In word's filled with patience and generosity Baehr does an aggressive autopsy on Bill Maher's cristophobic movie Religulous. His conclusions are not so kind.
See CW's own review here.
Showing posts with label disparagement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disparagement. Show all posts
Sunday, October 12, 2008
REVIEW: Dr. Ted Baehr and Dr. Tom Snyder review Maher's God-awful movie!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
PALIN: Newsweek and Sam Harris gang up on Sarah, reveal cristophobia!
Sam Harris is a self-promoting, nobody atheist who has been blessed by the Peter Principle ... elevated to "his level of incompetence"; only his benefactors have no idea he has been!Sam Harris on Sarah Palin and Elitism | Politics | Newsweek
HT - Newsweek on Palin: A 'Pet Pony' and 'Rapture-Ready Extremist' | NewsBusters
Writing in what used to be a worthy magazine, Harris declares John McCain's pick for Vice President a figment of imagination, a religious zealot of the first order, someone of such dysfunction that she is not worthy of our time.
So, I ask, why are Newsweek and the soon to be forgotten Sam Harris taking the time to mock her? We find the answer in another Peter principle ...One of the dangers of keeping Sarah Palin under wraps is this kind of hyperbolic diatribe! (see here also) Where is the danger for Harris' with his crapola, if he knows she won't be allowed to respond?Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming?
For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation."
For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.2 Peter 3:3-7
I can't agree with all of Tim Graham's take on Harris' opinion of Palin because I don't see it in the same light ... with the same worldview!
Harris has a right to his opinion; it's the subtle, quasi-intellectual, cristophobic fear mongering which really bothers me (CRIB emphasis). Notice ...Her relative ignorance is guaranteed on these fronts and most others, not because she was put on the spot, or got nervous, or just happened to miss the newspaper on any given morning. Sarah Palin's ignorance is guaranteed because of how she has spent the past 44 years on earth.Excuse me? Who has Sam spent any quality time with regarding the "the past 44 years" of her life" Seriously, how does he know how she spent the past 44 years?
I care even more about the many things Palin thinks she knows but doesn't: like her conviction that the Biblical God consciously directs world events. Needless to say, she shares this belief with millions of Americans -- but we shouldn't be eager to give these people our nuclear codes, either.
Then there is this little slip: "her conviction that ... God ... directs world events." Add Harris' own admission "millions of Americans" share "this belief" with poor Sarah!
First, this has been shown and re-shown to have taken out of context. And, second, she never said or even implied anything near to this. But will Harris' hubris allow him to discuss it reasonably and rationally? No! It won't!
And "we" shouldn't? This wee slip of the tongue tells me that he believes he, the Newsweek shakers, and their mover-readers are all of one mind. Such arrogance!
And "these people"? What smug contempt for "millions of Americans"?
Harris and Newsweek are not just mocking Sarah Palin, they've called out, by Harris' own figures, millions of Americans. But they have no fear, not of Sarah's fellow Christians (recent history shows we don't fight back against this crapola) and not of the likes of Sam Harris or the editors of Newsweek (Romans 3:18).
Most reasonable people know intuitively what this means to the intelligentsia. And most public speakers/writers avoid it when speaking to or about any minority group: women, blacks, Jews, Muslims, etc. But not to Christians, especially Christian women.
Harris and Newsweek are both guilty of what they accuse Palin - of ignorance and of spending their lives in the wrong way, without God, and therefore not knowing him or what He has said!
CROSS POSTED - The SHEEP'S CRIB
Saturday, September 13, 2008
MEDIA BIAS: Don't give me facts, I'm content with my ignorance!
Newt Gingrich, former Republican Speaker of the House, blasted the media for its religious intolerance and historical ignorance at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.FRC Action Summit: Newt Gingrich | Hot Air
HT - Gingrich Criticizes Media for Anti-Religion Elitism; Chastises ABC's Gibson | NewsBusters"And I want to take a minute or two because I want to put in context how bad things have gotten in the elite media and how utterly alien from historic traditional American culture some elements of the elite media are and I'll let you decide for yourself as you watch them which people accurately fit this," Gingrich added. "But there's a secular, at a minimum skeptical to religion, at a maximum overtly hostile to religion bias in the mainstream media."I'd vote for overtly hostile.
