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The Calloused Digitby
Frederick MeekinsIssue #7
Christian Review Of The Age Of Ultron Provides Insight Into Why
Most Christians Films Aren't Worth Watching
Regarding The Avengers: The Age Of Ultron, radical homeschooler
Kevin Swanson is profoundly offended that Captain America
verbalized a swear word during the climactic conflict of the
film.
Is Kevin Swanson going to maintain that nothing questionable
would slip out of his mouth while battling a genocidal Artificial
Intelligence on the cusp of perpetrating an extinction level
disaster?
The radical homeschooler's critique of the film went beyond
questionable dialog selections on the part of the
screenwriters.
Tony Stark in particular was condemned as an individualist and
not being much of a team player.
But isn't that the characteristic of Robert Downey's
interpretation that has made his performance endearing over the
course of the interlocking Marvel films and one with which
sarcastic loners with a tendency to dance to the beat of their own
drum have been able to identify?
As the review progressed, Swanson finally revealed the nature of
his ultimate disapproval with the film.
For you see, with the exception of the archer Hawkeye, the
protagonists are to be condemned because the are SINGLE (as in
unmarried) for a variety of reasons.
For the most part, shouldn't these characters be applauded for
that decision because of the particular vocations in which they
find themselves?
Captain America was in suspended animation for over 70 years
while the woman he loved, Agent Peggy Carer, aged at a normal rate
and if developments in her own TV miniseries are any indication,
eventually moved on to marry somebody else as she didn't even know
those many decades that he was even still alive.
So in the eyes of the radical homeschoolers, is Steve Rogers not
supposed to work through that profound emotional trauma before
wedding someone else that he might not really love?
As to the Incredible Hulk, despite the slight sparks there with
Black Widow, perhaps Bruce Banner has
character enough to realize that he is better off without a
relationship in which the normal stresses of which could set off
his condition to the point where he wouldn't simply snap at his
wife in a less than courteous tone but instead level his entire
neighborhood.
Though it was amusing to discover that Hawkeye had a secret
family that he had concealed from his colleagues in the espionage
and costumed adventurer communities and that served as a reminder
of what these heroes are fighting for, these are action adventure
films (not chick flicks).
While passing romance and flirtations add flavor to the
narrative, the primary purpose for these films is to see robots and
aliens blown up.
I don't really care to see Superman flying Lois Lane from store
to store looking for new drapes for the Fortress of Solitude.
Perhaps the most disturbing thing said by Swanson in his
analysis was that we must be careful not to limit the designation
of witchcraft to those claiming to be witches.
Instead, anyone whose power comes from a source other than God
is guilty of this grievous offense.
An argument can be made as to the technical accuracy of that
claim.
However, it must be remembered that Swanson advocates a
political philosophy known as theonomy or Christian
Reconstructionism that calls for the implementation of Biblical law
as the nation's comprehensive social policy and statutory code.
Since that is the case, how ought and to whom should the
Biblical injunction of Suffer not a witch to live be applied?
For if definable limits are not placed upon such a principle, it
could certainly be manipulated as a clever way to justify executing
your political and philosophical opponents.
Vigilance is required whether one is dealing with a maniacal
artificial intelligence or a podcasting minister that hasn't fully
considered the implications of his theological pronouncements.
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Reflections Upon The Duggar Allegations
Radical homeschoolers argue that parents ought to pull their
children out of formalized academic settings and not even allow
their daughters to entertain thoughts of attending college because
of the numerous incidents of molestation and sexual assault that
occur in the halls of learning.
Given the molestations allegations that have come out against
Josh Duggar, if that is what goes on behind the close doors of the
first family of homeschooling, should Christians now evaluate that
form of education as well?
His own sisters are alleged to rank among his victims.
But since he was married by 20 years of age, he is not the
deviant.
You are if you are not according to radical homeschoolist
propaganda.
Would there be as much outrage over the Duggar allegations if
these parents had not attempted to rule over their children with
such an iron fist?
Seems to me your son molesting one of your daughters would be
more a sign of failed parenting than if your kids kissed someone
before their wedding ceremony.
Perhaps this tragic story should be taken as a warning that
parents procreating at such a shocking rate don't always pay that
much attention to the children whom it is claimed are loved more
than the children of those parents that spawn a more manageable one
to three.
No wonder the one Duggar girl got married to someone on the
other side of the world. Always figured it was to get away from
that crowd.
Who would have thought it would have been over something so
terrible.
Mark my words. Before its all over with, the Duggar that cant
keep
his hands to himself will be addressing riveted crowds on the
topic as to why septuagenarian singles shouldnt even be allowed to
sit with one another in church.
Ministries Begin To Weigh In On Duggar Scandal
In a SermonAudio homily, a pastor condemned interest in the
Duggar scandal as a form of gossip and tale bearing.
But if the information conveyed is true, is it gossip?
Some might respond that, because this information impacts only
the Duggars, no one else but the involved parties need to know
about it.
But if assorted religious propagandists uplifted the Duggars as
some kind of ideal to emulate in terms of breeding out of control
and for ways to curtail the freedoms of their children, shouldn't
it be exposed where these figures fall short in adhering to the
most simple and obvious Christian standards?
If it is considered gossip to report when this family falls
short, shouldn't celebrating their hyperlegalistic proclivities
also be considered a form of gossip when these are invoked for the
purposes of manipulating one's audience into believing that their
own walk with God is inferior when they prefer not to rely upon so
many externalities in their own spirituality and religious
devotion?
In reflection upon the Duggar scandal, a pastor on SermnAudio
remarked how worldlings are gleeful when Christians fall into
sin.
But don't we believers tend to do the same thing in regards to
the adherents of assorted false belief systems?
Who among us didn't latch onto the Roman Catholic abuse scandal
as proof to the shortcomings of that variety of Christianity?
So now shouldn't similar outrages be taken as proof that things
might not be as perfect in hardline Evangelicalism as the
missionary prayercard photos would lead us to believe?
In reflecting upon the Duggar scandal, a pastor criticized the
number of homseschooling families that position themselves almost
as teaching ministries as they share their practices and techniques
with others but without the formal ecclesiastical authority of
eldership.
The peculiarities of certain homeschool families are secondary
in regards to that comment.
What this minister is saying is that you should not be allowed
to publish a book or speak at a conference convened beyond the
direct oversight of a church body without the permission of your
pastor, deacon board, or consistory.
The response to that in terms of organized religion is who is
going to stop me?
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Actor Denigrates The Geekdom That Feeds Him
Actor Simon Pegg insists that comic book movies are
infantilizing the adult population. Instead, we ought to be
watching challenging fare that asks moral questions.
Mind you, this is an actor whose claim to fame has been as
Scotty in the recast Star Trek series and as a sidekick in the
Mission Impossible films.
The Avengers: The Age Of Ultron was about an artificial
intelligence with a messianic complex that was the result of
bestowing upon it the mission of peace in our time.
Other comic book cinematic adaptations are just as profound.
The X-Men regularly confront the dilemma of balancing the needs
of accepting others different from ourselves while also protecting
ourselves from those that would use those differences to harm
us.
If those are not considered plots with profound ethical
implications, apparently challenging moral questions must be little
more than a euphemism for movies needing more scenes with buxom
Jerry Springer lesbians (not flannel wearing butches) rolling
between the sheets with one another.
Most people spend their $10 per ticket to see robots or
extraterrestrials being blown to pieces.
They are not going to part with that much money to be berated as
to why they ought to feel shame for having been born White or even
American.
Is Dana Perino The Covergirl Of Politically Correct
Republicanism?
On The Five, Dana Perino suggested that professional athletics
associations ought to finance a public relations effort (also
commonly referred to as a propaganda campaign) urging inner city
youth to respect and comply with law enforcement.
There is nothing wrong with such a message. However, even if
these enterprises have these funds
at their disposal, they are not obligated to provide such
outreach.
They are not a church or a related kind of philanthropic
organization.
The responsibility of such is to provide entertainment.
As a multimillionaire in her own right, why doesn't Dana Perino
finance such cultural conditioning?
Regarding the principal fired for posting online for suggesting
that the police officer at the pool party didn't really do anything
wrong, Dana Perino on the
Five suggested that those kinds of comments should perhaps have
been said around the dinner table and not enunciated publicly.
But doesn't this degree of self censorship plant the seeds of a
regime where one will eventually be carted off to a reeducation
camp for precisely verbalizing these errant thoughts in the privacy
of one's own home?
Website Applauding Moral Decline Laments Loss Of Foo Foo
Manners
A Huffington Post story listed a number of polite things people
don't do anymore.
One was giving up your seat for an elderly person, pregnant
woman, or someone with disabilities.
