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Thread #84571   Message #1566063
Posted By: Ebbie
18-Sep-05 - 12:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: 911 & The Sport of God (Moyers speech)
Subject: RE: BS: 911 & The Sport of God (Moyers speech)
Nor have I, John. The fundamentalists I have known watch for signs of the 'end times' but I don't know any who call for actions to bring it on.

However, I don't think that is what Moyers is claiming. In the paragraph below, my understanding of what he is saying may be more clearly shown by inserting what I bolded:

"Meanwhile, groups calling themselves the Christian Identity Movement and the Christian Patriot League arm themselves, and Christians (who are intoxicated with the delusional doctrine of two 19th-century preachers not only await the rapture but believe they have an obligation to get involved politically to hasten the divine scenario for the Apocalypse that will bring an end to the world."

But that really does not address your charge against what and who Bill Moyers is. Your disdain and even outright hostility of the man goes much deeper, imo. That's what I object to. That is the opinion that I feel you have not justified.

Were you to say that you don't like his hair or his glasses or his voice I could put it down to the kind of irrational thing we all find ourselves doing at times. But you are vilifying someone's faith and demonizing his goals and methods and trying actively to get others to share your view. At the very least it is not a Christian thing to do, right?