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December 01, 2009
Rick Warren Loses Sight of the Issue
In my heart of hearts, I don’t think Rick Warren is a bad guy. He seems to mean well even if he’s ham-handed and wrong most of the time.
So I was surprised that he didn’t have an opinion on a law in Uganda that would make homosexual acts punishable by death. I mean seriously. I can’t imagine that Warren really thinks it’s ok to murder the gays, but how lost do you have to be in the wilds of moral relativism to say that executing people for private, consensual acts is a political question?
But somehow it’s even more disappointing that his response to criticism is to claim “Globally last yr 146,000 Christians were put to death because of their faith. No one, except Christians, said anything.” Pathetic.
If Christianity means anything, you’d think it would mean putting aside the notion that one only has to meet the bare minimum of moral righteousness. Christians being killed for their faith is outrageous. Gays being killed for their sexuality is outrageous. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for general consensus that both are unacceptable.
I’m a generous person, so I’ll chalk up Warren’s comments to momentary stupidity and longer-term arrogance. But if he doesn’t fess up soon and apologize, he’s lost any claim to moral credibility.
Posted by Drew at December 1, 2009 10:35 PM