[Science Faith Terror] Modern Science Gift of Jesus Christ
Heard that over the weekend. D. James Kennedy, one of our more activist preachers. Runs a telechurch called Coral Ridge Ministries and a political thinktank, The Center for Reclaiming America. Christianity created modern science. All rational thought comes from God.
Xmas Eve Larry King had a lively little gabfest with religious media whores Rev. John MacArthur; Father Michael Manning; Dennis Prager; Deepak Chopra; and Jon Meacham, author of a recent Newsweek cover story on the birth of Jesus. (Affiliations: Protestant Evangelical; Roman Catholic; Jewish; Flake; and Episcopalian. With the execption of Chopra and Meacham, none had shaken the dust of the 15th century off their sandals yet.) When Meacham tried to make the point that faith and reason find themselves more and more in conflict, MacArthur insisted that Christianity is purely rational. No distinction between faith and reason. One and the same. One truth. End of discussion. Prager, while generally siding with the Religious Right, suggested that the Holy Bible might be open to more than one interpretation and asked where Christianity stood on the issue of the death penalty. Fr. Manning, to his credit, confirmed Catholic teaching that capital punishment is wrong. MacArthur rose to the bait and proved Prager's point, in spades. Cue total meltdown and reemergence of a new Dark Ages.
Luckily, now that we have the Apolcalyptic President in the White House, the Dark Ages shouldn't last long.
Xmas Eve Larry King had a lively little gabfest with religious media whores Rev. John MacArthur; Father Michael Manning; Dennis Prager; Deepak Chopra; and Jon Meacham, author of a recent Newsweek cover story on the birth of Jesus. (Affiliations: Protestant Evangelical; Roman Catholic; Jewish; Flake; and Episcopalian. With the execption of Chopra and Meacham, none had shaken the dust of the 15th century off their sandals yet.) When Meacham tried to make the point that faith and reason find themselves more and more in conflict, MacArthur insisted that Christianity is purely rational. No distinction between faith and reason. One and the same. One truth. End of discussion. Prager, while generally siding with the Religious Right, suggested that the Holy Bible might be open to more than one interpretation and asked where Christianity stood on the issue of the death penalty. Fr. Manning, to his credit, confirmed Catholic teaching that capital punishment is wrong. MacArthur rose to the bait and proved Prager's point, in spades. Cue total meltdown and reemergence of a new Dark Ages.
Luckily, now that we have the Apolcalyptic President in the White House, the Dark Ages shouldn't last long.
posted by Chris Hodge at 1:03 PM
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