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78% Of Americans Believe the Bible Is True? Impossible!

By Laura on May 30, 2007

I was amazed to read this post at JunkYardBlog -

The three surveys found that an average 31 percent of the respondents said that “the Bible is absolutely accurate and should be taken literally word for word,” according to Frank Newport, editor in chief of the Gallup Poll. Forty-seven percent said the Bible was “the inspired word of God,” and 19 percent said it was a book of ancient fables, history and “moral precepts” recorded by man.

SeeDubya goes on to make an entirely different point, but I’m stuck on those statistics. There’s no possible way that they are true, except maybe in the sense of James 2:19: “You believe that there is one God. That’s fine! Even the demons believe that and tremble with fear.” (ISV)

People don’t really believe what the bible says, or they wouldn’t allow their daughters to idolize Paris Hilton. Their sons wouldn’t be playing video games like Grand Theft Auto. They wouldn’t be flipping people off and cutting them off in traffic, goldbricking and stealing office supplies at work, and surfing for porn at night when the rest of the family is asleep. If people truly believed, churches would have some activity going on 7 days a week – bible studies, community service projects, Alpha, food pantries, literacy classes… people would be serving instead of watching TV.

Saying they believe it is nothing like actually believing. When you really believe something, you act on it. If there were that many bible-believing Christians in this country it would be a very different place.

Filed Under: Christian Living

You can check out any time you like…

By Laura on May 30, 2007

but you can never leave. Welcome to Islam.

Malaysia’s highest court has rejected a Muslim convert’s six-year battle to be legally recognised as a Christian.

A three-judge panel ruled that only the country’s Sharia Court could let Azlina Jailani, now known as Lina Joy, remove the word Islam from her identity card.

Malaysia’s constitution guarantees freedom of worship but says all ethnic Malays are Muslim. Under Sharia law, Muslims are not allowed to convert.

…”You can’t at whim and fancy convert from one religion to another,” Ahmad Fairuz said.

Filed Under: Religion Of Peace™

Cognitive Dissonance O' The Day

By Laura on May 29, 2007

As seen at Kos, in a post supporting Hugo Chavez’ takeover of a previously independent TV station:

In fact, as Lendman writes, if the news media in the United States had acted in the way RCTV, Venevision et al. acted in 2002, those responsible would likely face far harsher punishment than a mere refusal to renew the channel’s license. Section 2384 of the U.S. Code, entitled ‘Seditious Conspiracy’, states,

“If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States…they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years [later amended to six years], or both”.

Could you even imagine a situation whereby CNN or FOX News openly supported an armed putsch against the U.S. government and over four years later were still permitted to broadcast over the public airways, with basically the same people in charge? The very idea is laughable.

No “chill winds” in that tropical paradise! And no comprehension that the media is doing all it can to undermine our foreign policy with a series of classified information leaks, and undermine public confidence with a steady barrage of negative news on everything from the economy to the war – right down to printing, and airing, enemy propaganda. And yet they continue with no repercussions whatsoever, even under the eeevil theocratic regime of Bushco. Do the leaks violate Section 2384? We’ll never know… because no one will ever be seriously investigated or prosecuted for it.

Filed Under: Other Blogs, Politics

A 2996 Project For The Troops?

By Laura on May 28, 2007

These days, most people don’t understand the purpose of Memorial Day. It’s not BBQ Day. It’s not a “Free” Day Off of Work, unencumbered by the normal holiday obligations like Christmas and Thanksgiving. It’s not Home Improvement Weekend. It’s the day set aside every year to remember those who have died in the service of our country. People who have set aside their lives and picked up a gun so the rest of us can continue to enjoy the freedoms God has given us. People who have gone to kill other human beings on our behalf, with all of the nightmares that ensue. It’s a day to honor and remember people who have sacrificed their way of life, their innocence and part of their humanity, and finally their very lives… for us.

As Karl at Leaning Straight Up writes, “Please do not wish me a “happy” Memorial Day.” More great memorial posts can be found at Hot Air.

If anyone is interested in working on the equivalent of the 2996 Project, where those lost on 9/11 were remembered, for the troops lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, please email me. It’s not easy to write tributes, because you start to love the person you’re writing about a bit and you feel the loss more keenly, but it’s worth it. As I wrote in a post about my tribute, “They deserve to be remembered, and it speaks well of us and of them if we suffer some pain in the remembering.” Our troops deserve at least this minimal sacrifice from us. Next year we can honor and remember them with individual tributes, and offset this kind of nonsense. As Maggie writes in her post, Winston Churchill said “When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.” If you’re ready to speak up in the form of a tribute, comment on this post or email me at laura@pursuingholiness.com.

Updated: Use this form to sign up to write a tribute – I’ll get more information, a list and a site together sometime in the next month.

Updated again: In the immortal words of Emily Litella – never mind! Some clever person or group has already done it!!

Filed Under: Wars and Rumors of Wars
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