This story from The New York Times emphasizes two remarkable things: One, that people from developed nations can still be so hopelessly lost as to deny the holocaust, and two, that Israel continues to fight like Michael Vick's dogs every single dissenting lunatic.
What's the point? There will always be people who believe that the holocaust didn't happen, or wasn't as bad as advertised, or that we didn't land on the moon, or that the Earth is 10,000 years old or that 9-11 was a government plot. And coming out voraciously, swinging wildly at the entire Catholic Church, is not a proper way to handle such things and to rehabilitate a constantly declining world image.
What would you tell your child to do if there were one kid at school who kept telling him that he had green skin? Your reaction might be different depending upon the reactions of the other children. Is there a chance that the other kids will start believing this kid? Of course not. Are the other kids joining in the harassment? If not, you simply have one loan, weird kid. Would you demand an accounting of the school or would you tell your child to laugh it off?
By playing the perpetual, angry victim, Israel can hope to remain the world's pariah for eternity.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Judgmental Fundamentalists Drive Atheist Anger
"There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," so say the bus ads running in countries around the world. The ads are a response to a fundamentalist ad that directed people to a website that told them they were going to spend an eternity in Hell.
Just from your average, non-lunatic fringe Christian, I would like to beg, plead with fundamentalists to stop being so foolish and to stop trying to drive people away from Christianity.
You are the modern Pharisees.
The story from the Washington Times is here: Atheists' bus ad campaign gains global momentum
Just from your average, non-lunatic fringe Christian, I would like to beg, plead with fundamentalists to stop being so foolish and to stop trying to drive people away from Christianity.
You are the modern Pharisees.
The story from the Washington Times is here: Atheists' bus ad campaign gains global momentum
Friday, January 23, 2009
This Week in Christian News - 1/23/09
Pulling favorites from the feeds in the right columns:
Was Rick Warren's Invocation Less Inclusive Than He Let On?
If splitting hairs were like splitting atoms, the world would be annihilated after the whining that comes from U.S. News and World Report on Rick Warren's "inclusive" prayer.
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Amnesty calls on UK government to help Obama shut Guantanamo
Amnesty International and liberal Christians fight to free murderers.
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Methodist anger at Government’s ‘immoral’ gambling proposals
Methodists in England take an unusually conservative position against gambling. Wouldn't you know? My church finally takes a conservative position on something and it messes up my poker playing. Remember the greatest of the laws: Thou shall not go all-in with less that three-of-a-kind.
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Abortion Film '22 Weeks' Disturbs, Exposes
If you think abortion is cool, you need to go read this. The movie is "based on a true account of a woman who sought a late-term abortion but found herself living a nightmare."
Angela, the mother, changed her mind when she saw her baby, who was born alive, but the abortion clinic refused to help her and even tried to turn away 911 assistance.
I don't believe I'll actually be able to watch the movie. Just reading about it is horrible enough.
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A Prayer for President
Obama
We know that you and you alone are sovereign; that you rule over all, and that you alone are able to keep and defend us. We know that our times are in your hands, and that "the king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord" [Proverbs 21:1].
Okay, so that's actually directed at the real God and not the new messiah, but it's funnier this way. Actually, you should go read the entire prayer, a very worthwhile endeavor.
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1400 Flowers to be Placed in Front of White House Today in Honor of 1400 African American Children Slain Each Day Through Abortion
That's pretty much it, but read below.
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Obama praises Roe decision on anniversary
Per the "Magic Negro" as the L.A. Times likes to call him:
On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose.
Which brings us to our last article for the week in review:
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Evangelical Alliance to send new Bible to Obama
That's great because apparently the one he has contains very poor translations regarding commandments not to kill and to defend the innocent.
Was Rick Warren's Invocation Less Inclusive Than He Let On?
If splitting hairs were like splitting atoms, the world would be annihilated after the whining that comes from U.S. News and World Report on Rick Warren's "inclusive" prayer.
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Amnesty calls on UK government to help Obama shut Guantanamo
Amnesty International and liberal Christians fight to free murderers.
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Methodist anger at Government’s ‘immoral’ gambling proposals
Methodists in England take an unusually conservative position against gambling. Wouldn't you know? My church finally takes a conservative position on something and it messes up my poker playing. Remember the greatest of the laws: Thou shall not go all-in with less that three-of-a-kind.
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Abortion Film '22 Weeks' Disturbs, Exposes
If you think abortion is cool, you need to go read this. The movie is "based on a true account of a woman who sought a late-term abortion but found herself living a nightmare."
Angela, the mother, changed her mind when she saw her baby, who was born alive, but the abortion clinic refused to help her and even tried to turn away 911 assistance.
I don't believe I'll actually be able to watch the movie. Just reading about it is horrible enough.
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A Prayer for President
Obama We know that you and you alone are sovereign; that you rule over all, and that you alone are able to keep and defend us. We know that our times are in your hands, and that "the king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord" [Proverbs 21:1].
Okay, so that's actually directed at the real God and not the new messiah, but it's funnier this way. Actually, you should go read the entire prayer, a very worthwhile endeavor.
