According to Christian apologist Josh McDowell it’s… THE INTERNET! Duhn duhn duhhnnnnn!
“What has changed everything?” asked the apologist from Campus Crusade for Christ International as he spoke on “Unshakable Truth, Relevant Faith” at the Billy Graham Center in Asheville, N.C., Friday evening. His answer was, the Internet.
The longest running thread (in terms of comments) on SEB is the A Christian Asks thread, started by DOF, which as of this writing is topping out at 949 comments. Near the end, the pastor who participated in much of the thread finally gave up trying to understand why Christians are often seen as the . . . → Read More: Christians are the bad guys? This retired minister gets it.
God makes a lot of questionable demands of his followers. Demands like, “Hey, take your kid up on the mountain and sacrifice him to me!” Or “Hey, strip down to your trunks and swim to Liberty Island!”
If you’re still looking for Jesus Christ then perhaps you should plan a trip to Australia:
“Just a little over 2000 years ago, we arrived on the Earth for the first time,” Miller says on his website. “Because of my personal desire and passion for God, as I grew, I recognized . . . → Read More: Jesus and Mary Magdalene return to Earth as an Australian couple.
What's a little dishonesty in the service of God? It's not like God never lied to anyone, right?
Silly me. I was dumb enough to think that Christians actually believed in that Ten Commandments thing they’re always promoting as the Ultimate Guide to Morality that deserves to be emblazoned in court rooms and classrooms . . . → Read More: And here I always thought lying was supposed to be a sin.
Yeah, I’m still trying to wrap my head around how that works if the central definition of being a Christian is believing in Christ. Of course you can start all manner of arguments among the believers by trying to nail down a definition of what a Christian is. It can be endlessly amusing if you’re . . . → Read More: Anne Rice declares she’s not a Christian. Still believes in Christ, just isn’t a Christian.
Here’s a video that’ll disturb you. It shows the Answers in Genesis folks trying to counter what small kids have been taught about Evolution:
I especially love the woman who talks about how most Christians are perceived as ignorant and then proceeds to demonstrate said ignorance by saying that she . . . → Read More: Get ‘em when they’re young…
Where God shows up with yet another brilliant idea:
I have to admit that I’ve become a big fan of That Mitchell and Webb Look. I particularly enjoy the recurring bit called The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar. Shame it’s not running on BBC America yet. Perhaps a letter suggesting it would be . . . → Read More: That Mitchell and Webb Look: “Human Sacrifice.”
Near the final scene of the 1993 Joel Schumacher film, Falling Down, Robert Duvall has cornered Michael Douglas, who plays a laid-off defense-contracting engineer who has gone on a murderous rampage. Douglas looks at Duvall and asks incredulously, “I’m the bad guy? How did that happen?” And he really doesn’t know.
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