, frankly; it’s more of a theological perspective. I do believe there is an Almighty, and I believe a gift of that Almighty to all is freedom.<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Olsen’s accompanying commentary<\/A>, including the question, “Are we all a bunch of heretics?” is worth some critical discussion. And for the Sojourners <\/em>magazine prequel, read our 2003 article, “Dangerous Religion.”<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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