Her core value is that Scripture comes over traditions of man, as any Protestant’s core value SHOULD be. She found a fairly significant difference with her church and left. It’s pretty gutsy to leave a church you’ve attended your entire life based on personal convictions.

I’d say that, if anything, this only shows us that Bachmann does stand by her core commitments. She’s courageous enough to disagree with her church and take the appropriate follow-up action. She’s courageous enough to disagree with Democrats in Congress and the media. I’d wager that she’s even courageous enough to disagree with Republicans in Congress when they aren’t agreeing with her core values as well.

Ok, you’ve convinced me. This is a pretty dedicated and courageous woman. I’m not all in for her, but you’ve removed any doubt in my mind that she would violate her core values for political or social reasons.

His first words in the article,
“I don’t apply a religious test to politicians, as I think folks of any religion can be good and effective leaders”.
And then he proceeds to apply his own “religious test”.
And until they apply a religious test to become President,
what she does between her and her church are her private affairs,
and dosn’t need to be scrutinised by anyone.
The one claimed reason in the article,
” Apparently, her church holds to the position that the papacy has the marks of the anti-christ.”
would have me rethink my position with the church I was attending also.

Did she just quit the one church that held that belief and find another one,
or did she just quit religion altogether.
That is not stated, and this seams like a hit piece.
But like I said, this is a private matter between her and her church,
and should not held against her.
I won’t even consider this in my evaluation of her qualifications.

you’re not talking about the King James version. I have yet to find where it mandates that Christians must subscribe to wealth redistribution and social justice.

I have yet to meet a liberal who also believed in the Bible. I have met plenty of liberals who selectively edit and quote the Bible. I have met liberals who have even recreated Jesus and God in their own image. I have met liberals who treat the Bible like a buffet where they can pick and choose their doctrine. Yet, I have not met a liberal who believed the entire Bible and used it as their foundation for life.

Values come from a person’s view of the world and humanity. A Biblical view of the world and humanity dictate certain values. A non-Biblical view of the world and humanity dictate other values.

…confuse the poor guy any more than he already is.

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Your claim about Bachmann is still unproven. You have yet to demonstrate any of the assumptions you made in your original post or this one.

Your claims about the Reformation are ahistorical. I suggest your read your history. Not to refight the reformation but if you want to prove your point you need to provide evidence not talking points.

Markos Moulitsas, in my professional opinion, has about as much influence on conservatism as *I* do on the price of wheat futures. He and his site exist solely to hoover up campaign contributions from profoundly naive idiots and dupes on behalf of the Democratic establishment, which would be the group that he finally sold out to in, oh, 2005 or so. And that’s why I – and the rest of the VRWC – conducted an extremely successful election cycle in 2010 without having to worry overmuch about what that site did or did not do: his presence was irrelevant*, because by now Kos is just punching a time card.

I’m a Pawlenty guy, myself – but I’d be shocked (and a little disapproving of the waste) if Congresswoman Bachmann actually ever cared enough to learn the proper spelling of Kos’ full name.

Moe Lane

*No, I have no intention of saying which Lefty’s presence was relevant.

I’ve never heard your version of the Reformation before, but others have challenged that already.

Sola Scriptura was one of the few doctrines that all Protestants agreed on at the breaking of the Reformation. From Anglicanism to Germanic Lutheranism to French/Swiss Reformed and back again to German Anabaptists and Dutch Arminians, EVERYONE believed that Scripture was the highest authority over and above ANY written confession or creed. They differed on the interpretation, but they all agreed that the Church should be left when it leaves Scriptural teaching. They did just that. And Evangelicals have been doing it to those new Protestant churches ever since as well.

Even if your assertions are correct about Bachmann (they are still unproven), who originally brought the issue of difference between Backmann and her church to the fore is ENTIRELY irrelevant. Bachmann discovered her church believed something with which she couldn’t agree based on her interpretation of Scripture. She left the church over doctrinal issues. End of story. Bachmann’s highest commitment, as a Protestant and as an Evangelical, is to Scripture, not some church she grew up in.

That said, there is a right way and a wrong way to leave a church. Loudly, screaming one’s differences and yelling it from the rooftops, as you seem to be implying she should have done, is immoral and, frankly, uncouth. Even if one disagrees with theological interpretations on specific issues. And as a well-known politician, she has even MORE reason to leave quietly. Any public critiques of her old church would surely have brought more public criticism and problems, possibly causing a church split.

Can you imagine the field day you would be having with her had she done exactly what you’re proposing? “How dare she rip a community church apart because of her disagreement on a fairly minor theological point! She’ll rip our country apart just like she caused her church to split! Blah blah blah blah blah blah”

I see no justification for Bachmann openly discussing her decision to leave her church. It’s no one’s business but her, her family, and her God (and ,possibly, her new pastor).

Get your freakin’ nose out of it and critique her on something worth critiquing her on, like her record or public statements.