{"id":499,"date":"2013-01-14T13:46:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T18:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=499"},"modified":"2013-01-14T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T18:46:44","slug":"the-most-dangerous-man-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2013\/01\/the-most-dangerous-man-in-america.html","title":{"rendered":"The Most Dangerous Man in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One night a few years ago, in a deluxe New York City steakhouse, I listened to two of America\u2019s leading conservative voices discuss their views on the \u201cMost Dangerous Man in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each felt it was a politician. They disagreed on the identity of that politician.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as I mull this over\u2014for some reason\u2014I think I\u2019ll throw my hat into the ring. The Most Dangerous Man in America is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The New Evangelical Leader.<\/p>\n<p>He\/She is a composite of the various change agents flying over the culture like a horde of locusts.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Dangerous Man advocates inviting Marxist speakers to leadership conferences.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Dangerous Man employs extremely clever, clintonian clauses, to advance the march of same-sex advocates.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Dangerous Man embraces (nay, bear hugs!) the Palestinian narrative, crafted decades ago in the ashes of battlefield defeats at the hands of the Israelis. <\/p>\n<p>The Most Dangerous Man subtly offers up another gospel, short on truth and long on social justice\/\u201dchange the world\u201d rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Dangerous Man shills politically\u2014within the context of Christian \u201cleadership\u201d\u2014for a man who is racking-up astonishing achievements in his drive to change America permanently.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Dangerous Man markets his worldview in slickly packaged books and DVDs, and exports them to churches across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/files\/2012\/12\/download-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2012\/12\/download-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are other characteristics, but I\u2019m too exhausted now to list them. Perhaps another time. <\/p>\n<p>Definitely another time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One night a few years ago, in a deluxe New York City steakhouse, I listened to two of America\u2019s leading conservative voices discuss their views on the \u201cMost Dangerous Man in America.\u201d Each felt it was a politician. They disagreed on the identity of that politician. 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