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1400 Flowers to be Placed in Front of White House Today in Honor of 1400 African American Children Slain Each Day Through Abortion
That's pretty much it, but read below.
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Obama praises Roe decision on anniversary
Per the "Magic Negro" as the L.A. Times likes to call him:
On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose.
Which brings us to our last article for the week in review:
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Evangelical Alliance to send new Bible to Obama
That's great because apparently the one he has contains very poor translations regarding commandments not to kill and to defend the innocent.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Rick Warren Prayer
Yesterday's inaugural prayers, including the prayer of Rick Warren, signal yet another potential shift away from public spirituality in the never-ending quest of liberalism to create a thoroughly secular world where acknowledgement of God takes place only in private and becomes a shameful act to be hidden away from those too sensitive to view.
Under the mantel of "freedom from religion," public ceremonies like yesterday's inaugural are becoming more and more ridiculous. Almost stopped altogether by lawsuits from atheists, Christian Pastor Rick Warren managed to stand before the world and deliver a "diverse" prayer, including nods to Judaism and Islam. (You can read a fawning article regarding diversity in the inaugural prayer here.)
Besides the absurdity of seeing "America's Preacher" become pantheistic, there is the serious question of how much longer a public person will still maintain the constitutional right to freedom of religion. As a Christian, I would not acknowledge other faiths in prayer, and while Obama, who wishes to be everything to everyone, finds it suitable and right to stand before the country and give a nod to nonbelievers, as he did in his address, this will soon be expected behavior from every public official whether they wish it so or not. And the step after will be the loss of the ability to mention religion in any way at all.
This country needs to recognize that specifically secular behavior and speech should be categorized in the same way as religious behavior and speech. All should be protected equally, and those who are traditionally religious or practice secular religion should be encouraged, whether publicly or privately, to be open with their beliefs. Instead, we find ourselves in a world of secular evangelists spreading the anti-religion word as aggressively as any religion is being spread currently in the world. There is, in fact, a sort of secular jihad, or crusade, to wipe religion from public view.
The reality of the U.S. Constitution, and regardless of what activist judges may have ruled in the past, is that there is no reason for municipalities to have to remove things such as the Ten Commandments from public buildings or to take nativity scenes off of public green space. None of these acts establish a state religion, nor deny anyone their right to worship, as is stated in the First Amendment.
Expressions of religion should not be considered to be "establishing" a state religion because nothing is required of the populace. A requirement, just so that we know the difference, would be to force public school students to say the Lord's Prayer, a specifically Christian act. To be even more specific, I believe that to encourage a "moment of prayer" in school is a possible violation, but a "moment of prayer or reflection" is definitely not. Yet the mere mention of the word prayer in school sets off a secularist's alarms and sends him into an emotional breakdown.
And so this is the battle that we are facing today, that progressive secularists are waging an escalating war over the very basic right to practice religion openly. People of faith, of all faiths, need to band together and fight for their religious freedom.
Under the mantel of "freedom from religion," public ceremonies like yesterday's inaugural are becoming more and more ridiculous. Almost stopped altogether by lawsuits from atheists, Christian Pastor Rick Warren managed to stand before the world and deliver a "diverse" prayer, including nods to Judaism and Islam. (You can read a fawning article regarding diversity in the inaugural prayer here.)
Besides the absurdity of seeing "America's Preacher" become pantheistic, there is the serious question of how much longer a public person will still maintain the constitutional right to freedom of religion. As a Christian, I would not acknowledge other faiths in prayer, and while Obama, who wishes to be everything to everyone, finds it suitable and right to stand before the country and give a nod to nonbelievers, as he did in his address, this will soon be expected behavior from every public official whether they wish it so or not. And the step after will be the loss of the ability to mention religion in any way at all.
This country needs to recognize that specifically secular behavior and speech should be categorized in the same way as religious behavior and speech. All should be protected equally, and those who are traditionally religious or practice secular religion should be encouraged, whether publicly or privately, to be open with their beliefs. Instead, we find ourselves in a world of secular evangelists spreading the anti-religion word as aggressively as any religion is being spread currently in the world. There is, in fact, a sort of secular jihad, or crusade, to wipe religion from public view.
The reality of the U.S. Constitution, and regardless of what activist judges may have ruled in the past, is that there is no reason for municipalities to have to remove things such as the Ten Commandments from public buildings or to take nativity scenes off of public green space. None of these acts establish a state religion, nor deny anyone their right to worship, as is stated in the First Amendment.
Expressions of religion should not be considered to be "establishing" a state religion because nothing is required of the populace. A requirement, just so that we know the difference, would be to force public school students to say the Lord's Prayer, a specifically Christian act. To be even more specific, I believe that to encourage a "moment of prayer" in school is a possible violation, but a "moment of prayer or reflection" is definitely not. Yet the mere mention of the word prayer in school sets off a secularist's alarms and sends him into an emotional breakdown.
And so this is the battle that we are facing today, that progressive secularists are waging an escalating war over the very basic right to practice religion openly. People of faith, of all faiths, need to band together and fight for their religious freedom.
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