C. Welton Gaddy

C. Welton Gaddy

Leader of the Interfaith Alliance

The Reverend C. Welton Gaddy leads the nonpartisan educational organizations The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation, and hosts the latter's national weekly radio show, State of Belief. The “On Faith” panelist also serves as pastor for preaching and worship at Northminster Church in Monroe, La. Gaddy has written more than 20 books, which reflect his interest in the intersection of religion, media and activism as well as his progressive view of the Baptist church, including: I Give You My Word: Sharing the Language of Life with Walter Cronkite; Faith and Politics: What's a Christian to Do ?; Adultery and Grace: the Ultimate Scandal ; and A Love Affair With God: Finding Freedom & Intimacy in Prayer . Gaddy also is one of 20 religious members of the Council of 100 leaders, a group created by the World Economic Forum to foster dialogue between Western and Muslim countries. He has served in leadership roles at the national Alliance of Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Commission of Christian Ethics of the Baptist World Alliance, Board of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Pastoral Leadership Commission of the Baptist World Alliance, and Southern Baptist Convention. The Washington-based Interfaith Alliance was founded in 1994 to promote the positive role of religion in American life, and now has more than 185,000 members drawn from 75 religious traditions or belief systems. It is supported by 47 local activist groups and a cyber-network of 45,000 people. Gaddy earned his undergraduate degree from Union University in Tennessee and his doctoral degree and divinity training from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Close.

C. Welton Gaddy

Leader of the Interfaith Alliance

The Reverend C. Welton Gaddy leads the nonpartisan educational organizations The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation, and hosts the latter's national weekly radio show, State of Belief. more »

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Red Meat for Theocrats

I’m concerned with how much of Romney's speech was designed as red-meat for conservative Christian voters.

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What is this world coming to!!:

Anonymous:

My sentiments exactly. Where is the discussion on Romney's speech and the Reverend's essay?

With little doubt you are cheated. Just think of all the things that could be said.

Doc:

Reverend Gaddy,
How does calling fear of secularism the "boogeyman" make it so. Perhaps a more reasoned explanation of what you mean is in order. Is the idea that free speech and freedom of expression could be subjugated by secularism really that unreasonable. In France, Muslim women can't wear head scarves, in the name of banning religion from the public square. One may argue that leaving out unbelievers is picking a fight, but the venom with which the other side fires back indicates to me that it is every bit a fight of passion and not reason on both sides.

Anonymous:

I feel so cheated! Three comments and one is Jacob Jozevz and another is Bgone...responding to Jacob Jozevz!

BGone:

Jacob Jozevz:

Did I understand you to say for me to stop referencing that ridiculous web site? Which one did you mean?

Is it http://www.hoax-buster.org with proof the Bible is a hoax?

Not http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul that uses the Bible and other "official" writings to prove the God that one nation is under is really the leader of Devils, Lucifer?

Look about you. Where did all this come from? There must be a Devil. Which man of great faith, (in ball-of-fire God) Lucifer shall lead us through these troubled sub prime times.

Stats to ponder while deciding how to vote.
43% of American homes have prime, not sub prime mortgages on them. 17+% of them are in foreclosure. 17% of 43% = 7.31% of all homes in America. 43% of all homes with sub prime mortgages are in being foreclosed.

Not to worry. Nero fiddle while Rome burned and he didn't get thrown out of office, (the office of "son of God") either. Things were just fine except no one had anywhere to live. Is this election about selecting a "son of God" or just one with faith "son of God?"

Yes Reverend, it was a good speech but why is religion such a problem? Is that hoax buster fellow onto something we all need to know? Before we take what politicians say as "Gospel?"

Jacob Jozevz :

Hello again mr. G A D D Y, et al;

Talking about Cheap-Shot, maybe you have , what is called 'spoke too-soon' syndrome. But "i" also see that You also have, accute "Religious Jealousy Psychosis"!

Red herring & not red-Meat is the crux of the case hear!

Sir's, Mam's, You said, “.. freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom..” [Similar].

Please note, just as "i" had to explain to other anti-MORMOn "Religious Jealousy Psychotic" folk like you, that what His Honorable Mr. ROMENEY was saying, or said, is this:

Note: Please think, in terms of what OUR beloved Prophet , of the "Holy Cosmic Feelers Faith", His Hon. Albert EINSTEIN [pbuh] said, when mentioning SCIENCE {hence=F*R*E*E*D*O*M} needing RELIGION & REligion needing Freedom of {Science}.

So; SCIENCE=FREEDOM like LIFE=PHOTONS!

So; Freedom, like Science, requires Religion , like Life requires Photons!

PROOF: In Eclati-On "Holy Cosmic Feelings Faith" knowledge, We have R. + i. + S. + (E)= P.+M.+G..

R=eligion [Freedom of, like Science of or "I" (Creator)] + "i"ntellectual [You] + S.ociety [i.e., U.S.A. America] = ECONOMICS [haves & have not, propensity to buy etc..] + P.olitical + M.ilitary = GOVERNMENT [like U.S.A.]!

SO;

R.eligion is always seperate from GOV & sits always & forever on the 'LEFT side' & GOV always & forever [in AMERICA] sits on the RIGHT side of the SYSTEM, a/k/a INSTITUTIONS!

Yes, WE AMERICANS are 'Free-Spirited" therefore "FREEDOM (like in U.S.A. today) requires "RELIGION" & Religion needs Freedom, like fish need water! a/k/a Today as "H-2-O" not just water like on what your Mr. Jesus did by walking on that G-d stuff, but you cannot see ROMNEYS version of H2O, because you Pre-Apocalyptically see just Holy blesseth Water!

Fact: Jesus did not know what a 'PHOTON' is, nor Did he (not G-D) know what 'H2O' is & many other facts of LIFE! a/k/a Photons.

So, you Pre-Apocalyptically see 'WATER' as the stuff that your JUDEO friend Mr. Jesus Walked On, yet you cannot see how Mitt ROMNEY see your Water as H2O! Note: Romney sees PHOTONS & you see Light! Hence you are blinded by your own light & not his photonic thinking. Meaning you are an Inferior race!

Note: Mr. JESUS, the Jewish Rabbi or Christ, himself, was ANTi-HUMANITY & Anti-Civilization & Anti-NATURE too!

If you do not believe me then please see BOBLE on "HATE" HATE" ... Hate yourself, Kids, Family etc...

Please See, Jesus [un] Christ, the 'HATER' @ LUKE:14:26 [kjv., et al].

Please also how your Anti-PEACE , on Space-Ship EARTH, Mr. JESUS (wrongly), not Romneys Jesus (rightly), whom claims is come for your DIVISION (not OUR) of HUMAN KIND & WAR/DESTRUCTION of you All (not US)!

If you do not believe in Moses writings, then howe can you believe in me Mr. GADDY , the G-D Player, like mMoses & his Drunkin Noah Racist Loving Story's .

Please see LUKE: 12:51. Please do not be in DENIAL to yourself nor others , nor Allogorically or Allogogically try to explain it away (those HATE & Anti-Peace remarks cited for you above) , as you are a Professional 'Minister of Everything' & a Propfessional 'Word Merchant'' and a professional Bibliomanic'!

BEHOLD: The LORD/ECLAT + "i". Consents but only for a TIME!


VOTE: (((( Peace Love Rockn Roll nRap, Mitt_ROMNEY for Prez, 2008 Yea! )))))))))))))

Henry James:

Eminently sensible column, Rev Gaddy.

Romney;s two faced speech

(not religious test,
BUT
only Christians are fit to be president_)

is scandalous and cynically depsicable.

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