For starters, if these demographic categories make a fuss about
wanting to be treated like everybody else, that should also include
the expectation that they should also wait for a seat like
everybody else.
Another principle included taking off your hat indoors.
Does that also include those belonging to a certain religion
with a penchant for flying jetliners into skyscrapers that not only
cover their heads but at times even their entire faces?
If multiculturalism holds that all people are to be treated
equally and these people are not obligated to remove their cranial
apparel, why should the rest of us be expected to comply with such
a decree?
Another principle on the list was about making small talk in the
checkout line.
I am there to acquire a desired or needed item. Beyond a nod or
cursory verbalized greeting, I am
not there to talk to people. Given the outright destruction of
property that
often takes place these days as a result of either athletic
victories or unpopular jury verdicts, one would think a little good
natured benign detachment would be applauded as a form of serene
civility.
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Ultralegalist Caught Utilizing Pagan Imagery
Hardline Calvinist Michael Jeshurun has posted online an essay
condemning sports as idolatry that I am formulating a reply to.
However, of additional interest is a meme that he is using as a
cover photo for his social media profile.
The illustration reads, Smashing Arminian lies and everything
else that opposes the absolute sovereignty of mighty Jehovah.
While that is a controversial statement worthy of note, that is
not even the reason that the image is being mentioned.
For in one corner is depicted a figure adorned in what is
essentially Thor's costume from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
holding aloft a battle hammer with KJV emblazoned across it.
The face of the character is obscured, no doubt in the attempt
to avoid copyright infringement.
Does Jeshurun not realize that the Thor superhero is essentially
a pagan Nordic deity depicted as a transdimensional lifeform?
Therefore, if we are to avoid things that hint of paganism or
idolatry, why is he invoking the imagery of Thor?
Instead of Thor, why doesn't he instead depict Zeus with a
lightening bolt in hand?
Secondly, if it is morally wrong to patronize sports, isn't it
wrong to patronize popular movies if you are going to be that
strict about things?
I regularly go to the movies myself. But in comparison,
considering only the form of
entertainment alone, aren't the movies more likely to
expose you to a wider variety of more alluring sins than sports
ever really will?
The power of worldview analysis is that, once you know what an
individual believes regarding certain foundational topics, you can
often predict with a reasonable degree of accuracy what an
individual believes regarding other issues and subjects.
For example, if a particular theologian construes reality
through an explicitly Calvinist lens bordering upon the hostile
towards those articulating an alternative soteriology and also
condemns sports as a form of idolatry, it is usually safe to assume
that the thinker also opposes traditional Christian celebrations
such as Christmas on nearly the same grounds.
Sure enough, Jeshurun has composed an analysis that not only is
Christmas pagan but that insinuates that should the accouterments
of the holiday be found adorning your domicile at the moment of the
Second Advent you will likely not hear Christ say to you well done
good and faithful servant but rather depart from me I never knew
you.
Mind you, these holiday symbols have been Christianized for
centuries and disimbued of their pagan origins.
As entertaining as Thor might be with the Van Daniken chariot of
the gods spin put on the character, that narrative has not been
sufficiently removed from its original context for it to be
overlooked from a standpoint of blissful unawareness on the part of
someone supposedly skilled in detecting errors at variance with the
most rigorous orthodoxy.
Random Observations
Lebanon Levi and Merlin from Amish Mafia appeared on the 5/13/15
episode of Dr. Phil. When was this episode filmed? If after the
finale of Amish Mafia, why shouldn't we conclude that the Discovery
Channel docudrama is anything but fake? For in the finale, is
depicted as having started a beard to denote having gotten married.
However, during the Dr. Phil interview, he was clean shaven.
Contrary to the statement made by Eric Boling on the Five, if a
police or military force cannot stand civilian criticism, why
should we think it will be able to handle better armed adversaries
on the battlefield or streets?
The way Hepatitis C is referred to as "Hep C", there
hasn't been a commercial that glamorous since feminine hygiene
products and catheter sample packs.
Whats the big deal about Fox News calling poor people leeches?
Thousands of hours of video tape accumulated this past year
characterized as civil unrest document beyond a reasonable doubt
that that is exactly what these deadbeats are.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is once again verbalizing the name
Redskins in reference to Washington's NFL franchise. Previously,
she signed a resolution condemning the name as a racial slur. She
has since changed her mind, insisting that her primary duty as
mayor is the city's economic development. From that, are we to
assume that the primary determinant of the
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moral ought to be the financial? As such, should one find a wad
of cash sufficiently large enough, the stigma and outrage
associated with the N-word would magically disappear? All that is
required from this line of reasoning to delegitimize gay marriage
is to execute a sufficiently robust fund raising campaign.
Ought it to be considered that one is baptized into church
membership or that one is identifying with Christ's burial and
resurrection? What if one wants to be baptized but is not
necessarily ready to join a particular church?
Maybe people have too much. But organized religion, government
bureaucracy, and others that refuse to work don't have a right to
what you have either. My stuff is mine. It does not belong to some
missionary that's got nothing better to do at night in the Third
World than breed out of control.
A pastor mocked men that had more than one of the same tool.
Should the same sense of mockery be applied to someone that has
more than one copy of a particular Bible translation?
It was asserted in a sermon that money is not healthy for you
since it is covered in bacteria. So aren't you really doing a favor
on behalf of church personnel by not placing this vector in the
collection plate? So what about the bacteria transmitted in the
asinine handshaking ritual? What about the ass sweat that might
have stained the pew prior to you?
In snide remarks regarding a drop in the offering the previous
week, it was observed that some must have taken their mother's out
for Mother's Day rather than tithing to the Lord. But if motherhood
is a ministry as important in the eyes of God as preaching from the
pulpit, is it God that is ticked off about feeling financially
slighted or the organized church?
The Washington Post is lamenting that supposedly life expectancy
is longer in North Korea than in some Baltimore neighborhoods. But
isn't that the result of Baltimore residents being allowed the
freedom to either make something of their lives or to destroy their
own lives as well as those of others? Individuals for the most part
are not extended that choice in North Korea. Are we to the assume
that the Washington Post wants that kind of totalitarian
regimentation? Perhaps those advocating this would like the First
Amendment curtailed to prevent the purveying of the filth that
glamorizes lives of crime and carnality.
A public service announcement suggests that smokers are less
attractive as mates. While correct, will the government produce
similar propaganda justifying the preferences of those that do not
want someone that has already procreated or nocturnally frolicked
in the boudoir with multiple partners without benefit of
matrimony?
In the 5/8/15 edition of USA Today, Michael Wolff remarked that
the furor over George Stephanopoulous as a broadcast journalist
contributing to the Clinton Foundation is overwrought and another
attempt at career-ruining demonetization. Did this columnist as
boldly rally to the defense of the Firefox executive driven from
that company for merely contributing a pittance to an organization
working within the establishment legal framework opposed to gay
marriage?
If President Obama is now reversing the policy of militarizing
the nation's police forces, does that include the ammunition
stockpiled by non-law enforcement agencies such as the Department
of Education and the Internal Revenue Service? Will homosexual
activists opposed to the name of the Redskins football franchise
object to Natural American Spirit tobacco products with the logo of
an Indian in a headdress smoking a peace pipe advertised in the
June 2015 of Out Magazine?
A couple has started a GoFundMe campaign to finance their
honeymoon. How is that any tackier than these wedding gift
registries that demand brand, item, and quantity of a desired
item?
On Master Chef, will the Muslim gal featured on the commercial
be required to prepare pork products? A Facebook theologian said
Furthermore, should preaching God's Word be contingent upon what is
popular to keep the tithes and offerings coming in? Many churches
have prospered that do not preach the gospel such as Joel Osteen's
congregation. That comment was in response to my own about if you
are going to insist that dead babies go to Hell, dont expect much
in the collection plate or even for the parents to come back to
church if that is the degree of comfort your ministry provides. It
must be something to go through life that devoid of emotion.
Preaching Gods word might not be contingent upon what is popular.
However, neither does it necessarily be expressed in such a way as
to rub salt in what has got to be one of lifes most crippling
psychological wounds.
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On The Flash, if Eobard Thawn was erased from the timeline
altogether, does that mean the entire series now resets itself?
Because it was established earlier in the season that he murdered
the real Dr. Wells and assumed his identity in order to build the
cyclotron 20 years earlier than it would have been. (And will riot
police need to be called in at Comicon should debates about this
get out of hand?)
At the beatnik farmer's market, I am sure those fried doughnuts
are an organic health food. Probably less fat and cholesterol in a
Little Debbie snack cake.