Much more ...
CROSS POSTED: SHEEP'S CRIB - Issues
HYPOCRISY: Incubation of fascism and its irrational worldview!
Cristophobia hides in the recesses and dark corners of bureaucratic offices and agencies of every country in the world; it is most often disguised as well-intentioned public service but is actually a pariah bent on milching the public coffers and fulfilling a hidden agenda.
Self-righteous British Human Rights commissioner wants to violate Christian member's rights in order to gain special rights for her pet group.According to the Trades Union Congress, no Christian (apart from he nominal variety) could possibly defend the rights of the oppressed, and they have therefore called for Joel Edwards, director of the Evangelical Alliance, to be removed as an Equality and Human Rights Commissioner.What we have here is another example of a leftist who cannot see the forest for her trees! Today's rights activists are tomorrow's totalitarianists.
The motion was moved by one Phyllis Opoku-Gyimah, who was ‘appalled’ by his appointment, and even moreso that he retains the support of the EHRC chairman, Trevor Phillips. She said: ‘Joel Edwards has clearly stated that same sex relationships are morally wrong and sinful. How on earth is he going to look at gay and lesbian issues when he has made a career out of opposing equality for LGBT people?’There appears to be an insistence by the TUC that all Equality Commissioners must share the same outlook and the same beliefs. This Marxist strategy is designed eradicate the expression of a range of views and opinions, and to silence debate, especially that which may relate to an expression of Christian orthodoxy.Amazing; obviously this bigoted woman doesn't grasp the meaning nor application of impartiality, a virtue adamantly taught by God from before his selection of David over his brothers, while His Son demonstrated it by dying on the cross once, for all.
PERSECUTION: Ancient orthodox body under serious persecution!
Orthodox Christianity under threat | International Herald Tribune
HT - Orthodox Christianity under threat | EuropeNewsWhen Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and his Islamic-rooted party came under fierce fire this summer from secularists, who came close to persuading the country's supreme court to bar both from politics, he called the campaign an attack against religious freedom and a threat to Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.Turkey is a secular state with a majority Muslim population; you fools who think there's no threat from this "peaceful" religion are setting up your grandkids and their children for serious heartache and suffering.
Yet in nearly six years in power, Erdogan has shown no inclination to extend even a modicum of religious freedom to the most revered Christian institution in Turkey - the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the spiritual center of 300 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world. As a result, Turkey's persecution of the Patriarchate looms as a major obstacle to its European aspirations, and rightly so.The Ecumenical Patriarchate, which was established in the fourth century and once possessed holdings as vast as those of the Vatican, has been reduced to a small, besieged enclave in a decaying corner of Istanbul called the Phanar, or Lighthouse.
Almost all of its property has been seized by successive Turkish governments, its schools have been closed and its prelates are taunted by extremists who demonstrate almost daily outside the Patriarchate, calling for its ouster from Turkey.
Friday, September 12, 2008
CRISTOPHOBIA: Palin's religion denigrated again!
Implied in that phrase is a warning to listeners: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR IS CLOUDED BY THE DANGEROUS TEACHINGS OF A THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY'S WELFARE!
Unless for ulterior reasons, it is unnecessary to highlight a candidate's religious convictions.
According to Barack Obama's own testimony he "is most definitely Christian." He said as much in his interview with Bill O'Reilly. And yet O'Reilly (to his credit) did not introduce him with the same appellation.
It is just as necessary that an atheist candidate not allow his personal spiritual convictions to adversely affect his political decisions and/or actions as it is for a Christian, Buddhist, or Mormon to not allow theirs to do so.
