1. That Hell is just beneath you, less than twenty miles away.
(Photo by Martin Sharman).
According to Pastor James Melton “the sphere of Hell is a round, hollowed-out place in the Earth’s core…Scientists say that the Earth’s outer crust is less than twenty miles thick, and that beyond that point, there [is] … a lake of fire. [At] this very moment your eternal soul may be less than twenty miles from the burning fires of Hell!“
Pastor Melton’s not alone. According to Dial-the-Truth Ministries, hell is unquestionably inside of the Earth. “The great pit [of] hell would only need to be about 100 miles or less in diameter to contain, with much room to spare, all the forty billion or so people who have ever lived, assuming their spiritual bodies are the same size as their physical bodies.”
2. That the earth is stationary; the universe in fact orbits the Earth.
(Photo by NASA).
According to the Fair Education Foundation, the universe, “the stars, every 23 hours and 56 minutes…go around a stationary Earth.“
The Association for Biblical Astronomy believes similarly.
(Photo by Raysto).
This, according to the End-Time Deliverance Ministry, which states:
“Is speeding a sin? Yes, and sin cannot get into Heaven.” Not surprisingly, they aren’t the only ones with such beliefs.
4. That the SpongeBob Squarepants Movie was sexually immoral because, among other things, it revealed too much cartoon butt.
5. That “homosexuals reproduce sexually by molesting children.“
(Photo by Yann Caradec).
6. That dinosaurs did not live millions of years ago but rather “date from around 6,000 years ago—the approximate date of creation obtained by adding up the years in the Bible.”
(Photo by Bret Arnett).
And of course the corollary is that the earth, rather than being billions of years old, “has an age measured in only thousands of years, just as the Bible teaches.”
7. That gays, the ACLU, abortionists and feminists are to blame for the September 11th terrorist attacks.
(Photo by Hiro).
Thank you, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
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You can find stupidity in every race, and creed. Again with the gross generalizations and grabbing the fringe to paint the center. Its expected. True Christians are an easy target. If we argue back to forcefully, its easy to say we’re not being Christian. No risk for you there.
I don’t see any references to fundamentalist Islam zealots Sid. There’s tons of good stuff to work with there. Statements about infidels, women, sexuallity and other issues youv’ve raised here spoke by Imans and Ayatollahs. The proposed lashing of a woman victim of rape. Most are as easily as stirring as what you’ve listed here.
Why don’t you pick Islam for your next blog Sid? Look at all the press that Danish newpaper got, with the death threats and all. Make sure you still show Boise as your hometown too. RG would defintely make the evening news. You’d be a household word.
Please have enough of a pair to apply your criticism across the board.
But, Jeff, the evangelical christians are the fastest growing christian sect today. Plus, it’s just too easy to pick on them.
I was in high school the first time I came across somebody who actually, firmly believed the earth was 6,000 years old. I knew there were people out there like that, but not here surely. It floored me how stubborn and dense she was being. I think she ended up marrying a preacher…
Btw, there’s a creationist museum somewhere in Tennessee, I think, if they’re still open.
My point is that you don’t see these kind of pieces, videos, etc about Islam.
Christian are too nice sometimes.
There are actually these propaganda against Islam also, but mostly by very angry people (for any variety of reasons). It’s just that in the conventional West, prejudice or blind following is seen neither as modern or correct. In places where religion is a part of the national culture, it can be easy to feel religious zeal as intrinsic of nationalism.
But of course, there is a difference between feeling pride and bashing others. The Christian part of the West (and sometimes the West in general) is often demonised around the world as well as within itself. The mediums of bias and stereotype are hence already present in the popular culture.
However, terrorism and hate from any religion will also create a general sense of distaste from many. This may include its own followers, who believe in the fundamental tenets rather than in fanatics who use the religion for their own purposes. A lot of times, though, in trying to wholly follow their religion, people may acquiesce to anyone who says their cause is an important part of that religion.
To believe is a powerful thing that can reveal truth and bias at once.
Anyone who casts pronouncements on other people blindly ends up burning in the end. This is a quality of the mind…that in the final epiphany when it all comes down in a life lived…the individual suffers horribly in the realization that they’ve spent their live deceiving and corrupting people compounded by the harsh judgment upon themselves for in a final epiphany of having to look at themselves along with the realization that they are confronted with the totality of finality.
I have a question for the gentlemen who claims the following: “grabbing the fringe to paint the center. Its expected. True Christians are an easy target. If we argue back to forcefully, its easy to say we’re not being Christian. No risk for you there.”
This post clearly says Religious ZEALOTS say the damndest things. There is no generalization going on- from what I can tell, this post addresses the fringe and NOT the center. If you do not fit into these categories or do not believe these things, why would you be upset by the post? What is there to argue against? In my opinion, members of moderate Christianity should be the loudest voice against your fringe counterparts because they confuse issues and misrepresent you in the public eye. Why defend them?
I too went to school with a person that believed the earth was 6,000 years old. I thought she was kidding. When she told me that our substitute teacher that day was the pastor of her church and that he also believed the earth was only 6,000 years old, I was certain she was pulling my leg. When I learned that she was serious, I was convinced I had entered, the Twilight Zone…