Friday, June 24, 2005
You Know The Worst Part?
Joe over at Evangelical Outpost is quite scholarly and quite soft-spoken in a world of bloggers that generally rant and scream, but he ranted yesterday.
Anyway, the worst part of Joe's post is who he cites as one of the more egregious examples of the kind of anti-Christianism he is discussing -- the National Council of Churches. Boy isn't that a can of worms. I knew they were liberal but I had no idea they were consorting openly with some of the groups Joe discusses, but check this out
Joe; however, forgets that the press is a willing accomplice in all this. The Beeb's telling of the Mississippi Burning conviction yesterday is a case in point. The headline reads, "Preacher jailed over KKK killings." Would someone please tell me why the man's religiosity is relevant to his conviction?
Meanwhile, according to Aussie blogger Scotwise, conservative pastors are being jailed for "hate-speech." In the words of the wicked witch of the west, "What a world...What a world."
Joe is right, we have to tackle this sort of stuff at every opportunity.
Although it is painfully obvious, it still needs to be said: anyone who truly believes such nonsense is either genuinely stupid or a slanderous bigot. To believe that America is "heading in the direction of theocracy" requires either a complete lack of knowledge about Christianity or degree of willful ignorance and gullibility that is found only among Holocaust deniers and paranoids who believe the moon-landing was a hoax. I suspect, though, that the majority of those who make such calumniating statements do so out of a sense of political futility. Unable to convince the majority of their fellow Americans to agree with their radical politics, they resort to libel in order to vilify those with whom they disagree.Way to go Joe! I simply am unable to maintain that level of vocabulary and rant at the same time.
What is truly shameful is that these anti-Christian bigots are so completely unoriginal. Their rhetoric is so thoroughly plagiarized from anti-Semitic propaganda (i.e., a Jewish Cabal controls the government) that you almost expect them to slip up and say something like, "Today we are living in a nation governed by an unholy cult-of JOOOWS!" I suspect that may be why they try to focus on analogies to radical Islam - it's more difficult to come off like a Nazi when you compare the Christers to the Mohammedites.
Anyway, the worst part of Joe's post is who he cites as one of the more egregious examples of the kind of anti-Christianism he is discussing -- the National Council of Churches. Boy isn't that a can of worms. I knew they were liberal but I had no idea they were consorting openly with some of the groups Joe discusses, but check this out
The program, which was sponsored by People for the American Way, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, the National Council of Churches (NCC), The Nation, and The Village Voice...What is truly and utterly galling to me is that it is pretty much assumed that mainline denominations donate to this pile of self-loathing lunatics. A while back when I was in charge of my congregation's mission giving, I actually had a bit of a battle on my hands to remove them from our donation list! In other words, they are using our money to do this kind of nonsense. No doubt they will claim this: "Man dies after lightning strikes metal cross," as proof God supports their efforts.
Joe; however, forgets that the press is a willing accomplice in all this. The Beeb's telling of the Mississippi Burning conviction yesterday is a case in point. The headline reads, "Preacher jailed over KKK killings." Would someone please tell me why the man's religiosity is relevant to his conviction?
Meanwhile, according to Aussie blogger Scotwise, conservative pastors are being jailed for "hate-speech." In the words of the wicked witch of the west, "What a world...What a world."
Joe is right, we have to tackle this sort of stuff at every opportunity.
