Some of those Evangelicals are well-meaning, but some are very dangerous, and they will not be happy when they realize they have been played for fools.

Three rich white boys get accused of a savage crime with almost no evidence against them face a prosecutor bent on ignoring any facts that conflict with his case.  People have no idea how dogmatic police (or military) accusers can be; how, once they decide they know the facts, they can refuse to hear anything which counters their preconceived notions.  It happens a lot more than people think.  This is why we have an adversarial system in this country which puts the burden on the prosecution to prove its case.  The founders understood human nature very well.  Now we have a president and his followers who have no respect for the Constitution, who fear exposing their cases to the glare of judicial scrutiny, to a system designed to prevent injustice.  It's too bad those boys were accused, but they will be exonerated.  They have good lawyers and the right to hear the evidence against them and a presumption of innocence.  We can't even get Bush to agree that we shouldn't torture confessions out of detainees, let alone give them objective hearings and the right to examine the evidence.

As for the problems of the evangelicals, they need to take an honest look at their complicity in this mess.  They've been willing to repose their trust in their leaders and the platitudes of politicians instead of using their own consciences and examining the logs in their own eyes rather than plucking out the motes in their brothers' eyes. 

and I assume they are, they had no right to expect a desperate, crazy sex worker to be anything but desperate and crazy. Maybe next time they want - ummm - companionship, they should buy a girl a drink.  I guess some will say no, but I hear some college girls actually accept them.  An occasional rejection probably doesn't look so bad right now.

is, usually, a "bad thing". The only time -- in more recent history -- that I can think of where the Church and politics mixed to a good result was Poland in the last days of Communism. The Church allowed dissidents to meet on its grounds (churches were exempt from all sorts of rules against gathering, etc) and thus helped to overthrow the regime.

But, of course... "Give a hen a roost; she wants a higher one", as they say in Poland. Immediately after, the church demanded to be written as the dominant feature into the Constitution. Thus, Poland has replaced the red regime with a black one.

He sounded real sincere to me. I respect him coming out and telling the truth. Even though I don't agree with the evangelical approach, I do believe they are sincere in their thoughts and actions. They,just like a lot of other Americans happened to believe the trash Bush/Rove/Allen have been spitting out in the name of God. I actually think MR. Kuo's idea of a "fast" is a great idea--it's a good starting point for the evangelicals to perhaps redirect their compelling energy to something that really might help the POOR people of the world, and not the rich GOP Politicians who are getting rich from the lobbyists!!!

Too many evangelicals have bought into the idea that Jesus is a gun-toting, flag waving, exclusionary, capitalist Republican.  It didn't used to be this way.  Over 20 years ago I lived in West Africa and knew a Southern Baptist missionary family down the street.  Wonderful, caring people whose home churches sent funds and provided volunteer dentists and doctors every few months, to give care to people who otherwise might never have any.  I met missionary women who had been away from the US for over 20 years in some cases.  We had many differences of opinion in our discussions, but everyone was on the same page when it came to wanting to see improvement in the lives of the people there.  They didn't overdo the evangelizing, relying instead on being examples of Christian living. 

Now it seems to me that many evangelicals have allowed their religious message to be wrapped up in political clothing.  I've heard people call in to C-Span and tell the Washington Journal that God appointed Bush to his position; they believe it is our nation's obligation to spread their version of Christianity.  They see the war as scripturally necessary.  And the thing is, their leaders tap into this.  They take current events and interpret them to comport with scripture.  I hope the evangelicals out there wake up and see that they are being manipulated by their religious and civil leaders.

does not, I think, mean meddling in politics. As I have understood it, it was an individual one on one business of proselyting by steadfast personal example. Leave Ceasar's things to Ceasar, and God's things to God. The political evangelicals are completely off base--- Or am I completely off base?