Conservatives are socially liberal

By Letter to the Editor on February 13, 2019.

Re: “Fundamentalists and politics don’t mix,” Feb. 4

I believe the letter is Christophobic and constitutes hate speech. It should never have been published.

Lewis is factually wrong on several points:

Firstly, Hillcrest Church is evangelical in theology, not fundamentalist. Holding that scripture is inerrant, in its original manuscripts, is not the defining doctrine of fundamentalism. The defining doctrine of fundamentalism is that only the King James Translation of the Bible is correct and that all other English translations are in error.

Lewis’s attack on Christianity focuses on Old Testament scriptures. However, the New Testament is Christianity’s primary source of doctrine. One the “scriptures” Lewis attacks, Leviticus 29:44-46, does not exist. There only 27 chapters in Leviticus.

Lewis believes that atheists are more enlightened than Christians because atheists reject capital punishment for murderers. He supports the barbaric practice of abortion and the taking of innocent life.

The Conservative Party of Canada and its Alberta counterpart have always been fiscally conservative and socially liberal. The former was known as “The Liberal Conservative Party” under Macdonald.

Jason Kenney and Andrew Scheer, may pay lip service to socially conservative values, but they always support socially liberal bills when they vote. Andrew Scheer excluded social conservatives from his cabinet when he became party leader. Social conservative, Brad Trost, has been replaced as the candidate for University-Saskatoon in the next election. When Rachel Notley passed her bubble zone law, Jason Kenney failed to stand up for the rights of the unborn and vote against it.

Del Egan

Medicine Hat

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