{"id":1172,"date":"2012-11-19T06:13:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T06:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/joecarter\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2012-11-19T06:15:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T06:15:03","slug":"the-temptation-of-secular-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/joecarter\/2012\/11\/the-temptation-of-secular-conservatism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temptation of Secular Conservatism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

At First Things, William Doino Jr. has written the most commendable \u201cthe problem with conservatism\u201d article of the year. I agree with every word<\/a>: <\/p>\n

American conservatism, of course, has never been perfectly Christian\u2014and sometimes, far from it\u2014but its imperfect efforts to uphold the country\u2019s moral and religious heritage is still welcome. But now that these attacks are emerging from within, traditional conservatives have to fight on two fronts\u2014against anti-religious liberals, and secular conservatives.<\/p>\n

This two-front assault on traditional conservatism has taken a toll. Intimidated by loose (and often ludicrous) charges of \u201ctheocracy,\u201d many committed religious believers have hesitated to cite the Bible in support of anything political, even though our Founding Fathers did. A few misleading accusations against the Bible\u2014on slavery or women\u2019s rights, for example\u2014are enough to cause modern conservatives to abandon Biblical arguments altogether. They have adopted a secularist tongue, albeit one that stresses conservative values and the Natural Law (as close to Biblical morality as they are willing to get.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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