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Abortion, Fighting Evil, and the Saddleback "Debate"

Less than the Least

Two comments about the excellent speaking event (I don’t know what to call it) at Rick Warren’s church: First, as many bloggers have pointed out, Obama was wrong to say that the abortion rate hasn’t fallen on George W. Bush’s watch. The second comment concerns McCain’s answer to the question whether evil exists and, if so, whether we should ignore it, negotiate with it, contain it, or defeat it. McCain’s answer was simple and powerful: “Defeat it.” But that answer is also deeply troubling, and doesn’t seem particularly Christian.

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