Red Bro's First Post: A Reply to "Page 132"

Red Bro (who has elected, BTW, to use that as his nom de guerre) has submitted his first post to Sibling Rivalry. He's still learning the technical aspects of Blogger, so he sent it to me via email. I post it on his behalf:

In response to Page 132, Red Bro writes:

I think it is a crock of crap. My church, which is conservative and evangelical, recently took a special offering to help the victims of the tsunami. With about 700 in attendence at both services, the church raised almost $10k. I guess it is OK when we follow Biblical principles to help the helpless , but not OK when we apply the same Bible to inform us of what is right and wrong. You cannot take Scripture seriously and ignore the undergirding moral principles. That these more closely resemble the ideals of the Republican party is a lick on the Democrats. Morality has always been the province of the church, even the most ardent materialist acknowledges this. Calling moral views "political" attempts to place them in the sphere of human control with individual choice determining right and wrong. This is anathema to the devout Jew, Muslim or Christian. I remain a Christian first and am only a Republican as long as the party reflects my viewpoint, not the other way around.