“Had Hume’s primary concern really been for Tiger’s peace of mind he would have treated Tiger like a friend and made his suggestion in private, respecting Tiger’s dignity and privacy. Instead, Hume made a big, spashy show for the FOX News primary demographic — white middle aged Fundamentalist Christians — and delivered a message meant much more for them than for Tiger. Let’s be honest about that, Gerson, can’t we. Hume wasn’t interested in Tiger. He was playing to his crowd.”

I agree that there was a better way for Mr Hume to do this but I will defend his right to do it anywhere he wants. Just be ready to take the heat when he does and not cry about it. Free speech works both ways. Circling the wagons and bemoaning the criticism is a good way to shield ourselves but it might be a call to reflect rather than deflect.

Before any of you blast me as some wide-eyed liberal I am not. I am a been a Bible believing Christian since I was nine years old (I am much older than that now) What I am trying to articulate has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with reaching the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have to disagree with Mr Hume’s method, not his message. I am opened to the possibility I could be wrong about this but I am very concern that the gospel especially here in America has been co-opted and become a “we” against “them” lacking in the love and compassion that Jesus brings. Lets not forget that Jesus’ harshest words were spoken to those who were the keepers of the faith and some of his most compassionate statements were to those on the outside (the woman at the well; the tax collector, etc). I am all for boldly carrying the word but we have to use that boldness wisely. I am in the camp that upon reflection Mr Hume did not use his boldness wisely.

Post-Christian? No. Pre-Christian.

Since you signed and supported it before I did (you supported it on the day it was introduced, no?), and since I considered your counsel as part of a lengthy deliberative process before I eventually signed and supported it myself, your initial prescient insights into the wide and deep applicablility of the Manhattan Declaration make you well-suited as the inventor and advocate of your new game “Six Degrees of Separation with the Manhattan Declaration”! You saw and anticipated how useful the MD could be, and so you gave your early support. Truly, you are the grand master!

Justin Taylor: Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience

“It’s a careful, thoughtful statement, worthy of study and acceptance. I encourage you to read it and sign it.”