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Entries for the ‘Zealotry’ Category

The Unbearable Propagandists’ Politics of Terror: Amplification and Contagion

The only terrorist in this ad is the one who approved it.

We need to wise up and stop being taken in by this kind of nonsense. Yes, 9/11/2001 happened. Yes, it was terrifying. But the reaction and overreaction and obvious psychological manipulation of ads and approaches like this one are so far [...]

Moral Majority Less One

Farewell, Falwell. May your gatekeeper to Heaven be gay and a Democrat, and may you rest easy knowing it.
Forgive me, but I’m not in mourning at his passing. I’m sure he’s in a better place and we’re better for it.
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James Dobson’s New Role: Candidate Screener

Again I say, This organization should lose its tax-exempt status or remove Dobson as its head. He is either in ministry or in politics, but he can’t do both and we shouldn’t be financing his campaign.
“Everyone knows he’s conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for,” Dobson [...]

Dr. Dobson Needs Some Toughlove

Dobson is at it again. Really, his non-profit status should be revoked because he wields his political club with force and my taxpayer dollars should not fund it, directly or indirectly.
We implore the NAE board to ensure that Mr. Cizik faithfully represents the policies and commitments of the organization, including its defense [...]

Pat Robertson’s Hallucinations

He’s an embarrassment to Christians everywhere. This is a classic tactic used by people claiming to be Christians and prophets who are really just desperate to advance a dying agenda.
Some of his statements deconstructed:
The other thing I felt was that evil men, evil people, are going to try to do evil things to [...]

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Elephants don’t wear crosses

…and donkeys shouldn’t be invited to church.
Today’s Denver Post has an article entitled “Recovery more likely in church than politics“, and that has never been truer than in the cases of Ted Haggard and Mark Foley. In Haggard’s case, the church will forgive him because that is fundamental to Christian faith, and while he [...]

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