Radical homeschoolers argue that parents ought to pull their
children out of formalized academic settings and not even allow
their daughters to entertain thoughts of attending college because
of the numerous incidents of molestation and sexual assault that
occur in the halls of learning. Given the molestations allegations
that have come out against Josh Duggar, if that is what goes on
behind the close doors of the first family of homeschooling, should
Christians now evaluate that form of education as well?
Josh Duggar has been accused of molestation. His own sisters are
alleged to rank among his victims. But since he was married by 20
years of age, he is not the deviant. You are if you are not
according to radical homeschoolist propaganda.
Would there be as much outrage over the Duggar allegations if
these parents had not attempted to rule over their children with
such an iron fist? Seems to me your son molesting one of your
daughters would be more a sign of failed parenting than if your
kids kissed someone before their wedding ceremony. Perhaps this
tragic story should be taken as a warning that parents procreating
at such a shocking rate don't always pay that much attention to the
children whom it is claimed are loved more than the children of
those parents that spawn a more manageable one to three.
No wonder the one Duggar girl got married to someone on the
other side of the world. Always figured it was to get away from
that crowd. Who would have thought it would have been over
something so terrible.
Mark my words. Before its all over with, the Duggar that cant
keep his hands to himself will be addressing riveted crowds on the
topic as to why septuagenarian singles shouldnt even be allowed to
sit with one another in church.
During his Coast Guard Academy commencement address, President
Obama decreed that climate change is a national security threat.
And are we to assume that the President traveled from the White
House to this service academy via a carbon neutral pogo stick or a
form of transportation that expended several thousand pounds of
fossil fuel?
To Huckabee, apparently the important thing is not whether or
not the accused Duggar pedophile molested his own sisters but
apparently how likely the accused's clan is to contribute to his
campaign. In enunciating his intentions to stand by the Duggars,
teens feeling up toddlers must be business as usual in
Arkansas.
Regarding the scant number of District of Columbia residents
allowed concealed weapon carry permits, wonder how many of those
insist common citizens should not be allowed to exercise their
Second Amendment rights.
Regarding a proposed VA law that would have prohibited a child
under five from handling a gun. How is such legislation anymore out
of line than restricting drivers licenses to those over 16? Unless
they reside in the Duggar household, do children that young really
need access to fire arms?
Regarding the tattooed contestant that kept constantly reminding
that she's a first generation American and single mother: the
program is Master Chef and not PC Chef. If one is going to shell
out over a day's wage for not much more than a single scoop of
food, you are wanting an exquisitely prepared meal; not a guilt
trip or a sob story.
In reflection upon the Duggar scandal, a pastor on SermnAudio
remarked how worldlings are gleeful when Christians fall into sin.
But don't we believers tend to do the same thing in regards to the
adherents of assorted false belief systems? Who among us didn't
latch onto the Roman Catholic abuse scandal as proof to the
shortcomings of that variety of Christianity? So now shouldn't
similar outrages be taken as proof that things might not be as
perfect in hardline Evangelicalism as the missionary prayercard
photos would lead us to believe?
Floods devastate parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Had this been New
Orleans, we'd probably have seen widespread looting by now.
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Does activist Pamella Gellar intend to ride daily on the public
transportation systems onto which her associates are planning to
post Muhammad cartoons? If she wants to hold Mohammad cartoon
exhibitions to combat the advancement of Islam, she should be
applauded for her courage. However, if these cartoons are plastered
all over public transportation, is there a reason the rest of us
are obligated to die on behalf of her convictions simply by
commuting to work?
Rick Santorum is announcing his presidential campaign during a
televised press conference. There is nothing out of the ordinary
about that. However, Santorum produced a movie with the theme of
how much better off we are without modern technology.
In a Newseum interview, Leon Harris and Larry King lamented the
rise of mass communications resources available over the Internet
and mobile devices. But weren't similar criticism leveled by
newspapers and broadcast networks regarding the cable formats
through which these media personalities ascended to international
prominence? Should everyone else be required to relinquish the
opportunities technology has made available to maintain the
controlled milieu preferred by these aging elites?
In a Newseum interview, Larry King lamented that there are too
many on the Internet now attempting to be journalists. To that, the
response ought to be, Podcaster, silence thyself.
In his Memorial Day oration, Obama assured the assembled that
the world is now at peace. Hours later, aircraft are grounded as a
result of jihadist bomb threats.
If Southern Baptist leaders such as Russell Moore continue to
foment contempt against the White race, what is to stop Whites from
going to church altogether? Better yet, what is to prevent those of
this targeted extraction from withdrawing from these churches to
form ones where, despite all being welcome irrespective of color or
race, but where the acceptance of others is not formulated from a
perspective of contempt for White people or America?
An 11 year old homeschooler is graduating with three college
degrees. Despite such impressive accomplishments, odds are that in
the environment in which he resides, upon reaching adulthood he
probably still won't be allowed to date unchaperoned or pick his
own spouse.
Now that the Duggar facade is crumbling, a number of radical
homeschoolers are changing their tune as to the utility of the
lifestyle they themselves profess as the ideal Christian standard.
On an episode of Generations Radio examining the scandal, the host
criticized those that pursue a form of Christianity characterized
by a mantra of We don't drink, we don't chew, and we don't go with
girls who do. The host insinuated how spiritually hollow it was for
parents to follow these kinds of formulas, expecting a guarded
environment to result in a righteous and redeemed child. Mind you,
this very same ministry has promoted the Duggarite mindset that
females should be discouraged from pursuing higher education. Kevin
Swanson even insinuated in the past that a fascination with the
Little House On The Prairie books could suborn lesbianism in
unsuspecting readers.
An emerging pedagogical perspective insists that there is no
need to teach students information if that information can be
googled. Sort of makes you wonder what is the point of schools
embracing such a philosophy apart from ideological indoctrination
and social manipulation.
I guess those worked up over most Americans speaking only one
language will next verbally ream us a new one for not really caring
a tinker about the world soccer organization scandal.
Regarding the proposed Johnny Quest movie. Lets just hope Race
Bannon and Benton Quest arent depicted as a gay couple.
Pope Francis insists that people spend too much money on pets.
Instead such funds should be lavished upon the supposedly indigent
and destitute. If that is the standard to which we are obligated to
aspire, would these funds be better spent on more golden scepters,
large pointy hates, and ornate vestments that scrape the floor?
Wouldn't the Vatican's money be better spent on the poor than on
astronomical observatories codenamed L.U.C.I.F.E.R. attempting to
discover extraterrestrial life?
On The Five, Kimberly Gilfoil enunciated she had no problem with
minority groups such as herself seeking career placement assistance
with racial supremacist groups such as La Raza. To be consistent,
wouldn't she also be required to applaud the Ku Klux Klan doing the
same on behalf of White students or CAIR and Hamas doing the same
on behalf of Muslim students?
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If you can be penalized for strategizing your bank deposits and
withdrawals in such a way in order to avoid reporting requirements,
can one be similarly punished if one travels side streets and
country roads in order to avoid highway tolls?
It was snidely mused in a sermon that a Bible church is just a
Baptist one that doesn't want to go by the name of Baptist. While
that may be true to an extent, that summary does not convey the
complete picture. Perhaps some congregations go with the Bible
church rather than Baptist moniker in admission that there is more
to the Christian faith than baptism and, in all honesty, to
distance themselves from some of the extremist positions certain
Baptist factions have become infamous over. There is nothing in
Scripture indicating that the only variety of church acceptable to
God is one that explicitly lists the word Baptist in its name.
It might not be ideal, but if an individual baptized as an
infant comes to faith later in life and is basing the assurance of
salvation on that profession and not so much on the act of natal
baptism, is it really worth making a fuss as to when the person was
baptized? Immersion no more saves you than sprinkling does.
In a sermon insisting that all forms of baptism other than
immersion were invalid, it was admitted that baptism can also mean
to come under such as in terms of the influence of. When water is
poured or sprinkled over the head, isn't the person technically
under it in those modalities as well?
Given that Vanity Fair was the setting in Pilgrim's Progress in
which all manner of carnal depravities took place, it is ironically
fitting that it would be in that magazine in which Bruce Jenner
would publicly wallow in his assorted debaucheries.
Radical homeschooler Kevin Swanson castigated so-called
conspiracy theorists for deemphasizing the love of God in
expressing their concerns about the Jade Helm military exercise.
Guess those in concentration camps during the Holocaust were simply
on extended holiday at a mineral spring spa resort.
Hopefully, those Christians not speaking of looming persecution
in a demeanor of glum solemnity but rather with fanatical
exuberance and giddiness will rank among the first lined up against
the wall and shot.
A Birmingham Ashton University study concludes that women have
better memories than men. The purpose of which is to ensure that
there will always be an unending list of things over which to
berate or belittle the man no matter how long ago the slight,
transgression, or shortcoming might have occurred.
