Let's hear from the Christian evangelicals

(Not that many read Salon.) Why don't the religious of various stripes police their own? How does such an obviously crazy man achieve a bully pulpit? Why not a peep?

-- cdr42

Some (most?) of the strains of evangicalism discourage questioning authority.Hagee is in charge, so what he says is gospel (generically speaking) . Watching some of the Hagee videos , and the lockstep response of his flock, with no apparent prompting , suggests to me that he's in that tradition.

A few jobs ago , I worked ~ 1/2 mi from the local bible college. Our summer help was usually drawn from there. Nice people all, but their political views ran the gamut from Dobson-like to Hagee-like . :)

One morning , one of my coworkers (Joe) arrived fresh from class, chuckling to himself . Of course I had to ask why . Seems that the professor put forth the proposal that our system of government is ordained by God .He used "Honor thy father" and similar biblical citations to "prove" his argument . One student objected strenuously , and this dual argument took up almost the whole class .

I thought Joe was going to tell me that

Let's hear from the Christian evangelicals

(Not that many read Salon.) Why don't the religious of various stripes police their own? How does such an obviously crazy man achieve a bully pulpit? Why not a peep?

-- cdr42

Some (most?) of the strains of evangicalism discourage questioning authority.Hagee is in charge, so what he says is gospel (generically speaking) . Watching some of the H the professor was baiting the class , to teach a lesson on the misuse of religion , and Joe, being older & wiser (8yrs in Army , then AF), was amused that they fell for it . Nope! He was laughing at the student who had the temerity to disagree with the professor. It's just not done . He had committed a grave faux pas , and didn't seem to realize that he'd done anything wrong . A truly lost soul! Subsequent discussion , then , and later , with several of them, and reading some of their favorite rags , from various places, revealed that the unquestioning attitude is standard practice .

How'd that happen? *shrug*

Let's hear from the Christian evangelicals

(Not that many read Salon.) Why don't the religious of various stripes police their own? How does such an obviously crazy man achieve a bully pulpit? Why not a peep?

-- cdr42

Some (most?) of the strains of evangicalism discourage questioning authority.Hagee is in charge, so what he says is gospel (generically speaking) . Watching some of the Hagee videos , and the lockstep response of his flock, with no apparent prompting , suggests to me that he's in that tradition.

A few jobs ago , I worked ~ 1/2 mi from the local bible college. Our summer help was usually drawn from there. Nice people all, but their political views ran the gamut from Dobson-like to Hagee-like . :)

One morning , one of my coworkers (Joe) arrived fresh from class, chuckling to himself . Of course I had to ask why . Seems that the professor put forth the proposal that our system of government is ordained by God .He used "Honor thy father" and similar biblical citations to "prove" his argument . One student objected strenuously , and this dual argument took up almost the whole class .

I thought Joe was going to tell me that the professor was baiting the class , to teach a lesson on the misuse of religion , and Joe, being older & wiser (8yrs in Army , then AF), was amused that they fell for it . Nope! He was laughing at the student who had the temerity to disagree with the professor. It's just not done . He had committed a grave faux pas , and didn't seem to realize that he'd done anything wrong . A truly lost soul! Subsequent discussion , then , and later , with several of them, and reading some of their favorite rags , from various places, revealed that the unquestioning attitude is standard practice .

"Project officially shut down, R.I.P. 3/1/08 5:30AM. I'll do better next time, I promise

ondolette , don't give up just yet . On the 9th, correct ? It's only the 1st , and Procrastination is king . Takes a long time just to read and digest everything here . How can I help? my email is my sig at yahoo dot com.

(h/t ondelette)

This is an open letter to a Pakistani "journalist" ,but with a few changes could be sent to many (hundreds?) here .

http://www.teeth.com.pk/blog/2007/12/19/the-new-face-of-controlled-media-an-open-letter-2/

Lou Dobbs (why did I bother ? Monkey curiosity?) , just not-so-subtly implied that there was some nefarious intent involved in an Obama advisor's meeting with Canadian officials at the Canadian consulate in Chicago. Dobbs (angrily): "Do they admit that the meeting took place ? Yes or no!?"

Other talking head (wheels visibly spinning) :".....................Yes" She seemed to recognize that it was a "Have you stopped beating your wife?" situation . Etc etc etc

Meeting with Canadians ? Oh the horror! I suppose not even knowing the PM 's name ala GWB , is preferable ?

That's been my personal experience with wannabes-in-training, and actual "journalists". Most aren't the brightest lights , and don't actually know anything ( the way you know farming & growing, or GG knows Constitutional law , or RMP soldiering ) , just what people tell them .