"And to get to where that we have to abandon bedrock moral truths, then we ask, 'Well, where was God?' And I respond that, as I see it, we've escorted Him right out of our culture and we've marched Him off the public square and then we express our surprise that a culture without Him actually reflects what it's become."
--Mike Huckabee, in response to the Newtown shooting.On Facebook, I've seen many people who I respect agree with Mr. Huckabee on this. Here is my question:
Today, I woke up. I read the Bible. I quoted and alluded to the Bible on Facebook and this blog. I prayed. I went to my job as a campus minister. On Sunday, I let people in singing praise songs. I read from John 1. I listened to Christmas music on the radio. I bought Christmas presents. I have friends who do all of these things too.
My question, and I ask this without any sarcasm or criticism, is what does it mean that "we've escorted Him right out of our culture and we've marched Him off the public square?"
I have an idea of what is meant by that. And I want to explore this in an upcoming blog post. But, I don't fully understand what is meant by this, in that I don't feel any infringement on my faith.
Also, for those of you who disagree with Mr. Huckabee, don't comment on this post. This is about research. There will be a later thread for discussion.
Well, I disagree with Mr. Huckabee, so technically, I'm not supposed to respond, but I've never been one to let rules keep me from putting in my two cents.
ReplyDeleteI think he's saying that we've locked God out from our public sphere and is implying that this is why these bad things happen. I think Mike is forgetting God's power and that we have no ability to lock him out from anywhere.
We can turn our back on him, but He doesn't turn his back on us. He's in the school whether their is prayer or not. He's in the abortion clinic and in the halls of our government. To paraphrase SoeBeck Song's tweet you retweeted, Huckabee's idea of God is too small and too petty.
Hebrews assures us that “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Mr. Huckabee seems to think that He has.
It's all good, Todd. My intent was simply to keep this from becoming a debate thread. Thanks for the feedback.
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