Wonder if the Fox News talking heads would be as cavalier about
the raising of the retirement age if they were the ones stuck in
physically taxing and mentally unfulfilling occupations?
The Patriot Act has been rebranded the USA Freedom Act, allowing
data to once again be collected on telecommunications customers.
However, this time around, it seems that the information will
remain in the hands of the private sector. That will allow a number
of the legislation's supporters on the Fox News Channel to label
critics of the law as enemies of the free market system as well. In
light of the allegations and charges of deposit structuring leveled
against former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, can someone
utilizing human couriers to diminish the possibility of electronic
surveillance or who would just rather compose handwritten letters
rather than email be accused of violating the USA Freedom Act?
An Alzheimer's medication commercial urges patients to remind
their doctor of an assortment of conditions they might have before
commencing the prescribed course of treatment. These are
Alzheimer's patients. There are days these poor souls can hardly
remember their names. Some might have no family. And those that do,
if the family member assists the elderly patient in responding to
questions that the patient does not know the answer to or is unable
to understand from a doctor that speaks garbled English, you get
snapped at like you are guilty of elder abuse. Shouldn't it be the
doctor's responsibility to gather and track this kind of
physiological intelligence?
John Stewart of the Daily Show is jacked out of shape because
the public has focused upon the looks of Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn
persona as debut on the cover of Vanity Fair Magazine. Stewart
lamented, When you were a man, we could talk about your
athleticism, your business acumen, but now all we care about is
your looks. But other than thrusting the artificial bosom into the
camera lens, has this carnival act renouncing the Bruce identity
accomplished anything else of note? If one wanted one's mind
emphasized over one's trampy appearance, wouldn't one publish an
essay in the New York Review Of Books rather than Vanity Fair?
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Pastor Snidely Ridicules Christian Laborers Viewed As Beneath
Him
In the opening of a News In Focus podcast posted at SermonAudio,
the assembled pastoral counsel poked fun at someone that
categorized themselves as a Christian trainer.
Following a dismissive remark by the head pastor, one of the
dutiful underlings remarked how presenting oneself as a Christian
trainer was akin to claiming one was a philosopher.
And what if these were either one's vocation or avocation?
Often the positioned clergy of these more fundamentalist sects
rank among the foremost in restricting who may hold status as a
recognized minister or the quickest to scold a recognized minister
for straying beyond the delineated parameters of the Gospel message
into the areas of generalized moral or psychological application
even if the teaching provided is basically drawn from Biblical
principles.
For example, Joel Osteen is often derided for being more of a
motivational speaker than an actual pastor.
But it seems there is also an underlying derision there when
someone might have a message or insight of value to the wider
church or Christian world but is cautious not to assume the
responsibility or authority of the pastoral office.
At the end of the discussion, the head pastor was
impressed with what the Christian trainer had posted. But
instead of leaving the compliment at that, the
pastor snidely remarked but could the Christian trainer
preach.
Frankly, such an aptitude might not even be relevant for that
Christian trainer's ministry.
Ephesians 4:11 says, And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers.
Therefore, if someone mocks an individual that might have the
ability to teach (which the written word is a form of) but not
necessarily the ability to preach, isn't the critic edging
dangerously close to pronouncing that the critic knows more about
how God has gifted a particular individual than God Himself?
If this is to be the attitude of a number of God's
undershepherds that all others endeavoring to speak Christian truth
should be looked upon in a spirit that cannot be categorized as
anything other than ridicule, perhaps a list should be formulated
as to what kinds of occupations are considered worthy of placing
something in the collection plate.
For if you can't respect how a person honestly makes a living,
perhaps your own ministry shouldn't be benefiting from such labors
either.
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Shouldn't Fathers Be Expected To Care For Their Own Kids?
In a SermonAudio podcast, the pastoral council of the Berean
Baptist Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina announced as an
objective the promulgation of the expectation that single men are
obligated to marry women with children fathered by someone other
than themselves.
The pastors went as far as to compare the practice to Boaz
marrying Ruth.
It is nothing of the sort. The vast majority of single mothers
these days are
not widows. They are either divorced or have never been
married at all. Secondly, Ruth did not have children. The
Moabitess was a widow free and clear. Boaz never had to deal with
the inevitable you are
not my father confrontations. And back then, even if he had,
there was not the
likelihood of a disgruntled child reporting false abuse
allegations to social welfare operatives.
In the discussion, it was suggested it was more honorable for a
man to marry someone that already has kids.
The only obligation is for the one having the fun making the
children to provide for the children.
A man does not sin if he refuses to saddle this other man's
burden.
This is the duty of the child's mother and father. Why is the
man that hasn't ruined his life up until
this particular point compelled to settle for second hand
merchandise?
If the single woman with offspring is out primarily to land
someone to punch her meal ticket and to put a roof over her head,
why can't she be admonished to settle for a man with other children
like a Brady
Bunch situation? Given the doctrinal fussiness and finickiness
of
many Independent Fundamental Baptists where you are treated as
something of a pariah or an outcast unless you measure up 100% to
the sect's rigorous standards that are not always explicitly
spelled out in Scripture but are rather opinions buttressed by
stained interpretations of divine revelation, this raises a number
of very important questions or at least observations.
Will these Independent Baptists now insisting that single men
are obligated to marry women with children (especially if these
women have been divorced) in the future allow men hoodwinked into
pursuing this lifestyle allow them to do anything in church other
than occupy a pew or fill a collection plate?
Many of the congregations adhering to this particular brand of
theology are governed by covenants and bylaws explicitly forbidding
divorced men or men marrying women that have been divorced from
holding either the pastorate or the deaconship.
Don't think this is not a valid concern. At the small Baptist
church my grandparents
attended, you would have thought the pastor had sanctioned
lesbian polygamy when the hardliners revolted over him officiating
a marriage between widower and a widow who divorced her drunkard
husband two marriages back with her two previous husbands long dead
by the time of the disputed ceremony. Christ does indeed
forgive.
However, He often decides to require us to deal with the
consequences of our own decisions.
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Scout Head Promotes Immorality Among The Organization's
Ranks
Speaking to a national meeting of the Boy Scouts in his role as
the organization's president, former CIA director and Secretary of
Defense Robert Gates in reference to gays among the ranks of the
group's membership and administration proclaimed that we must deal
with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be.
He insisted that such an adaptation of policy was necessary or
the assembled would be required to face the end of us as a national
movement.
What he is saying is that there are no enduring values or
standards.
According to such logic, dependent upon the context the Boy
Scouts are no more morally superior to the Hitler Youth of Nazi
Germany, the Red Pioneers of the Soviet Union, or an ad hoc ISIS
training camp in the Syrian desert.
The Scout Oath reads, On my honor, I will do my best to do my
duty to God and country, and to obey Scout law, to help other
people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally
awake, and morally straight.
The Scout Law is summarized as A scout is trustworthy, loyal,
helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean, and reverent.
But what happens when these virtues hinder a Darwinian
understanding of survival of the fittest?
Should this classic moral code be abandoned should an ethic
based on tooth and claw prove more utilitarian and efficacious?
That is, after all, what Robert Gates is advocating. No wonder
the war against terror, in part,
floundered under his tenure as the Secretary of Defense.
Ethicist Fuddles The Differences Between Genocide &
Infanticide
During a lecture titled Ethics In The Age Of Terror &
Genocide, an astute member of the audience observed during the
question and answer portion of the presentation how many Americans
recoil in outrage at the concept of genocide but are morally
comfortable with abortion.
It was interesting to hear the lecturer wiggle herself out of
the conundrum by invoking the technicality that genocide is the
killing of people because they are members of a particular group
while abortion does not necessarily target the victim for
extermination for that particular reason.
That is, of course, unless you are a confirmed Sangerian.
According to the logic elaborated in the response, it is only
wrong to eliminate groups and not necessarily individuals.
The propagandist proceeded to elaborate a number of criteria
separating abortion from genocide. Among these were the rights of
the woman and how the unborn child is not a human life that can
exist on its own.
But how are these appreciably different than the justifications
invoked by the Nazis such as living space for the German people and
that the inhabitants of these targeted areas weren't really humans
capable of surviving on their own either by the standards of that
particular regime?
Jenner Deserves No More Respect & Admiration Than
Dolezal
In a piece appearing in the Washington Times, columnist Walter
Williams assured readers that he would refer to Bruce Jenner as a
she.
Would the pundit extend the same courtesy to NAACP functionary
Rachel Dolezal by referring to her as Black rather than White?
Some might respond that Dolezal lied but Jenner did not.
Mind you, these are likely some of the same people that insist
that race does not exist and that the color of skin no more
intrinsic to one's identity than one's hair color.
