Comments on: Giving God due credit. http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/08/giving-god-due-credit/ A sanctuary for young free-thinkers Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: scott http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/08/giving-god-due-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-7391 scott Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:10:18 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=3798#comment-7391 One of the sadder aspects of this, is not that Ray Comfort and FOX can buzz this up as a testament to God (as the commenter points out the irony), but that you can almost predict, from the fact that this guy is in the US military, he would see it that way himself. The odds of it being any different than this are very small, and this is the real problem, not the agitprop that FOX and Comfort run with. Christian Theology runs so completely thought this young man's military life, and has so buried the secular or thinking that underpins the constitution of the USA, or the multi denominational thinking it was designed around - that all is left is this very childlike notion of God being something that does you favors, and looks out for you. Al Jazeera has done several very candid and I think thoughtful exposes on this ... and if this is what Al Jazeera can film, think of what you aren't seeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TME6X9LQ4y8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI7evXxWHTs As mainline denominations fade, non denominational ideas rush in, and critically, they exploit the very tolerance and openness that pluralistic societies grant to religion. This strategy is brilliant and should motivate us to find richer targets than Ray Comfort to spend fire on. The rise of non denominational childlike american evangelism demands a spophisticated and as yet non existent counter strategy from the secular community. One of the sadder aspects of this, is not that Ray Comfort and FOX can buzz this up as a testament to God (as the commenter points out the irony), but that you can almost predict, from the fact that this guy is in the US military, he would see it that way himself.

The odds of it being any different than this are very small, and this is the real problem, not the agitprop that FOX and Comfort run with.

Christian Theology runs so completely thought this young man’s military life, and has so buried the secular or thinking that underpins the constitution of the USA, or the multi denominational thinking it was designed around — that all is left is this very childlike notion of God being something that does you favors, and looks out for you.

Al Jazeera has done several very candid and I think thoughtful exposes on this … and if this is what Al Jazeera can film, think of what you aren’t seeing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TME6X9LQ4y8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI7evXxWHTs

As mainline denominations fade, non denominational ideas rush in, and critically, they exploit the very tolerance and openness that pluralistic societies grant to religion.

This strategy is brilliant and should motivate us to find richer targets than Ray Comfort to spend fire on. The rise of non denominational childlike american evangelism demands a spophisticated and as yet non existent counter strategy from the secular community.

]]> By: Buffy http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/08/giving-god-due-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-7387 Buffy Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:39:09 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=3798#comment-7387 I'm really beginning to wonder if one day Ray Comfort will come out and tell us we've all been Poe'd. I’m really beginning to wonder if one day Ray Comfort will come out and tell us we’ve all been Poe’d.

]]> By: NotMyName http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/08/giving-god-due-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-7385 NotMyName Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:29:13 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=3798#comment-7385 Yeah, you missed thanking him for setting off the IED. And for making the taliban place it there. And making sure Sgt. Fields vehicle wasn't proofed against IED's. The list is endless. Yeah, you missed thanking him for setting off the IED. And for making the taliban place it there. And making sure Sgt. Fields vehicle wasn’t proofed against IED’s. The list is endless.

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