Fear of Clowns

A while ago, I had bookmarked a story with a quote in it by a Betty Simpson which illustrates fallacies far too often put forth by a small contingent of contemporary American Christians. I think that today amid the wall-to-wall coverage of the Pope's funeral is a good time to highlight her delusions,

"We as Christians are tired of sitting back and not having our voices heard. We're listening to the liberal media, who says that we can't mention Jesus, we can't mention Christ, and we can have nothing to do with the Ten Commandments. Yet, what are our laws based on if it's not right and wrong?"

Things to think about when evaluating such nonsense,

• Does Betty Simpson actually think the concepts of right and wrong were first introduced in the Bible?
• Over 80% of Americans are Christians. Is she actually suggesting over 80% of American's voices are being drowned out by society at large?
• Does Ms. Simpson realize she's a Christian stating in the media that Christians aren't heard in the media?
• Is she pretending to relive the glory days when Christians actually were persecuted: crucified upside down, boiled alive in vats of oil, and thrown to the lions in an arena for sport?
• Granted, Ms. Betty voiced her mistaken beliefs before the death of Pope John Paul II became the biggest news story since 9/11 with the possible exception of the initial invasion of Iraq. Even through the Pope's complete saturation, we find many un-pope-related positive articles about Christianity in today's secular papers. Among them,
  • Removing doubt about God's work,
  • Clowns for Christ spread the word,
  • New films offer animated stories of Jesus' life,
  • Teen artist's Christ inspires gallery show,
  • Marriage vows are binding before God by Billy Graham,
  • TV networks place faith in religion plots,
  • 'Revelations' Looks Ahead to World's End.
• Ought we actually persecute persons such as Betty Simpson on account of her fallacious claims, to politely characterize her quoted statement? Or is it the media's fault for giving a microphone to people whose incendiary claims do not stand up when examined?
• What are people like Betty Simpson trying to accomplish? I suggest they aim at establishing a Christian theocracy.

// posted by Erik @ 4/08/2005 12:16:00 PM
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