Well, you can change hair color, can you not? The entire hair
dye industry is built upon that
reality. In his moment upon the stage of redemptive
history, Pontius Pilate snorted what is truth. If a man can
mutilate himself, strut around like a
circus clown, retain for now the very appendage symbolizing the
ontological state the individual has alleged to renounce while
insisting to be a woman, how is that embracing the truth?
It is no more truthful than a White woman masquerading as
Black.
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Sometimes Striking A Child Should Be Appropriate
A Maryland substitute teacher was suspended for striking a
student with a belt in order to break up a fight.
Perhaps those that have been duped into the you should never
touch a child delusion should have allowed the ruffians to beat
each other to death.
At least that way there would have been fewer mouths to feed on
the school lunch roster and further contamination of the gene pool
in a few short years could have been avoided.
On a more serious note, at the time critics were insisting that
the pedagogue should have modeled
proper deference to the state's designated public safety
personnel and operatives in neutralizing threats to life, property,
and good order.
Since this story broke, the nation has seen the results of what
can happen when citizens are less than proactive or engaged in
their own protection.
If it is inappropriate for a teacher to strike a child with a
belt in a moment of emergency, why is it acceptable for a police or
security officer to taser, pepperspray, or baton the disruptive and
noncompliant other than this is how the population has been
mentally conditioned?
Random Observations
The Chinese government insists that it is not responsible for
the intrusion compromising the data of over four million federal
employees. The regime assures that it has laws against hacking.
Just as the dictatorship no doubt has exquisitely written
legislation protecting religious freedom and statutes against organ
harvesting.
Driving for Uber might be better than starvation and
homelessness. However, if you get a hold of the wrong customer that
files some kind of lawsuit, you'll probably end up starved and
homeless.
The film San Andreas was simultaneously entertaining and thought
provoking. Amidst the superb special affects, one's mind
contemplates especially the seismic prophecies foretold in the Book
of Revelation. Also, depictions of the buildings collapsing upon
the people almost brings tears to one's eyes as the sequences make
you reflect on what thousands of American's endured on 9/11 at the
hands of scumbag terrorists. Though not a particularly devout or
explicitly religious film, it was a commendable touch for a change
that it was the scientist urging prayer in light of the
overwhelming devastation.
The Duggars placed locks on the doors to protect the children
from their depraved son. I can think of something else the Duggars
should have put a lock on long before that point.
In the book The Natural Family: Where It Belongs (New Agrarian
Essays), historian and cultural analyst Allan Carlson insists that
the wholesome and devout
family ought to be one that toils the soil. Given his extensive
academic qualifications and scholarly activity, it must be asked
how often does Professor Carlson putter around in the dirt? Or is
this yet another expectation to be imposed on the lesser classes of
the species?
If teen girls don't want to be physically subdued by police,
perhaps they ought to act more ladylike.
In regards to the Dennis Hastert case, if an American can be
punished for depositing or withdrawing an amount over as well as
below a certain amount without notifying authorities, how long
until the financially enslaved will be required to obtain
government approval for the simplest of transactions? For example,
what is to prevent the government from denying access to your cash
reserves for the purchase of non-approved foods of questionable
nutritional content. After all, presidential candidate Mike
Huckabee considers your weight not only an individual health issue
but also one of national security.
A 56 year old New Zealand woman landed a 907 pound tuna after a
four hour struggle. In response, cultural apologist and pundit Doug
Giles (who reminds everyone just how manly he is by deliberately
killing exotic animals on safari) posted, Bow and kiss her ring all
metrosexual males. And the question to be asked is why. Does he
demand the same of butch feminists that could be outcooked by a man
in the kitchen? While a compelling human interest story that
prompts a gee whiz look at that response, so long as those that
Giles derides as metrosexuals have jobs
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and provide for themselves, there is nothing in divine
revelation insisting that one must take to the high seas in a form
of fishing than can be described as anything other than
recreational. Wouldn't the manlier thing to do be take the money
needed to pursue an elaborate hobby such as deep sea fishing and
pay bills or put it away for retirement?
In defense of Marco Rubio, it has been claimed that an $80,000
boat is not a luxury. In light of gas prices that skyrocketed a few
years ago as well as a few other reasons, I might get to Ollies
Outlet four times a year now where I agonize over whether or not I
need a book priced at $5.99.
Is political correctness really the only reason Jerry Seinfeld
won't perform of college campuses? It's doubtful most of those
students now were even born when his sitcom was broadcast on NBC.
So when he tried to perform on college campuses, how would Jerry
Seinfeld be introduced? As guest lecturer in Ancient History?
If a conservative had said what Bob Costas said about Bruce
Jenner, wouldn't Costas had called on the thought criminal to be
sent to a Khmer Rouge reeducation facility?
On The Five, Dana Perino suggested that professional athletics
associations ought to finance a public relations effort (also
commonly referred to as a propaganda campaign) urging inner city
youth to respect and comply with law enforcement. There is nothing
wrong with such a message. However, even if these enterprises have
these funds at their disposal, they are not obligated to provide
such outreach. They are not a church or a related kind of
philanthropic organization. The responsibility of such is to
provide entertainment. As a multimillionaire in her own right, why
doesn't Dana Perino finance such cultural conditioning?
Regarding the principal fired for posting online for suggesting
that the police officer at the pool party didn't really do anything
wrong, Dana Perino on the Five suggested that those kinds of
comments should perhaps have been said around the dinner table and
not enunciated publicly. But doesn't this degree of self censorship
plant the seeds of a regime where one will eventually be carted off
to a reeducation camp for precisely verbalizing these errant
thoughts in the privacy of one's own home?
The Obama Administration is conspiring to construct affordable
housing in affluent neighborhoods. That's so when juries hand down
verdicts specified demographics disagree with they won't have to
travel far to destroy the property of White people.
If it is a violation of human rights to consider an individual's
race in determining their qualifications and character, shouldn't
the NAACP functionary courageous enough to conceal her demographic
background be heralded as a patriot of the first order? For is it
not an act of revolutionary consciousness to deny the government
information to which it is not truthfully entitled?
If liberals want to insist that the NAACP functionary was less
than truthful regarding her origins as an African American, aren't
they required to abandon the foundations of evolutionary
anthropology that all human beings can trace their origins back to
Africa?
If tolerancemongers are going to insist like Gnostics that the
materiality of the physical being does not exist or is irrelevant,
shouldn't the NAACP functionary that presented herself as Black
despite being born as White as a Dutch baby's backside be publicly
celebrated as Bruce Jenner for embracing one's true identity. After
all, this racialist is just as Black as Bruce Jenner is a
woman.
A woman has realized that she was inadvertently abusing her
husband. In the article detailing this confession that went viral
in online Christian circles, this epiphany transpired during a
marital spat when the wife observed her husband relenting to a
verbal berating despite obeying the command he had been given and
how many of his actions were determined by the instinct to avoid
her verbalized rages. Eventually, men are going to be condemned as
neglectful and abusive if they now comply with the dictates of
their spouses in order to avoid being chewed out.
Bill Clinton intoned during a CNN interview that You can't have
people walking around with guns. Does this include the members of
the former President's Secret Service detail as well?
In a discussion of animal rights on the Knowing The Truth
broadcast, theologian Richard Land reflected upon the implications
of introducing robots to patient
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care. He observed such a development would undermine the element
of human contact in the healing process. But was was the last time
anyone has felt like anything other than a slab of meat when
dealing with medical professionals and insurance bureaucracies?
Generations Radio astutely observed that parents cannot send
their children to a 20 minute Sunday school and expect their
children to be Christian. Instead, exposure to the faith must be
comprehensive and constant. Yet just days prior to that
pronouncement, this very same ministry insisted that the Christian
parent cannot manipulate the child's environment and expect the
child to become Christian. Under a Calvinist soteriology, despite
the parent's best efforts, the child might just be one of the poor
souls God created for no other reason than to toss into Hell. By
this logic, in the final analysis, does it really matter whether
parents send their child to a 20 minutes Sunday school once per
week or subject their children to around the clock
indoctrination?
So why is gubernatorial experience important to the Jeb Bush
faction of the Republican party when a significant percentage of
the candidates backed by Jeb over the course of his lifetime
themselves did not possess gubernatorial experience?
If Jeb Bush is to be heralded for having married an Hispanic to
the point where he is viewed as an Hispanic, shouldn't the NAACP
functionary be similarly applauded for mating outside her race?
In an article on the death of Christianity, Southern Baptist
hierarch Russell Moore writes, ...a Christianity that reflects its
culture, whether that culture is Smith College or NASCAR, only
lasts as long as it is useful to its hosts. That's because it's, at
root, idolatry and people turn from their idols when they stop
sending rain. Perhaps Dr. Moore should remember that as he runs
around like a lap dog puppy snuggling up to a number of
perspectives whose primary purpose is to badmouth America and
elevate subversive minority supremacists.
