Albert Mohler’s Equal Opportunity Bigotry
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a leading figure in the Religious Right, wants to make sure he is on the record with Franklin Graham and Pat Robertson....
From The Tower Online:
Defending recent statements by evangelists Franklin Graham and Pat Robertson regarding Islam, R. Albert Mohler Jr. said on FOX News' "The O'Reilly Factor" that ideologies which keep people from coming to faith in Christ are manifestations of demonic power.
"In the case of the two statements ... from Dr. Graham and Pat Robertson, they were speaking a deeply held Christian truth there that Christians have believed for 2,000 years," Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said March 17. "[A]ny belief system that keeps persons from coming to Christ we would see as a manifestation of a demonic power."
Mohler was responding to comments made by Robertson on his "700 Club" television program March 13 and by Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, on ABC News' "Nightline" March 15.
"These people are crazed fanatics, and I want to say it now," Robertson said of radical Muslims. "It is satanic, and it's time we recognize what we're dealing with."
Graham said of Islam, "If people think Islam is such a wonderful religion, just go to Saudi Arabia and make it your home. Just live there. If you think Islam is such a wonderful religion, I mean, go and live under the Taliban somewhere."
Comments such as these are hateful and have nothing to do with Christianity.
Mohler also attacked Buddhism and Hinduism.
The Southern Baptist Convention has also come under fire over their belief that Jews are doomed to hell and Mohler has been a leader in the fight against civil rights for gay and lesbian people. Catholics are also a target of Mohler's wrath.