The Fifth Column in action
Posted on 01/14/2007 4:53:30 PM PST by freedomdefender
The Fifth Column in action
A very interesting list:
"long list of anti-Christian books that have been published in recent monthsall from mainstream publishers:"
The author of this fine article should have included the names of the authors of these vile books.
"American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America"
"The Baptizing of America: The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us"
"The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason"
"Piety & Politics: The Right-wing Assault on Religious Freedom"
"Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism"
"Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America"
"Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right"
Did I say that, RC?
I think my set-in-concrete position is "fatalistic, but chirpy."
There is hope, but it's not rational hope. That's okay, because I'm not rational :-). Anoreth will marry the cute Cuban boy from church and have 14 children, and Patrick will colonize the moons of Jupiter. I'll get a tasteful monument in the churchyard in Missouri, and a very lively memorial service with belly dancers.
You're invited!
We'll see whether Bush "gets it" when/if the Democratic Congress sends him a "hate crime" bill that outlaws the preaching of the Christian position on homosexuality. If Bush "gets it" that there are forces in America that want to outlaw conservative Christianity, then he'll veto that hate crime bill.
Well, then. Like Lapin, I'm Jewish. Like Lapin, I understand the connections between Christian belief and American culture. I agree with your statements. I guess I will soon have to make a choice to be either a rebel in the service of free men and women or be a slave to the state. That's one hell of a thing to look forward to when you're going to be 51 years old in a week, but those are the cards I've been dealt.
I think the Biblical phrase "Bold as lions" would apply here.
"I'll get a tasteful monument in the churchyard in Missouri, and a very lively memorial service with belly dancers. You're invited!"
Wouldn't miss it for the world, assuming I'm still above ground myself, lol.
Shalom, from a rightous Gentile.
BINGO
The money for the expensive seafood dinner and the best local belly dance troupe will be set aside in my will.
Seriously, I think the Chastisement will come in my lifetime (I'm 40), and we'll have to die for the Lord or give up our faith.
I'm ready to die for the Lord. When my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I said "My desire is depart and be with Christ, for that is far better," and I haven't seen any reason to backtrack.
I hope my kids don't have to live without indoor plumbing ... but my grandparents managed it, so it's not like that's decisive, in the Big Picture! :-).
bttt
Slavery still exists in the world today among Islamic cultures (there was a Saudi couple convicted in Colorado who'd kept a slave in the US for 5 years).
Imam say that the world of Mohammed is no different than the world of today. Just because slavery is "unpopular", it is not illegal in the Islamic world. We are not to question the wisdom of the koran. That said slaves must be seized in jihad/holy war, non-muslim, and taken to an Islamic territory before they are divided up does not change the widely held Islamic belief that slavery is still permissible.
There is a new book out titled "Prayers for the Assassin." I bought it and have begun reading it. It is set in the year 2040. As forecast, the Muslims have conquered America, well, most of it. You see, most of the states of the old Confederacy (plus a section of southern Missouri) have beaten the Muslims back and established their own country, The Bible Belt.
New York and Washington, DC have been made uninhabitable by nuclear bombs. The rest of the country is The Islamic Republic of America. The capital, naturally, is Seattle.
Farfetched? Not entirely. I can see the Southerners refusing to accept the rule of Muslims, and I can see certain peoples in other parts of the USA armed and ready to do battle, rushing to join them.
I'm reading "The Coming of the Third Reich" (Richard Evans). You could be describing "good" Germans who just went along to get along as the Nazis passed laws curtailing democracy and Jewish freedoms.
Hooah! I am one of the Rabbi's biggest fans.
I don't fear those who are not Christians, even if they will persecute us. We are called to love and care for the lost, even if we may suffer persecution.
The people I fear are those who pretend they are Christians, while having an agenda to wipe out belief in Jesus and replace it with a self-indulgent secularism with the trappings of Christianity. In this latter category I would put many of the clergy and self-appointed "leaders" of our mainline denominations, as well as phony Christian groups like the National Council of Churches.
I also fear those who falsely teach that following Jesus will bring wealth and prosperity, i.e., the Prosperity Gospel televangelists.
These people are the real wolves among the sheep.
"...Slavery still exists in the world today among Islamic cultures (there was a Saudi couple convicted in Colorado who'd kept a slave in the US for 5 years).
Imam say that the world of Mohammed is no different than the world of today. Just because slavery is "unpopular", it is not illegal in the Islamic world. We are not to question the wisdom of the koran. That said slaves must be seized in jihad/holy war, non-muslim, and taken to an Islamic territory before they are divided up does not change the widely held Islamic belief that slavery is still permissible...."
Well, I don't know why this was posted to me, but I have news for the Islamic world. I have the great good fortune to live in a country that lists as a right "the right to keep and bear arms." I have a powerful feeling that a gun which will bring down a moose in one shot will do an equally good job on an Islamic slave trader.
Does Dawkins even have childen? If he does, he shows incredible ignorance of the striving of adolescents for independence. Considering that virtually every child starts to question the beliefs of their parents by the time they are in their mid-teens, claiming that parents "impose" beliefs on children is a bit of a bogus contention. My parents tried to "impose" liberal secularlism on me, and by college, I had rejected it for conservative Christianity. And is Dawkins concerned about the brainwashing of children that goes on in public schools on a number of subjects?
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