From An Open Letter to the Religious Right – the evangelical outpost:
We have ideological enemies (such as Islamo-fascists) and we ideological opponents (such as secular liberals). While our ideological opponents want us to lose elections; our ideological enemies want us to lose our lives. That’s a crucial distinction that we should always keep in mind. While we have to love them all, we shouldn’t lump them all together.
In a classical statement of ecumenicity, St. Augustine once said, “In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.” Those of us on the religious right should adopt a similar principle and clearly define the boundaries between what is essential and what is non-essential in matters of policy and politics.
Mind you, I’m not apologizing for my shadenfreude in watching the left side of this presidential election. Just acknowledging the same sentiment that led to the creation of the Philophronos blogroll. We need more reality checks like this in the blogosphere, where the handful of people who are so dedicated to being well-informed it ought to be listed in the DSM-IV often mistake minor political flaps for things that will matter ten years from now, to say nothing of eternity.
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