I know we revere the doctrine of the Imago Dei but we live by "every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" not iconic images.My question to my readers is this: What does Jesus look like? We know more about the face of the mysterious and murderous bin Laden since 9/11 than we do about the image of the Jesus we've known for 2000 years.An Aussie artist who created a controversial piece depicting Usama bin Laden morphing into Jesus Christ defended her work, calling for people to look beyond the comparison of good and evil, the News Limited of Australia reported on Thursday.
Priscilla Bracks denied she was trying offend people.
"Absolutely not, no, no,” she said in the News article. “I am not interested in being offensive. I am interested in having a discussion and asking questions about how we think about our world and what we accept and what we don't accept," she said.
There is no picture of Jesus available to man ... so how is it that we become offended by a human representation of an unknown? Besides ...BLOGGERS BLOGGING:You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.Deuteronomy 5:8Anchoress
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Showing posts with label Blasphemy. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
CHRIST: Is it all about the image of God or the Word of God?
Thursday, August 09, 2007
FREEMASONRY: A timely reminder of a real threat from a day gone by!
Christianity Today's offering on Freemasonry is pertinent and timely for this blogger/observer ... ironically, I just put up a copy of a hundred-year-old address on the subject by the son of the Johnathon Blanchard mentioned below, Charles A. Blanchard.
Click over to The SHEEP'S CRIB - Inspiration to read the most pointed refutation of Freemasonry I've come across ... and that by a former 33rd degree Mason.
In CT's TIDINGS column they bring us ...Once you read Blanchard's charges you might want to reread Wilberforce."The Freemasonry Threat - Faint echoes remind evangelicals of a nearly forgotten foe" by Ted Olsen; a timely reminder of things past ...
Family Life Church loves their new building ... except for one thing: The walls still bear symbols of its past as a Masonic temple. The suburban Chicago Daily Herald reported that Elgin officials barred the markings' removal because they "contribute to the overall character of the building, its history." The church argued the symbols conflict with Christian belief, but the government said the church can only cover them up, not remove them.
Family Life Church's effort echoes a long fight in Kenya's Presbyterian Church of East Africa over eradicating Masonic symbols in colonial-era churches and government buildings. "These symbols and artifacts must be removed and destroyed," PCEA head David Githii explained to The Nation as at least 30 stained-glass windows and other items were removed from Nairobi's St. Andrews Church. "They are anti-Christ." Githii sent demolition squads to other PCEA churches around the country ... .
Yes, there are still Freemasons, including a reported 1.8 million members in the United States. And if the unconfirmed anecdotes ct editors hear regularly are to believed, Masonic cliques still wield power in several places.
But membership is half what it was 50 years ago. It's hard to believe that Freemasons and similar secret societies were one of the top three social ills targeted by evangelicals of the mid-1800s, along with slavery and alcohol. In 1868, several prominent evangelicals, including revivalist Charles Grandison Finney and Wheaton College founder Jonathan Blanchard, created the National Christian Association (NCA) to warn believers that "all secret societies [are] deistical, antagonistic to Christianity, [and] tend to loosen moral ties."
Now Freemasonry is nearly forgotten, and the Christian campaign against "secretism" had little to do with the decline. ... The tough question is when to listen to William Wilberforce and when to listen to Gamaliel (Acts 5:38): "Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail."
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
HYPOCRISY: When will it ever end!
I'm sorry Lord, forgive me but my first thought was not to pray for this jerk; but on second thought he is just the kind of guy who needs our prayers.A minister and Christian radio station employee has been charged with indecent exposure as well as DUI and violation of the open container law, the Kingsport Times-News reported.
Tommy Tester, 58, of Bristol, Va., was arrested last week by Johnson City police after they say he urinated in front of children at a car wash.
Police also said Tester, who was wearing a skirt, offered to perform oral sex on officers who responded to the car wash.Well, in that case, perhaps I should send him some "Tommy Girl" by Tommy Helfigir ...
... or do you think the "Boy" version would be best. Did you know that these products are called Tommy Testers? No I'm not joking! Guess it's a girl thing!
I wonder if there's an "It" blend?
Station WZAP, in Bristol, Virginia, offered this ...We do not know all the details and facts concerning the arrest; but for the time being Tommy has been relieved of his responsibilities at the station until such facts surrounding the case are determined.Station owner Al Morris added this ...Morris said Monday in a phone interview that Tester, known to listeners as "Tommy Tester," is also pastor of Gospel Baptist Church on Reedy Creek Road. "So far, they (members of the congregation) have rallied behind Tommy," Morris said.I don't know what the circumstances were; or what Tester did or did not do ... but I do know this, HE WAS DOING SOMETHING THAT GOT HIM HEADLINES, BAD HEADLINES!
Morris, who was on vacation when he first heard about the allegations and read the details in the Johnson City Press, added, "It's the biggest shock of my life."
Having since read the two police reports over and over again, Morris spoke of his desire to wait until all the facts are revealed in court before condemning Tester, "I know what the police report has told me and I know what Tommy has told me--Tommy has denied all of it."
That, in and of itself, is enough to say Tommy your butt is in a wringer and it deserves to be! [See here for another embarrassment to the Bride and the Bridegroom. HT: Chrishansen Home]
I am so sick and tired of these lousy headlines and the reproach they bring upon the church that I could vomit ... puke!
Others feel the same in a tongue-in-cheek sorta way ...Thanks, TT, for providing more ammunition to the despisers of the Church. But why oh why did you have to be a Baptist? Couldn’t you have been an Episcopalian? Your behavior would then at least appear almost normal.Evidently Tester has some recognition as a gospel musician ...Fans of gospel music likely know the name Tommy Tester well.Unfortunately ... correct that! Fortunately he'll be singing another song now - a song of repentance!
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Friday, July 13, 2007
BLASPHEMY: If No God, Then No Blasphemy; Ergo No Morality
From Michael Gerson (WaPo)By the evidence of the New York Times bestseller list, God has recently been bathed in [blasphemy]. An irreverent trinity -- Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins -- has sold a lot of books accusing theism of fostering hatred, repressing sexuality and mutilating children (Hitchens doesn't approve of male circumcision). Every miracle is a fraud. Every mystic is a madman. And this atheism is presented as a war of liberation against centuries of spiritual tyranny....This form of "liberation" is like liberating a plant from the soil or a whale from the ocean. In this kind of freedom, something dies.More
What many atheists forget: logic and/or philosophy don't ipso facto apply to arguments about the existence of God; God, by definition, is transcendent ... see some examples in links below.
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