Why critical race theory doesn't reflect the values of Christianity | Opinion
Don Beehler Guest Columnist June 29, 2021
Revelation 7:9 describes a diverse yet unified multitude from every nation, tribe, peoples, and language, worshipping God in heaven.
Harmonious relationships have always been God's desire for humanity. In fact, the Bible has a lot to say about topics like diversity, inclusion and other aspects of critical race theory, CRT.
While some CRT terminology is new or redefined, the ideology behind it has been around for a long time.
As a follower of Jesus, I am called to pursue peace; love and forgive unconditionally; seek justice for all; and treat everyone with dignity and respect. Since every life matters and is of great value to our Creator, they should all matter to us as well.
Christianity teaches there is no favoritism with God
Scripture condemns discriminating against others based on outward appearances and identifies it as a symptom of a much deeper problem. Engaging in the sin of partiality makes us "judges with evil motives," as the apostle James put it.
Why Christianity And Critical Race Theory Cannot Coexist
We honor God when we acknowledge all members of the human race have equal worth. We dishonor Him when we ascribe certain sins to people based on skin color.
Critical race theory is the most discussed and debated academic theory in America today. Its advocates believe it is a tool for understanding the pervasiveness of systemic racism ever since the country was founded. Its detractors have called it a Marxist framework that causes racism and teaches people to judge each other based on skin color.
One institution that has been particularly damaged by the spread of critical race theory is American evangelicalism. A recent book entitled "Fault Lines," by Dr. Voddie Baucham Jr., pastor and dean at the African Christian University, directly addresses the social justice movement and how it threatens the unity of Christian believers.
The term "evangelical" is often used in the context of politics to describe white churchgoers who hold conservative beliefs and vote Republican. I use it here to refer to Protestant Christian churches, pastors, laypeople, and organizations who believe in the authority, infallibility, inerrancy, and sufficiency of the Bible. These include people of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who believe that Jesus's resurrection was an actual historical event, not just a metaphor for living a better life or an outdated dogmatic claim
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1972-2021
On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification. First proposed by the National Woman's political party in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.
And then came Phyllis.......
Oh the stories that I could tell, the books that have been written, the policy papers, the sometimes grotesque lobbying that the ERA supporters did, including a pie in Phyllis' face, pig's blood in a Capitol, etc., out and out lies that were told, the fight that went on here in Tennessee to get the State Legislature to RESCIND their all-to-fast ratification of the proposed amendment, and on it would go. How this was THE ISSUE, in 1975, that drew me into a world that I DID NOT KNOW EXISTED, and, as 'they' say, 'the rest is history!" I do hope you will take a few minutes and read the entire article. The lesson here: Never, Never, Never give up!!
Federal Appeals Court Unanimously Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Claiming Equal Rights Amendment Was Ratified; Extends Unbroken 40-Year Losing Streak For ERA-Resuscitation Legal Claims
WASHINGTON - A three-judge federal court of appeals panel today unanimously upheld the dismissal of Equal Means Equal v. Ferriero, one of two ongoing lawsuits that implausibly claim that the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has been ratified and is part of the U.S. Constitution.
"Today's ruling continues an unbroken, 40-year losing streak by advocates of the ERA-is-alive cult in the federal courts, before federal judges of every stripe of judicial philosophy and political background," said Douglas Johnson, director of the National Right to Life Committee's ERA Project.
