Christianity Today interview with Ron Paul!

[realtonygoodwin]

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/octoberweb-only/ron-paul-church-abortion-narcotics-marriage.html

Good stuff

[Paulatized]

Thanks, thanks ,thanks for sharing this article. +rep to you rtg.

[realtonygoodwin]

Thanks! It seemed like a good interview.

[Napolitanic Wars]

INTERVIEWER: Do you see your faith informing your policy or are you mostly interested in ideas that are pragmatic?

PAUL: How can your faith be divorced from your everyday living?

I love that guy. :o

[BlackTerrel]

Good to see Paul getting more coverage in the Christian media. Good interview.

[Theocrat]

That was a pretty good interview. I think Ron Paul's straw poll win in the Values Voters Summit will earn him more recognition in the Christian community.

[Tod]

Thanks! Shared on FB!

[Xchange]

Paul tore that mother up!!


best yet

[Working Poor]

great interview!

[cucucachu0000]

yea really was a good one i love when he gets an interview that takes longer than 3 min

[realtonygoodwin]

I like the very last page. :)

Be sure to share on Facebook and Twitter.Maybe even email it to interested friends and family.

[Lymeade-Lady]

I didn't think it was that great, at least for the audience reading it. I hope I'm wrong.

[Krugerrand]

I didn't think it was that great, at least for the audience reading it. I hope I'm wrong.

I expect it will be a net positive.

The switching church things is reasonably positive. It's out there that he's changed churches, his explanation is a good one in that it reflects a serious decision made on principle by somebody who takes his faith seriously.

On the hot button issues, these are thing that people need to be worked over on slowly. He brought up home schooling a lot. People need to made to realize that the big strong government that makes the world the way you want it can easily make the world the way you don't want it. It takes time, and he's getting them there.

[heavenlyboy34]

That was a pretty good interview. I think Ron Paul's straw poll win in the Values Voters Summit will earn him more recognition in the Christian community.

Did you agree with this part?:
"It shouldn't be done with force. It should be done with love, and government is force. If you defer to the government that means you endorse theft. If somebody is poor and you want to help them and you have money, you go help them, or encourage them, or provide an environment where they can take care of themselves. But it doesn't endorse the government to go to that person and say "Look, this person is hungry. I have the moral authority to take from you, and if you don't give it to him, to put you in jail in order to help this person who is hungry." I do not endorse that. History and economics are on my side. If you care about the poor you would never use force. The most humanitarian system ever has been a free society and free markets and sound money, and it takes care of the maximum number of people. That is where you would cure the problem of poverty."
If I understand your opinions correctly, you would normally disagree with that.

[heavenlyboy34]

great interview! +10000000 :cool:

[lew]

Excellent interview. But Paul fumbled with some of his answers, unfortunately.


Yeah, they are all the time. That's the whole reason why we get asked these questions — it's sort of like the catch-22 question. If you're not for evolution then you're some anti-scientific religious nut. But if you say you're a creationist and you don't believe in evolution, you're an idiot. Just maybe there's an in between.

He repeated the same thing here. He didn't say two opposing viewpoints, which is what he meant to do.

He misspoke a few other times too. Still, an excellent interview.

[kazmlsj]

Bottom line - and why I support Ron Paul:

One's faith does influence one's decision making (it had better!)
AND
You can't legislate morality.