Thought of the Day 08.29.08

I’m a big believer that it’s better to have the right sort of conversation even if you come to the wrong answers than it is to have the wrong sort of conversation though you arrive at the right ones. For example, the recent McCain/Obama event at Saddleback church bothered some people because they thought it emphasized faith too much. They’re absolutely correct.

The greatest threat to a liberal culture isn’t conservative ideas, but a religious conversation. See, even if such a discussion leads to the wrong conclusions, at least it properly connects the ideas of religion, morality, and politics. So even though I’m bothered when God and His Word are misunderstood, I’m far more bothered by them being ignored. If people start with God and get it wrong, well, at least they’re starting in the right place.

And what this culture needs more than anything else is to embrace the idea that starting with religion is a norm, not a conversational foul. We can fix everything else if only we can get to that place first.