Tim Wildmon Says Cal Thomas Does Not Practice What He Preaches

You may have read the recent post-election column by Cal Thomas about conservative Christians needing to get out of politics, government and public policy. Thomas argues that Christians should abandon these areas, leave all the decisions of the country to non-Christians, and give total devotion to something he calls "obscurity." To which I must respond: Huh?

            He argues that Christians can either work the soup kitchen or work the government, but they are incapable of doing both and further, to work the government is, by definition, seeking earthly power which is against the teachings of Christ. 

            Honestly, for someone as gifted as Thomas at writing, his deductive reasoning skills on this subject are just plain non-existent.

            No where in scripture are Christians forbidden from engaging in politics, government or public policy. In fact, we are commanded to stand for righteousness throughout the Bible. Both privately and publically.

            I am glad that people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't follow Thomas' ideas or else he would have kept his Christian faith inside his church and never challenged the public with the righteousness of civil rights for all people. After all, Dr. King was about both changing laws and changing hearts. You can do both, despite Thomas' insistence that you can't.

            Thomas writes: "Thirty years of trying to use government to stop abortion, preserve opposite-sex marriage, improve television and movie content into the conservative Evangelical image has failed?"

            Really?

            On election nights constitutional amendments in the states of Florida, Arizona and California defining marriage as between one man and one woman all passed. If Cal is scoring at home, that is 30-0 in favor of traditional marriage in states all over the union the last few years.

            As far as abortion, since the infamous Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973, which legalized abortion all across the land, the pro-life community (made up largely of Evangelicals and Catholics) have worked tirelessly on lawful restrictions to abortion-on-demand such as 24-hour waiting periods, parental notification and partial birth statues. There are perhaps millions of unborn babies who have been saved from death by these actions which Thomas writes have been a "failure."

            The glaring irony in all this is that Thomas, who claims to be a conservative Christian himself, writes about government, politics and public policy for a living. In other words, he doesn't practice what he preaches. If he wanted to avoid this blatant hypocrisy, then he would lead by example and give up his very public column which attempts to influence his readers on matters of politics, government and public policy. Instead, Cal should seek, as he calls it, "obscurity." But I doubt we will see Cal giving up the newspaper and television gigs for missionary work in the Congo anytime soon...