In Colorado, if an employer can fire an employee for partaking
of legalized medicinal cannabis in that jurisdiction, why can't
businesses deny services to gay marriages?
Pope Francis has pontificated that one does not
exhibit genuine faith until one takes what one requires for
one's own needs and instead provides for the poor with it. So does
this mean that the Vatican is holding an estate sale or auction to
divest itself of the institution's vast artistic and real estate
holdings for pennies on the dollar?
The Christian Bible Study Massacre proves why a pastor that
feels so led should be allowed to hold a Bible in one hand and a
firearm in another.
Regarding the terrorist assault on the Charleston, South
Carolina church, did media and law enforcement immediately describe
the suspect as White or did these officials hem and haw ringing
their hands as they described every feature other than the suspects
socially constructed, non-existent race as they do in many other
mass casualty incidents?
The families of the victims of the terrorist assault on the
church are not under obligation to be so quick with their
forgiveness. They should stew in their anger for awhile. Especially
if this pissant has not said he was sorry or expressed any sincere
remorse.
The same leftists moving production of the drama Veep from MD to
CA because of tax incentives no doubt rank among those that insist
that you don't pay your fair share and condemned golfer Phil
Mickelson when he confided taxes in part prompted his move from CA
to FL.
On Cashin In on Fox News, financial analyst Wayne Rogers
described the Book of Revelation as ridiculous when it was pointed
out that a proposal to microchip incarcerated inmates was
disturbingly similar to the Mark of the Beast foretold of in the
Apocalypse. Would he categorize Islamic holy texts in a similar
fashion?
Usually when these leftists speak of healing division that
translates as you are expected to go along with their blame Whitey
and bigger government handouts agenda.
Interesting Obama does not say as much about gun violence when
it is perpetrated by his inner city base of support in staggering
numbers over the course of a given weekend.
Mittt Romney is suggesting that the Confederate Flag is
offensive and ought to be set aside. And what of
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those similarly repulsed by cultic missionaries knocking at the
door? Should that tradition also be forbidden because some find the
practice offensive?
It was rhetorically asked in a sermon if Jesus would rather find
you reading the Bible or a text message when He returned. Wouldn't
that depend more on the particular text message? In themselves,
text messages are morally neutral. So what other daily tasks are to
to suspend for the appearance of holiness? Should a preacher ask if
Jesus would rather find you reading your Bible or swatting your
spouse's backside when He returns?
Is there really a reason for a pastor to point out in a Father's
Day sermon that in his rhetorical selection that he is using the
term fathers rather than men because the day's homily is intended
for fathers because there are men in the congregation who are not
fathers even though by tabulation that applied only to two of the
male's in attendance? Being made to feel just a step ahead the town
drunk or whore, it almost makes one feel like one does not belong
there and not go back.
In profiles of terrorist scumbag Dylan Roof, the descriptor of
unemployed is verbalized with a negative intonation. Is
shiftlessness applied in such a derogatory manner to members of the
Occupy movement or to violent protesters in Baltimore and
Ferguson?
Will those insisting that Paula Deen should be financially
ruined for verbalizing the N-word in the privacy of her own home
following a violent crime call for the immediate removal of
President Obama from elected office for verbalizing the N-word in
reference to violent crime?
President Obama insists that America's heritage of racism has
not been overcome. And that's why he was elected to the presidency
twice? The second time was even after it was pretty much proven he
was inept and incompetent.
Is it a wave of unity, as it has been categorized, to remove the
confederate flag from the state house in South Carolina? Or is this
being done more out of fear that the Obamavoters and welfare
recipients are preparing to rampage like they did in Baltimore and
Ferguson when they don't get their way?
On The Five, it was said one should live as if the person
writing your eulogy were watching. Isn't that we have social media
and the Internet for nowadays? What if you really don't want a
funeral when you croak? It's just a bunch of people coming to gawk
at your lifeless corpse feigning that they care when they really
didn't when you were alive.
In an oration where Hillary pledged to the New World Order just
how much she despises being White (but not so much so that she will
surrender her vast fortune), the presidential candidate said guns
should not be allowed into the hands of those that harbor hate in
their hearts. That translates you should not be allowed to own a
firearm unless you pass a political and worldview litmus test.
Greg Gutfeld said on Fox News that, if the victims of the
Charleston terrorist assault want the flag removed, that is enough
for him to have the Confederate flag removed. As a borderline
alcoholic, if someone who lost a family members in a drunk driving
accident calls for the reenactment of Prohibition, does that mean
he will swear adherence to the behavioral codes of a temperance
league?
On the Five, Eric Boling said in reference to a number of
retailers censoring the exchange of Confederate merchandise that
the free market should be allowed to decide. As a Roman Catholic,
would he endorse retailers prohibiting the sale of Christian
paraphernalia in general and of that specific theological
persuasion in particular?
Rand Paul has come out in support of removing the Confederate
flag. If nothing else, at least the debate is settled that his
support of states rights and the Tenth Amendment are merely
euphemisms regarding the legalization of pot and hardcore narcotics
after all.
So does everyone believe the liberal dogmas regarding race or
ethnicity because those are their sincerely held beliefs or is it
that they fear the inquisition that will descend upon them and
destroy their lives if there is even a hint that you might disagree
with these dictates on even the minutest level?
Greg Gutfeld on Fox News claimed that it is absurd to argue
that, if the Confederate flag is taken away now, eventually the
flag of the United States will be taken away at some point not too
far down the road. It
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is less absurd than the moronic postmodernism that permeates his
eponymous Sunday night broadcast.
In the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, a bicyclist exposing
himself to a young girl and a woman. In solidarity with the victims
of this vile act, shouldn't the nation rally against bicycles? In
self-congratulatory gestures displaying celebrating how
progressively sympathetic we are as a society, retailers should
stop selling bicycles and related bicycle merchandise. Governments
ought to end the support of bicycles by rescinding funds for
bicycle infrastructure such as lanes, paths, and racks. If you
support these proposals, it is obvious that you aren't willing to
do what is necessary to stop the predators that are emboldened to
perpetrate these crimes as a result of advancements in
self-propelled personal transportation vehicles.
Of the Confederate flag, Donald Trump said, ...let it go,
respect whatever it is that you have to respect because there was a
point in time and put it in a museum. But I would take it down.
What he is saying that it is time for the South to surrender to the
inevitability of Yankee domination and the imposition of the values
of the Northeastern elites. If these are the kinds of principles
that Trump holds to and espouses, on what grounds does he refute
those advocating acquiescence to Red China? Like the Confederacy,
how do we know that American economic independence isn't something
meant to be relegated to a museum?
A pastor remarked that the phrase Dance with the devil you know
did not sound like Biblical advice even it it was apropos. Now is
that because the adage seems to counsel compromise with Satan or
rather because dancing was involved? In certain Baptist circles,
the greater outrage might be that dancing was involved.
Citizens are being assured that the lowered Confederate flags
will find a place in a museum. But given the propaganda,
distortions, and outright lies subtly disseminated through these
venues of public display regarding evolution, how long will this
esteemed artifact be allowed to remain on display or undefiled by
falsehoods or condemnations pertaining to it.
One has been decapitated and over a dozen injured in a terrorist
attack at a French fuel refining facility.
Does Amazon intend to ban products bearing Islamist symbols
similar to those hoisted by the Jihadists during the assault?
In his analysis of violent upheavals in Baltimore and Ferguson,
Malik Shabazz counseled that those destorying property and
rampaging in the streets still needed to be loved. So why isn't he
as magnanimous when it comes to his endorsement of a plan to kill
any White person in sight irrespective of whether or not they bear
responsibility for the terrorist assault upon the Charleston
church?
In a panel discussion at the Southern Baptist Convention,
ethicist Russell Moore admonished that Christian parents ashamed of
their gay children. That is, because Moore went on to assure, most
gays aren't like the activists depicted in the media. Does Moore
intend to extend the same broadminded charity to Christians that
refuse to take down the Confederate flag or refuse to give up
Conservative talk radio? Moore has heaped homiletical condemnation
and mockery upon Christians that disagreed with his leftist
inclinations regarding these cultural practices.
Univision removed the Miss USA pageant from its programming
schedule over Donald Trump's insightful observation that the swarms
of illegals pouring over America's borders aren't exactly the cream
of the crop in terms of human capital. In response, Trump has
threatened to sue the network. But how is the removal of Trump's
beauty pageant from the airwaves markedly different than his demand
that the Confederate flag be removed from public display?
On It's Academic, Hillary Howard is in a sleeveless blouse. In
his decades hosting, did Mack McGary ever appear on the program
sleeveless?