Very few authentic-Christians wear their faith on their sleeves; even fewer are publicly aggressive about their faith.
CROSS POSTED: SHEEP'S CRIB - Issues
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
INTOLERANCE: Media's cristophobia is embarrassing!
Can Someone Hire a Religion Tutor for CNN Reporters? | NewsBusters
Media is anti-Christian, says Sky News reporter | BLACK KETTLE
Stop the Presses: Palin's Church Holds to Bible's Teaching on Homosexuality! | NewsBusters
AP Next Going After Palin's 'Derided' Religion | NewsBustersCristophobia is running rampant among media personalities; but they still think they're filing insightful and well researched news reports.
When I hear leftists and socialists, and the MSM, speak on religious or theological aspects of Sarah Palin's faith, I am reminded of prepubescents questioning adult decisions.
It's like the Louvre hiring a playground chalk artist to make new acquisitions. It's like an air guitarist replacing Aerosmith's lead guitarist. It is flat out embarrassing.
So ridiculous and juvenile are their concerns and questions that authentic believers are rendered speechless.
They are mad! Very mad! Mad at McCain-Palin! Mad at you! Mad at me! Why? Because we embarrassed them during and after the RNC; because they know they are responsible for the incredible and apparently enduring McCain bump. [CNN HT - NB]
I, for one, hope they continue on this cristophobic rant; what they don't know in this case is going to hurt them big time.Some Pentecostals from Assembly of God also believe in "faith healing" and the "end times" -- a violent upheaval that they believe will deliver Jesus Christ's second coming. [News Busters]Both faith healing and end times are orthodox teachings of the Christian faith but are presented in such a way as to insinuate red flags for the reader.Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.
"You'll be encouraged by the power of God's love and His desire to transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality," according to the insert in the bulletin of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has prayed for about six years. [CBS HT - NB]Sarah Palin often identifies herself simply as Christian... Yet John McCain's running mate has deep roots in Pentecostalism, a spirit-filled Christian tradition that is one of the fastest growing in the world. It's often derided by outsiders and Bible-believers alike. [Miami Herald HT - NB]The New English Review comments ...Seemingly they were on the prowl up there in Alaska, looking for wild-eyed Christian fundamentalists at the Wasilla Bible Church, but they come up short. Her church and beliefs are very solidly mainstream.I won't be surprised to soon hear someone suggest Palin's current church is planning an altar for slaughtering sheep in their parking lot; all because a CNN reporter saw a bulletin from five years ago which listed the hymn "Power in the Blood" in the order of service.
What am I thinking? Only church goers will know what a bulletin is or what is meant by "Order of Service."
Each of the world's religions have a language of their own; for the media to think they can learn its grammar and syntax overnight is wilder than a Hopi peyote lodge.
CROSS POSTED - SHEEP'S CRIB Issues
Sunday, September 07, 2008
PROPAGANDA: Is the National Jewish Democratic Council cristophobic?
Obama challenged to reject nominal Jewish organization's support ...There is no place in modern politics for any organization that uses racial, ethnic, religious, or misogynist hate to advance its agenda.
We therefore call upon the Obama campaign to reject the support of the National Jewish Democratic Council, whose “Bubbie versus the GOP” video ... portrays Jesus, Christian ministers, and the Cross in a “This is the Enemy” context.
NJDC has also provided derogatory misinformation about the Christian computer game “Left Behind: Eternal Forces,” and it has used its nominally Jewish identity to whitewash anti-Semitic hate speech from MoveOn.org.
Now NJDC is circulating a petition to condemn John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as a running mate. Even though we do not share Palin’s belief in Jesus, it is our obligation to condemn NJDC’s anti-Christian hate propaganda under color of Judaism as strongly as we expect decent Christians to condemn anti-Semitic hate speech under color of Christianity.
