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Attack Dogs of Christendom
When atheist Sam Harris wrote his 2004 bestseller The End of Faith, a radical attack on religious belief in any form, he was prepared for strong rebuttals from Christians.
What may have surprised him was the vitriol in which many of the emails and letters were couched. The most hostile messages came from Christians (not Muslims or Hindus). "The truth is," he explained in the forward to his latest bestseller, Letter to a Christian Nation, "that many who claim to be transformed by God's love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism."
"How do I know this?" he asked rhetorically. "The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse." Indeed, Letter to a Christian Nation is his response to those vituperative critics and yet another weapon in the armory of people hostile to Christianity.
I am not surprised that Harris attracted negative feedback. What disturbs me, however, is the extent to which some Christians have turned themselves into the self-appointed attack dogs of Christendom. They seem determined to savage not only opponents of Christianity, but also fellow believers of whose doctrinal positions they disapprove.
A troll through the Internet reveals websites so drenched in sarcasm and animosity that an agnostic, or a follower of another faith tradition interested in what it means to become a Christian, might be permanently disillusioned.
None of the major figures of American Protestantism in the past quarter-century have been spared from attack, from Billy Graham to Rick Warren, from Tim LaHaye to Robert Schuller. The attacks, moreover, are not reasoned or modestly couched criticism, but blasts of ire determined to discredit beyond redemption the targets of the criticism.
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Gary R Sweeten
It is also contrary to the inspired writings of St. Paul for him to do what he did. In I CO 13 he offers instructions on how to treat others that he was unable to follow. In Col he tells us that only the highly spiritual among us are to bring a rebel back from his sin. IN Romans he admits he cannot always act in sccord with his knowledge. Additionally, we know from Proverbs 7: 7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. 8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. 9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. 10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Ken Silva
There's a bit more to this story at http://www.apprising.org/archives/2007/09/response_to_dav_1.html
moses
when al quida attacks again its not the left that has to fear its the right osama is going after the greedy ways and our hipocritacal lifestyles we are living we have to start making our own decisions not be controled by others like pat roberston who is looking out for himself and other rich coservatives osama didnt go after the blue collar workers at the world trade center he went after the greedy political right we need to start doing our own thinking for ourselves