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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extent that you've done these unto the least, you have done them unto me," Culver paraphrases. "I don't think conservatives can improve on that rating system," he adds. "My opponent [who got a 100-per-cent Moral Majority rating] voted against foreign aid. What would Jesus Christ have said to that when one billion people in the world are going to bed hungry every night?" he asks...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: An III Wind Doth Blow | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...Moral Majority accept the liberal doctrine of toleration? Didn't Christ preach toleration? He sighs; you have "intellectualized" and "interpreted" the Bible again. "I cannot be tolerant and be a Christian too. Jesus pointed to the religious leaders of his day and said, 'You're a bunch of snakes and a bunch of hypocrites and whited sepulchres.' And that's the kind of religious leaders I have here in Medford. They will not take a position on these things. They're a bunch of crowd-pleasing, pink-laced, lily-livered do-gooders, and they've gotten that example from government...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: The Vocal Minority: Saving the Government | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...never understand how today's conservative television evangelists manage to keep from blushing as they try to convince their congregations that Christ would want them to vote Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 3, 1980 | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...voice, he adds sarcastically: "If you were for SALT II, you couldn't be a good Christian. If you were for normalization of relations with China, you couldn't be a good Christian. My opponent [who got a 100% rating] voted against foreign aid. What would Jesus Christ have said to that when 1 billion people in the world are going to bed hungry every night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Senate: Two Incumbents Falter | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

When Baptist Jimmy Carter admitted to Playboy magazine that he had violated Christ's commandment against lust in the heart a time or two, it produced one of the sillier sideshows of the 1976 presidential campaign. Now John Paul II, in a public comment that drew on the very same New Testament text, has stirred an equally unholy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tempest in a Cappuccino Cup? | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

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