Religious News From Around the Web August 31, 2020
- By WRN Editorial Staff --
- 31 Aug 2020 --
Politics, Religion Confers Immunity from Moral Stupidity, Black Lives Matter Opposed, Xi Ramps Up “Sinicization” of Tibet, In-Person Worship Safe With Precautions, World’s largest Buddha Threatened by Floodwaters
Religion and Politics
Perhaps spurred by President Trump’s appeal to Christian conservatives, the Biden campaign has begun to incorporate the former Vice President’s Catholic faith in its messaging. According to a Gallup organization article, “The Democratic emphasis on religion was primarily focused on Biden the candidate, not on the direct relationship between religion and specific issue positions.” While there are both religious and non-religious members of both parties, more than 20 percent of Democrats and nine percent of Republicans report as “Nones” with no religious identity.
Religion “Confers Immunity from Moral Stupidity”
Author Abigail Shrier, in a Christian Post podcast discussing the increase of young girls who undergo transgender medical procedures, said: “I think that the precipitous decline in religion in American life really is at the heart of so many things ailing America today … I think that as a society, religion confers a kind of herd immunity from a certain kind of … moral stupidity in the society at large and what we’re seeing right now is a very weak moral immune system across the county. We just don’t have a strong sense of right and wrong …”
BLM Condemned by Southern Evangelical Seminary
The Southern Evangelical Seminary condemned BLM for “…holding to mis-defined notions of love, freedom, and justice, BLM stands against the nuclear family, promotes homosexual and transgender ideologies, and is an admittedly Marxist organization.”
In-Person Worship Safe With Precautions
Chinese President Xi Ramps Up “Sinicization” of Tibet
World’s Largest Statue of Buddha Threatened by Floodwaters