Psssst... hey, Jesus.... Why (some) non-Christians are right to think (some) Christians are bonkers.

Old Weird Harold

Why (some) non-Christians are right to think (some) Christians are bonkers:

• Ken Ham (here’s his page at Answers in Genesis >)

• Kent Hovind (a.k.a. Dr Dino; here is his page on Creation Today > ; here’s his page on Wikipedia >)

• “Investment expert and former minister” Sean Hyman and his Biblical Money Code (if you can stomach it >). He’s been advertising during Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and other conservative radio shows. (What’s that say about the audience these guys attract?)

• God Said Man Said Dot Com (same audience)

• Bob Larsen >

• John Hagee and his 4 Blood Moons

Hagee amuses and frightens me at the same time. That particular sermon is so full of nonsense you could spend days dissecting the flaws, but those that would benefit won’t listen.

[2014-01-22]

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Those are just my candidates for the best and brightest of the bonkers brigade. There are many more.

And to be fair, I don’t think they’re all idiots or charlatans. I think Ham and Hagee are sincere. Unfortunately, they are also very wrong. And for what it’s worth, Hovind is in jail and Hyman is just a fraud.

Sean Hyman's Biblical Money Code (with Fair Use Disclaimer)

There’s a special place in hell for guys like Hyman.

[2014-01-23]

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What's a Blood Moon?

BTW, a “blood moon” is simply a lunar eclipse. Lunar eclipses are usually red due to how light bends around massive objects in space.

Just goes to show that we (some of us) are no different than our superstitious ancestors. We find meaning in coincidence and rare but unremarkable events, like eclipses, or natural catastrophes, like plagues and earthquakes.

I’m not at all suggesting we shouldn’t see the hand of God in some natural events, but that we have sufficient information in our faith and traditions that we don’t need to invent meaning where there is none.

Disheartening:

Hagee’s book Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change, gets high average ratings at Amazon.

Heartening:

The first review here is a good debunking by a believer, which is unnecessary because the theory is full of holes for lots of reasons unrelated to Christian belief, but perhaps that review will speak to some.

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Psssst... hey, Jesus....

I imagine myself someday getting the seating chart at dinner in heaven and leaning over to Jesus before we’re seated and saying, “I’m next to Hagee? Are you kidding? C’mon, Lord, can you sit me next to someone else? How about Alice over there.”

[2014-01-23]

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Alice Cooper on being a Christian

[2014-01-29]

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