CRISTOPHOBIA: Palin's religion denigrated again!

'Nightline': Sarah Palin 'Is Most Definitely Christian' | NewsBusters

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.

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Christianity, Cristophobia,
Election 2008, McCain,
Obama, Palin, Politics, Religion

INTOLERANCE: Media's cristophobia is embarrassing!

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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 | NewsBusters

Cristophobia 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.

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IGNORANCE: Reporting on what you don't understand!

Palin's religion was obscured | Miami Herald
HT - AP Next Going After Palin's 'Derided' Religion | News Busters

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.

The 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?"

Christianity, Cristophobia,
Ignorance, Palin,
Pentecostalism, Religion

ASSOCIATION: You're guilty because you have a life!

MSNBC's Maddow Implies Palin Is Anti-Semitic | News Busters

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?

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.

Many Americans are now asking themselves, "Who died and elected the media the sole arbiter of what is right and wrong?"

MADDOW: Saying that's why Israel was subject to terrorist attacks. It was God's judgment for not believing in Christ.

MATTHEWS: What's the source?

MADDOW: Politico.com

What Maddow fails to inform Matthews or her listeners is the rest of the story ...

Republican 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!

Antisemitism, Christianity,
Cristophobia, Israel, Jews,
Palin, Politics, Religion

IGNORANCE: There's no view like a bad view spoken!

Joy Behar: Speaking on Faith is 'Impinging on the Constitution' | NewsBusters.org

To disparage another, it's often better to use the oblique approach - Joy Behar threw a lie so obliquely it almost was believed!

A presidential candidate who shares his or her religious beliefs is "impinging on the Constitution" according to "View" co-host Joy Behar. On the show’s season premiere September 2 the panel caught up on the many hot button political stories from Sarah Palin’s pregnant daughter to sharing religion in a public forum.

When Barbara Walters brought up the discussion of Senators Obama and McCain attending a forum with Reverend Rick Warren, Behar declared "both of them needed to say that Jesus Christ was their savior. That is very much impinging on the Constitution in my opinion. Why do we need to know who’s their savior?" Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd disagreed wondering what is wrong with them making such a statement.

Conveniently forgotten in the recesses of Joy's mind are two small, yet relevant, components of our "Constitution" - the freedoms of religion and speech. Geesh, how do you suppose she forgot those?

And go figure, candidates talking about faith in Christ ... in a church no less! What next????

Constitution, Christianity, Cristophobia,
Election 2008, Freedom, Religion