Who Said That?

"Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals.  It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me.  Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated."

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Update on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 09:55AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote from the mad (and from the photo, quite blitzed) atheist Christopher Hitchens.  It comes from an interview he did on the Penn & Teller show:  Bull____!, Season 3, Episode 5: "Holier Than Thou" (05-23-2005).

Who Said That?

"Father, Your trust in me has been so great, I must be worthy. You created me, and know me as I am. And yet You placed Your Son's salvation in my hands, and let it rest on my decision. I must be beloved of You indeed. And I must be steadfast in holiness as well, that You would give Your Son to me in certainty that he is safe Who still is part of You, and yet is mine, because He is my Self."

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Update on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 06:24PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This self-salvation nonsense is from "A Course in Miracles" which is endorsed by Oprah.  Click here: New Page 1

Who Said That?

"The fact that brief exposure to a message asserting that there is no such thing as free will can increase both passive and active cheating raises the concern that advocating a deterministic worldview could undermine moral behavior."

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Update on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 05:44PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is the conclusion of Drs. Kathleen Vohs and Jonathan Schooler, in the January issue of Psychological Science).  This is explains why Calvinists don't just believe in total depravity--we exemplify it.

Who Said That?

“I want to apologize to my wife for all she's had to go through.”

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Update on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 02:21PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is Bishop Thomas Weeks III's apology to his soon to be ex-wife, televangalist Junita Bynum.   According to news reports, " Prosecutors alleged that Weeks beat Bynum - a prominent televangelist whose message of women's empowerment resonated with thousands of followers - in the parking lot of an Atlanta hotel in August.  According to a police report, Bynum told officers that Weeks `choked her, pushed her down, kicked and stomped her ... until a bellman pulled him off of her.'  Weeks initially pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of aggravated assault."

Who Said That?

When asked "is belief in Christ is needed for going to heaven?"

_______ answered, "That one I'm a little more open to.  I think that it is, as we understand our relationship to God as Christians, it is how we see our way forward, and it is the way.  But, ever since I was little . . . I've asked every Sunday school teacher I've ever had, I asked every theologian I've ever talked with, whether that meant that there was no salvation, there was no heaven for people who did not accept Christ. And, you're well aware that there are a lot of answers to that. There are people who are totally rooted in the fact that, no, that's why there are missionaries, that's why you have to try to convert. And, then there are a lot of other people who are deeply faithful and deeply Christ-centered who say, that's how we understand it and who are we to read God's mind about such a weighty decision as that."

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Update on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 03:35PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote from Hillary Clinton in a recent interview with New York Times reporter Michael Luo in July 2007.

The picture I picked is of Bill and Hillary from much earlier--like wow, dude, it was the seventies.  But it was too good to pass up! 

Who Said That?

“They have church on TV down here [MLB Spring training in Florida], you don’t have to leave the couch.”

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Update on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 04:19PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This was Yankees reliever LaTroy Hawkin's comment upon learning that the Yanks don't start working out until noon on Sunday so players can go to church.

Who Said That?

"For the believer of Reformed convictions, there is a strong allegiance to historical roots and continuity, especially insofar as the historic Reformation is concerned, distinctly emanating from Wittenberg, Geneva, and  Westminster. . . . Such claims call for a response that clearly exposes the shameful legacy of historic amillennialism,  which  is really the eschatology of Roman Catholicism."

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Update on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 07:39PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from Barry Horner's book, Future Israel (148).  Horner quotes from my book, A Case for Amillennialism, and then launches into the screed quoted here.  Instead of dealing with the substance of the argument, Horner stoops to equating Reformed amillennialism with Romanism.  Come on Barry, you gotta do better than that!

Who Said That?

“This is not just the head of the Lutheran Church or a Methodist bishop. It's something different. He is a prophet. ... He can speak for God.”

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Update on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 06:09PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This comes from Jan Shipps, an expert on Mormon history and culture, in regards to the selection of Thomas Monson to be the new prophet, seer and revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Shipps was quoted by The Washington Post (Feb. 5)

Who Said That?

“It strikes me that Playboy is a religious magazine, though I will admit I have a peculiar understanding of the meaning of the word. What I mean is that the magazine tells its readers how to get into heaven. It tells them what is important in life, delineates an ethics for them, tells them how to relate to others, tells them what to lavish their attention and energy upon, gives them a model of a kind of person to be. It expresses a consistent world view, a system of values, a philosophical outlook.  

Not only does Playboy create a new image of the ideal man, it also creates a slick little universe all its own, creates what you might call an alternative version of reality in which men may live in their minds. It's a light and jolly kind of universe, a world in which a man can be forever carefree, where a man can remain, like Peter Pan, a boy forever and ever. There are no nagging demands and responsibilities, no complexities or complications.

But for the most part, the magazine is, I would expect, pretty harmless. It amuses its readers by creating a delightful imaginary world for them, a world that they find it fun to live in; and everybody needs a little fun now and then. ”

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Update on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 05:55PM by Kim Riddlebarger

I know that you'll never guess this one.  This is a quote from a  Unitarian minister, John A. Crane, from Santa Barbara, California, who devoted an entire sermon to the subject, "Philosophy and Fantasy in Playboy Magazine and What This Suggests About Us."  Hugh Hefner cites this sermon approvingly in his December, 1962 essay, "The Playboy Philosophy."

Looking back at Hefner "philosophy" through the lens of 55 years of hindsight, Rev. Crane's comments sound pretty ridiculous, in light of the scourge of sexually transmitted disease, pornography, and child abuse, which all flourish as unforeseen consequences of "Hef's" hedonism. 

Who Said That?

"Thus, we look in vain for a statement in which Paul would speak about himself as an actual sinner.  When he speaks about his conscience, he witnesses to his good conscience before men and God."

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Update on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 04:33PM by Kim Riddlebarger

These words come from Krister Stendhal's famous essay, "The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West" (p. 91).

I guess Paul's comments in 1 Timothy 1:15 about being the worst of sinners doesn't count.  I keep forgetting that these guys don't think Paul wrote the pastoral epistles.