It was said on a news special designed to work everyone into a
terror over summer weather claimed that interest in survival
training is at an all time high. Now doubt because of a love of
nature. Likely nothing to do whatsoever with rampaging inner city
mobs, the abolition of the Confederate flag, and the federal
recognition of sodomite matrimony.
A news program designed to work everyone up into a terror over
summer weather listed the equipment one ought to take during a trek
through the wilderness. Shouldn't a firearm have also been on the
list?
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Godless Cathedral Dean Wants History Censored In The Name Of
Revolution
The Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington wants stained
glass windows honoring Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
removed.
The idea is that the role of the Cathedral is not so much to
serve as an historical memorial but rather as a tool of propaganda
to subliminally manipulate those exposed to the edifice into
embracing the revolutionary consciousness preferred by the
prevailing elite.
If the windows commemorating the Confederacy are to come down,
should the body of Woodrow Wilson be disinterred from its resting
place in these formerly holy halls?
After all, was not the former president a segregationist, so
much so that he resegregated the civil service?
But then again, his corpse will probably be allowed to remain
given that he embraced the preferred mindset of this cathedral's
religion that the masses of humanity exist to be molded and
conditioned by the technocrats ruling over them.
While we are at it, perhaps the questions should be raised as to
how long until the Cathedral tosses its
Christian iconography out with the morning trash as well?
After all, Gary Hall, the Dean of the Cathedral, is on record in
the Washington Post claiming to be a Christian atheist, meaning
that he doesn't believe in God but not so much so as to forsake his
comfortable church-provided lifestyle.His ecclesiastical superior,
Bishop Mariann Budde, is little better.According to VirtueOnline,
she recently blasphemed in the Cathedral by admitting during an
ordination service that she no longer prays in the name of the
Trinity.And on the day the cross is taken down, you will probably
find Republican presidential candidates stepping over each other in
the rush to get to the
microphone to posture and preen how wonderful it is that the old
emblem of suffering and shame will no longer be allowed to sew
division among the creeds and faiths of the human species.
Random Observations
Perhaps the Southern Baptist Convention should be abandoned for
the establishment of a Confederate Baptist Convention or a
Confederate League Of Christian Churches where people of all
backgrounds will be welcomed but that will not put up with the
bashing of traditional Americanism or White folks as seems to be
becoming an epidemic in many allegedly orthodox and conservative
churches.
If a colon test advertised on the radio is a noninvasive smear
of digestive effluent, why is one required to have a prescription
for it?
The gays have accomplished for now what decades and centuries
ago most would have considered impossible. It is now our turn to
plant seeds and warp minds in a long game where this cultural
outrage can be one day overturned either reformationally or
constitutionally
A news program designed to work viewers up into a terror over
summer weather revealed that the hottest days of the year occur
during the season. That statements has got to be a contender for
the No You No What Sherlock Award.
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Why Are Some Radicals Viewed As More Subversive Than Others?
A number of Republicans are being pressured to refund campaign
contributions from an organization known as the Council of
Conservative Citizens because of the group's less than enthusiastic
endorsement of interracial relationships.
Should Democrats be forced to return donations from the variety
of ethnosupremacist front groups drawn to that party's ideology of
heavy-handed statist interventionism such as the NAACP and La
Raza?
And what of potential contributors to Democrats
actually linked to advocating revolutionary violence such as
CAIR or the Occupy Movement?
FBI files reveal that Obama advisor Valerie Jarret has a
Communist pedigree that can be traced back for decades.
Therefore, shouldn't concerns be raised over Obama's
questionable links as rigorously as Ted Cruz's or even Mike
Huckabee speaking before an event with shady sponsorship?
Unfettered Capitalism Or Fascistic Central Planning?
Eric Boling on the Five has celebrated retailers banning the
sale of Confederate paraphernalia and memorabilia as a triumph of
the free market system.
But is this the triumph of unfettered capitalism or yet another
example of fascistic elites imposing their iron-fisted social
engineering?
In a free market system, wouldn't those that desire
Confederate merchandise be allowed to purchase all that they
desired?
For is that not the doctrine of the faction of Fox News analysts
that extol the economic above all other social spheres when it
comes to things such as hard liquor, legalized narcotics, and
debauched entertainment?
Southern Baptist Functionary Downplays Opposition To Gay
Marriage
In a videotaped response to the Supreme Court decision
authorizing gay marriage, Southern Baptist functionary Russell
Moore counseled that a pastor that was gloomy or angry in response
was not exhibiting the spirit of the Gospel.
Therefore, was Christ not reflecting the Gospel when He drove
the moneychangers from the Temple as He flipped over tables and
drove them from the premises at the receiving end of a knotted
chord?
Moore further reflected that we must not succumb to the American
mode of anger where we demonize our enemies.
Does Moore mean in a way similar to the disparaging
characterizations he has made regarding Christians that listen to
Conservative talk radio and are reluctant to take down the
Confederate flag?
Perhaps Dr. Moore would prefer that we adopt the ghetto mode of
anger given his preference for that demographic as of late where we
would loot the inventory of a local merchant that has nothing to do
with the dispute setting off such upheaval.
Of would the Al Qada mode of anger be more appropriate where
jetliners are flown into skyscrapers?
The strength of Protestant Evangelical scholarship has been an
enthusiasm for what words mean.
At the core of the word demonize is demon. Shouldn't those bent
of destroying God's intended
order for humanity be opposed strongly? If you aren't going to
get upset about that intent,
there really isn't anything to get jacked out of shape
about.
Privatized Marriage Still Allows Gay Marriage
Rand Paul suggests that, in the light of the Supreme Court
ruling in favor of gay marriage, the relational institution should
be privatized.
How does that protect a Christian baker from being compelled to
bake wedding cakes against their will?
Relatedly, as a heterosexual, even if granting marriage licenses
to same sex couples demeans the institution overall, how would it
compromise the state
of you own union if you as a heterosexual acquires a marriage
license under this expanded judicial mandate?
If you don't love your spouse to a sufficient extent isn't that
more your own fault rather than the state recognition of marriage
being extended to those that should not have it?
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Baptist Elites Turn Against Their Membership In Confederate Flag
Frenzy
Southern Baptist functionary Russell Moore is urging White
Christians to comply with demands to surrender the Confederate
flag.
Moore propagandizes, The Cross and the Confederate flag cannot
coexist without one setting the other on fire. White Christians,
let's listen to our African-American brothers and sisters.
Why among these ecclesiastical milksops is it always the
obligation of the White person to compromise?
If race does not really exist as some of these leftwing
theologians insist when they attempt to denigrate Whites any other
time, why are they reluctant to condemn the flagrant sins engaged
in by certain segments of the Black community such as the
deliberate destruction of property following a controversial jury
verdict or law enforcement tactical decision?
If we are obligated as Christians to downplay our earthly
identities for the sake of heavenly unity, why did Russell Moore
not condemn the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
as an organization that does not advance the cause of brotherhood
among all Christians but rather an agenda focused upon determining
the worth of an individual not by the content of their character
but rather by the color of their skin.
Why did this seminarian instead accept a position on the board
of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference?
In his column extolling the imperative of lowering the
Confederate ensign, Dr. Moore condemned White Citizens' Councils
that attempted to rally and speak on behalf of what such entities
construed as the interests of that particular pigmentation
extraction during the tumultuous era of desegregation.
Would he accept a position in a similar agency charged with the
purpose of looking out for the interests of White Evangelicals in
this era where increasing accolades are lavished upon certain
individuals for really no other reason than that they happen to be
members of certain groups, or would Moore at least extend his
blessings to the formation of just such an organization?
One could not help but notice how quickly Russell Mooore called
for the surrender of the Confederate flag.
Was this Southern Baptist functionary as prompt in condemning
the Knockout Game where groups of marauding Blacks pick a victim
(often a Whiter
person denigrated as a snowflake) for the sole purposes of
determining how many blows to the head are required to render the
target unconscious?
It is argued that the Confederate flag should be removed from
the grounds of the South Carolina State House and ultimately the
wider culture altogether largely because of how that banner is
perceived by certain people.
If this is being done largely on the basis of feeling which as
an existential inclination which cannot really be categorized as
right or wrong, what if someone gets a turd crossways about the
official state flag of South Carolina with the crescent moon on it
which in some minds might evoke traumas and phobias associated with
Islam?
Why aren't those with that particular psychological shortcoming
or deficiency being catered to if entire cultures must be
comprehensively altered because a few disgruntled activists are
predisposed to rampaging in the streets and destroying private
property when they don't happen to get their way?
But because a symbol or custom offends a particular segment of
the population, does that mean the endorsement of such by the state
must be rescinded?
A noticeable percentage of the population no doubt questions the
legitimacy of Black History Month.
