One Way to Read It

I found this interesting graphic . Do you think it is accurate? Why? Click on it for a larger view. It has me convinced that I'm extremely left-wing.

Adorable 4th grader asks Obama: "Why do people hate you? They're supposed to love you. God is love."

Remember the bill that Senator Franken passed to protect victims of rape ? John Stewart made fun of the Republicans who voted against it (all Democrats voted for it). The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Rape-Nuts www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview Those who opposed it must be in the pockets of Halliburton.

"Al Franken successfully introduced legislation that denies federal contracts to companies that have policies -- anywhere in the world -- that punish employees for complaining about rape or discrimination on the job. This is in response to a KBR/Halliburton employee in Iraq who was drugged and gang-raped by co-workers and denied justice or even medical treatment, then locked in a storage container for 24 hours and told that she'd lose her job if she left the country to get medical help. She was also prohibited from suing or seeking criminal justice because her Halliburton contract forbade seeking any justice apart from private arbitration." Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) tried to block the amendment, saying that it was a "a political attack directed at Halliburton." Franken replied, "This amendment does not single out a single contractor. This amendment would defund any contractor that refuses to give a victim of rape their day in court." [Franken]: "...

Deciding who goes to hell is a fun game. It keeps me awake at church. A Utah (Mormon?) artist Jon McNaughton has drawn a picture " One Nation Under God " of the saved and unsaved in America. His website has a neato feature ; you can scroll over the faces of the people in the picture, and it tells you who they are. Another website has parodied it. My problem with this is that the people he cast into hell are "others." They are "those sinners" instead of "us sinners." I just wrote about this ; it's a big problem in Utah. For example, he puts Hollywood people, abortion girl and her abortion-loving Supreme Court Justice boyfriend, lawyers, politicians, the liberal media, and evolution professors in hell. What about the hypocrites that Jesus loved so much? Where's the smug self-righteous Christian high-fiving the pregnant lady? Not there, because that, uh, would include us. My favorite was this guy: Looks like the rule to "love yo...

I've struggled to know why so many Christians are conservative, when it seems to me that Christ's teachings appear rather liberal. One group noticed this, and dedicated a website to teach that " Jesus is a liberal ." Another group noticed this, and decided to retranslate the Bible to make it more conservative . If this new translation is not a Colbertesque joke, then it is a powerful example of confirmation bias . "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly." Not only has real meaning of the Bible been mixed up through scholarly translations, but we retranslate it ourselves every time we read it, because we interpret what the words mean. I'm sure all of us are often guilty of conforming the words of Jesus to our beliefs, instead of the other way around. But this blatant attempt to rewrite scripture is a disturbing rebellion against God. As Talmage wrote: " What right have we to turn the scriptures from their ...

A friend recently read Michelle Malkin's book Culture of Corruption about Obama. I had an interesting argument with him about it. I think the argument is over, but I am not yet finished with Malkin. She recently appeared on the Hannity show, furious that Obama had apologized for the U.S.'s past conduct. How can I describe what they said ? Stupid? Imperialistic? Perhaps uncharitable would be the best word, because it spit in the face of Christ's teachings. Hannity confessed that he worships Satan. Or rather, he worships the idol of democracy with a reverence for Satan's tactics . HANNITY : "But, you know, he [Obama] says democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from outside . He goes on to say -- he said, and the United States of America will never waver in our attempts to stand up for the right of people to determine their own destiny. I thought it was America's belief, our founding document believes that we're endowed by our creator and that we...