New Documentary Makes the Case That Without Christianity There Would be no Freedom in the World
"Think of what a scandal it would be if we were to say the abolitionists should have kept their Christian faith out of the struggle against slavery. Rev. Martin Luther King should have kept his Christian faith out of the struggle for civil rights. People who fought against the terrible crimes committed in the name of eugenics should have kept their faith out of politics."
The Action Institute recently released the documentary film "The Birth of Freedom," which details how Christianity birthed freedom and liberty in the world.
"Think of what a scandal it would be if we were to say the abolitionists should have kept their Christian faith out of the struggle against slavery. Rev. Martin Luther King should have kept his Christian faith out of the struggle for civil rights. People who fought against the terrible crimes committed in the name of eugenics should have kept their faith out of politics," said Prof. Robert P. George of Princeton University in the documentary. (Photo: UShistory.org)
The film also reportedly suggests that the idea of human rights was created by theologians.
Jordan J. Ballor of the Institute said it was "patently false to think that faith plays no positive role in public life."
According to a report in The Christian Post the mission of the Action Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.
