Know-Nothing Noahs

I was appalled to hear that a leading conservative Christian group, with a proven track record of Obama-bashing, would stoop to even momentarily calling on God to rain out Obama's acceptance speech.

I have defended Focus in the Family in the past, and I have good friends who work there (I was there just this past June). Yet in the aforementioned link, Rupert Murdoch's Times of London, no liberal "fruitcake" paper, calls Focus an "ultraconservative" group, and the moniker increasingly seems appropriate to me. It is sad that Focus staffers can believe that such prayers, even in "mildly humorous" jest, are consistent with their stated commitment to the "kingdom of God," as they attempt feebly and laughably to persecute a man with a sincere faith in Christ that he attempts to balance with the imperatives of a pluralistic democracy.

Their satirical aspirations aside, as one wag noted, Focus could have been better spending time praying for the safety of Americans threatened by hurricanes. This all adds to the notion that Focus is focused on its own "unequally yoked" marriage to secular society's right wing rather than to the inclusive "kingdom principles" of the scriptures to which they pay lip service.