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To: Lane3 who wrote (28278)	9/8/2006 4:44:00 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541141

I think a libertarian evangelical Christian would need a lot of therapy. Talking about concurrently entertaining two basically incompatible ideas... Not in my experience. If you start with the idea that libertarianism is a political philosophy, and definitely not a theology, then it's possible. I've known a few evangelicals who considered their theology to be personal and not social. And who, while not having a political bone in their body, could have been libertarians. And, on another related point there is a movement, not certain how large, of evangelicals who don't favor the current social and cultural positions of the present dominant voice. They think of themselves as on the left.

To: Lane3 who wrote (28278)	9/8/2006 5:01:04 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541141

I don't think there are really incompatible, but I don't think the combination is particularly common.

To: Lane3 who wrote (28278)	9/8/2006 5:03:26 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541141

I think a libertarian evangelical Christian would need a lot of therapy. Talking about concurrently entertaining two basically incompatible ideas... Not sure why you would say that. You should visit the Business department of pretty much ANY fundamentalist Christian College and see if Libertarian ideals are not widely embraced. I went to one such college and I can assure you that most business majors on my college were pro libertarian. I'd be shock if other conservative Christian schools were substantially different.