11.19.2002

Jesus is merging left

This is one of the most admirable and tackily named movements that I've seen in a long time: "The purpose of the What Would Jesus Drive? educational campaign is to help Christians and others understand that transportation choices are moral choices, and to reflect upon the problems associated with transportation from a biblically orthodox, Christ-centered perspective." Yeah, it's corny, but they have strong theology, and a very good approach to an important social issue. While some Christians will get uptight because environmentalism has long been a liberal cause, I'd say that immediate rejection of it is a sinful subjugation of Christianity to political views and selfishness - putting your views above God's (hear that, Ali?). They're not going to the extreme of saying that you can't drive, but they are saying that it's lousy stewardship and unneighborly to drive a Ford Expedition around DC.