The National Jewish Democratic Council’s “Bubbie versus the GOP” ... is still available as of September 1 2008. “Bubbie versus the GOP” really seems to be “Bubbie versus Christians, Jesus, and the Cross,” because it portrays all of them in a “This is the Enemy” context.Maybe NJDC’s real problem with Sarah Palin is that she believes that Jesus is her Savior, even though Barack Obama shares this belief–but left-wing Democrats get a pass from NJDC.The materials referenced above are from the 2004 presidential election and are seriously outdated ... but the fact they are old doesn't mitigate their cristophobic nature, especially in light of the NJDC's current anti-Palin efforts.
Friday, September 05, 2008
IGNORANCE: Reporting on what you don't understand!
The media is often guilty of writing on subjects or about events from a position of ignorance; whether this is due to animus, laziness, or busy-ness I'm unsure.Palin's religion was obscured | Miami Herald
HT - AP Next Going After Palin's 'Derided' Religion | News BustersThe Associated Press takes the attacks against Sarah Palin to the next level by saying that in her released bio Palin's religion was "obscured." The AP is suggesting that Palin's ostensibly secret religion is really Pentecostalism which, they note, is a sect that is "derided by outsiders and Bible-believers alike" ... saying here that the McCain campaign is trying to cover up Palin's past because they must somehow know that her real religion is a cult or some wacko, fringe sect. [NB]It is clear from a cursory reading of the Miami Herald piece that the writer and the editors do not know what they are talking about.
Besides, I would ask the media (again), "Who died and left you in charge?"
ASSOCIATION: You're guilty because you have a life!
One method of attacking Christians which has gained favor among the MSM (Main-Stream-Media) is guilt by association. Stereotyping is the evil twin for this form of Cristophobia.
The media in America is as adept at this as any in the world ... especially when they feel threatened by something they do not understand. And they don't understand Christians, Christianity, or Christ! So believers like Sarah Palin have to endure their accusations.MSNBC talking heads Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow gathered to discuss the VP candidate's remarks. Among the topics covered was Palin's religious background.The following is from the transcripts of that discussion ...MATTHEWS: Is it true that she believes that God supports the war in Iraq? How does she know?Many Americans are now asking themselves, "Who died and elected the media the sole arbiter of what is right and wrong?"
MADDOW: Was she sitting in the pew in her church in Wasilla two weeks ago when a speaker said that the Israelis deserve terrorist attacks, because Jews are unbelievers in Christ?
MADDOW: That was in the Politico today. Jews for Jesus founder speaking at her church while she was there two weeks ago making incredibly, incredibly out of line comments about Israel and Jewish people. These are tough questions she'll have to answer.MADDOW: Saying that's why Israel was subject to terrorist attacks. It was God's judgment for not believing in Christ.What Maddow fails to inform Matthews or her listeners is the rest of the story ...
MATTHEWS: What's the source?
MADDOW: Politico.comRepublican Jewish Coalition e-mailed its members evidence of her support for Israel: a video in which a small Israeli flag can be seen poking out from behind a drape.
"I think it speaks volumes that she keeps an Israeli flag on the wall of her office," the group's executive director, Matt Brooks, told Politico in an e-mail. "It clearly shows what's in her heart."Kerry Picket of News Busters goes on to comment ...
Regardless of Palin's views on Israel, her Christian beliefs will count as a strike against her among media pundits.Sad but true!
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
ANTI-FREE SPEECH: Prayer now "grossly insulting & inflammatory"!
Amazing and frustrating are the words that come to my mind; amazing that the Western World can't see what is going on, and frustrating that only a few do [WARNING - Pat Condell can be profane]!Oxford’s Christians apologise to Muslims for daring to pray during Ramadan | Cranmer
HT - British Muslims Offended by Christians Praying during Ramadan | Brussels JournalCranmer is most disturbed, if not a little irritated, to read that a Christian group in Oxford has apologised to the city’s Muslims for having the audacity to organise a day of prayer during Ramadan. Oxfords Muslims found it ‘ill-conceived and insensitive’, not to mention ‘grossly insulting and inflammatory’.More ...
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