Does that mean the celebration should be ended?And what about
gay marriage?
If outspoken principled conservatives and ministers of the
Gospel emboldened by the Holy Spirit can turn the tide on this
issue, does that mean the state sanction for such unions should be
revoked or at least the formation of additional licensed couplings
prohibited because public opinion wills such?
Interestingly, the anti-Dixie mindset has not confined itself to
the ranks of the Southern Baptist Convention of which the
organization's leadership often crave the applause and
establishmentarian approval that has doomed the doctrinal fidelity
of numerous other denominations.
It has even spread to a number of Independent Baptists where is
has predictably taken on even more fanatical tones as often occurs
in this related divergent ecclesiastical movement.
In their analysis of Russell Moore's column regarding the
Confederate flag, Sean Harris of the Berean Baptist Church in a
SermonAudio podcast was baffled by and mocked the Southern Baptist
functionary's confession that the only things Moore
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loved more than his native Mississippi were Christ, the Church,
and his family.
Harris contemptuously verbalized that, in this day of social
mobility and diversity, how is it that an individual could possess
such an emotional devotion and connection to their native
state.
In his online biography, Pastor Harris details his distinguished
career in the U.S. military.
So why is expressing such dedication to your country in that
particular manner on the part of a Christian acceptable but not to
a particular jurisdiction within that particular country?
Does the pastor ridicule missionaries with a heart for a
particular area or people group?
As a carpetbagger from Massachusetts, perhaps Pastor Harris
ought not to ridicule that which he does not understand.
Just because he has lived a life of globetrotting, it does not
follow that everyone else is so required by either inclination or
circumstance.
It has been suggested that the Confederate flag should be
removed because those that marched under it shot and killed
American soldiers.
Should the American flag be equally exiled because General
Sherman, marching under that ensign, destroyed civilian
property?
Pastor Harris assured that he is so dedicated to the Lord that
he doesn't even want to be associated with
the flag of the United States.Then why do his online biographies
provide
significant detail regarding his military service?If patriotism
is to be viewed as something little
better than wicked, isn't listing such achievements akin to
someone in the porn industry not only listing what films they
appeared in but what roles they played.
Pastor Sean Harris of Berean Baptist Church argued that no
Christian should display the Confederate flag because of the
hurtful connotations associated with it.
People have also been hurt in the name of the Cross and the
Bible as well.
Some Jews won't even look up at a steeple as they pass by a
church.
So ought Christians to also renounce these symbols of culture
and creed while we are at it?
If certain churches are bent on jumping on the anti-Confederate
bandwagon, that is certainly their prerogative under the First
Amendment.
Likewise, no American is obligated to remain in a church that
bashes a specific heritage (especially that of those that have been
with that particular theological grouping or ecclesiastical
affiliation for decades and generations) in order to attract
another or to win favor with the self-appointed benefactors of such
demographics.
Famed Tolerancemonger Suggests His The Only Allowable
Opinion
George Takei has said that Clarence Thomas is a clown in Black
face that should not be allowed to sit on the Supreme Court.
For suggesting that the swarms of illegals pouring over the
border might not be the best that Latin America has to offer, a
systematic campaign is underway to economically destroy Donald
Trump. Clarence Thomas has fulfilled the requirements to be where
he is.
Irrespective of what Donald Trump said, those he said it of have
no right to be here.
Therefore, shouldn't George Takei be ostracized in a similar
manner?
The Duke's of Hazard has been removed from the airwaves under
the theory that catching a glimpse of the Confederate flag painted
on the roof of the General Lee might send a viewer into a homicidal
rampage.
Should Star Trek also be removed from station programming
rotations for fear of seeing George Takei eliciting a similarly
psychotic response?
Random Observations
An immigrant restaurant owner is threatening to pull out of the
Post Office Pavilion redevelopment project as a result of Donald
Trump's comments. If Mexico is such a wonderful place with nothing
but first rate people, why did this migrant come here rather than
live out his life in an alleged Third World paradise?
The Dukes Of Hazard was removed from the airwaves because of
those allegedly victimized by the Confederate flag or merely
offended by it. Extrapolating from the logic, shouldn't Shark Week
broadcasts be canceled out of respect for those mangled and
disfigured in attacks along the Atlantic coastline?
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What Does Christianity Today Have Against White People?
Conservative Evangelicals really need to stop and ask what does
the magazine Christianity Today have against White people.
In the April 2015 edition, there were at least two articles that
would have been construed as racist if written from the opposite
perspective.
In the first, three theologians were asked, Which false
teachings are evangelical Christians most tempted to believe
in?
Before we get started, the e in the evangelical is not
capitalized.
In a story regarding the Roman Catholic or Orthodox Churches,
would those beginning letters be decapitalized so as to minimize
the importance of these sects?
But now, back to the tirade.Fuller Theological Seminar Professor
Amos Young
responded that racism is the one.In his piece, the academic
denounces the long-
standing Euro-American cultural privilege.He writes, Too many
times, ethnic minorities,
especially Blacks and Hispanics are marginalized and blamed for
it.
Does Christianity Today intend to publish an expose on the
frothing anti-White and anti-American sentiment emanating from the
pulpits of many lefwting and minority churches?
The second anti-White incident in this very same
issue of Christianity Today occurred in an interview regarding a
book by church historian Justo Gonzalez on the Gospel of Luke.
The article celebrates how the text applies a Latin American
lens to familiar parts of Scripture.
The review obsequiously ponders, When a Latin American
theologian reads Luke, what there gets noticed that others might
underplay?
Does Christianity Today intend to publish an article openly
asking with uncontainable anticipation of other noted scholars,
When a Teutonic American reads [insert preferred Biblical text
here], what themes get noticed that others might underplay.
Perhaps a New Testament gem that gets overlooked these days is
that, if you don't work, you don't eat.
In his reply to the interview, Gonzalez celebrates how the
Scripture is worded to favor the poor over the rich.
Therefore, it needs to be asked in regards to the royalties for
the books he has sold over the years should these instead be given
to someone that hasn't worked as hard as Justo Gonzalez to master
these fields of scholarship?
Or does this Marxist posturing only apply to other people,
particular those such as Whites that the editors of Christianity
Today have gotten on the bandwagon against?
Crooked Televangelists More Outside Of God's Will Than
Retirees
In an appearance on Kenneth Copeland's broadcast, Evangelical
Historian David Barton claimed that retirement is not a Biblical
concept.
Before condemning a concept because it might not be explicitly
authorized in Scripture, shouldn't one try to live up to those that
actually are?
For example, in regards to the purveyors of errant doctrine such
as Kenneth Copeland, shouldn't Barton come out from among him and
be ye separate?
God might not have intended human beings to
retire. However, it's probably a safe assertion that the Deity
is more peeved about ministers that
manipulate their congregations and viewing audiences through
outlandish religious claims into donating gobs of money to finance
the preacher's swanky lifestyle.
However, that apparently didn't prevent Barton from appearing on
the broadcast of an infamous huckster like Kenneth Copeland.
Random Observations
A social media status update posted by the Western Journalism
Center read 'Like' if you think we need a candidate like Ronald
Reagan in the White House." But didn't Regan play a part in getting
the ball rolling in terms of surrendering to the illegal aliens and
the authorization of the assorted Executive Orders that
could institute a near totalitarian police state with the flick
of a pen?
So if gays can compel Christian businesses to render services in
support of their blasphemous nuptials, shouldn't insurance
companies be compelled to render financial services to churches
opposed to gay marriage?
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Is Prominent Evangelical Historian Losing His Grip On Common
Sense?
Contrary to David Barton in an appearance on an episode of
Kenneth Copeland's broadcast, it does not necessarily follow that,
because an idea cannot be linguistically expressed in Hebrew, it is
not conceptually valid.
For example, Barton went on to insist that the concept of
adolescence does not exist because it cannot be articulated in
Biblical Hebrew.
In that culture, one was considered an adult around 13 or 14
years of age deemed ready to assume the status as such.
The increasing number of ministers that cannot seem to keep
their hands of the underaged are going to love that little nugget
of supposed exegesis.
In terms of that philosophical highpoint, Barton's
loosening grip on reality becomes even more tenuous. According
to Barton, the concept of rights do not
exist in Hebrew. He insinuates that these ought to be downplayed
in
the American system with responsibilities instead
emphasized.
So when SWAT teams begin raiding churches for failing to
solemnize gay marriages, on what grounds does he raise a fuss in
defense of those punished for non-compliance?
Do some of these professional religionists contemplate the
implications of what they articulate or do they simply spew that
which postures them in the most pious light possible?
No Pleasing Historical Revisionists
There is little pleasing historical revisionists these days.
There is a movement to