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Tag Archives: Fundamentalists
The utterly inconsistent and mealy-mouthed Franklin Graham: how Billy must be disappointed in him
Franklin Graham: Islam is “wicked” and “evil”, but Mormonism as a “cult” is “calling people names”. Then there’s also the issue of how many Christmas shoe boxes Franklin Graham’s obscene $561,000 annual Samaritan’s Purse salary could fill.
Posted in Fundamentalism, Politics, World Events, Popular Culture, Society
Tagged Franklin Graham, Fundamentalists
Ken Ham and his crazy fundie Creationist sect proved wrong yet again
Death only present after the Fall, six thousand years ago? No actually: We’ve been eating meat for 1.5 million years, discovery of ancient child’s skull proves A skull fragment discovered in Tanzania shows that our ancient ancestors have been eating … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, History
Tagged Fundamentalists, Ideologically-Crazed Nutters, Ken Ham, Young Earth Creationism
Quote of the day: James F. McGrath explains Proverbs 10:17 to fundamentalists
‘Fundamentalism seems to me to be more about pride than anything else. It is a well known fact that people who adhere to inerrancy draw very different conclusions about what Scripture means. In spite of that, more often than not among … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Fundamentalism, Quote of the Day
Tagged Bible, Book of Proverbs, Dr. James F. McGrath, Fundamentalists, Inerrancy
Christian prayers ARE answered: Abusive Canadian preacher Todd Bentley is banned from entering United Kingdom
Canadian ‘punching’ preacher banned from UK: A Canadian preacher, who claims to cure sick people by hitting them, has been refused entry into the UK for a controversial tour Mr Bentley has been told he was “not conducive to the … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Charlatans, Fraudsters, Fundamentalists, Televangelists, Todd Bentley
Quote of the day: Greg Carey on the cure for fundamentalism — reading the Bible
‘Biblical scholarship is an academic discipline, taught and studied at universities, colleges and divinity schools all around the world. So it should be no surprise that biblical scholars run in all shapes, sizes, colors and denominations. What would surprise many … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Fundamentalism, Quote of the Day
Tagged Fundamentalists, Greg Carey
Is Franklin Graham putting out statements under his aged father Billy’s name?
Billy Graham Is Not an Anti-Gay Bigot (but his son Franklin is) Let me tell you about Billy Graham, just as he is, because based on what I experienced working for the man for six years, two statements issued under … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, Popular Culture, Society
Tagged Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Fundamentalists, Samaritan's Purse
How many Christmas shoe boxes would Franklin Graham’s $561,000 annual Samaritan’s Purse salary fill?
According to the IRS (the U.S. tax authority), in 2010 Samaritan’s Purse paid Franklin Graham a staggering $561,000. That same year the organization received $10 million in U.S. government grants.
Posted in Fundamentalism, Popular Culture, Society
Tagged Franklin Graham, Fundamentalists, Samaritan's Purse
Pic of the day: The Song of Solomon for biblical literalists
From here.
Posted in Biblical Studies, Fundamentalism, Visual Arts
Tagged Biblical Literalism, Fundamentalists, Old Testament, Song of Solomon
Quote of the day: Dr. James F. McGrath on fundamentalist interpretations of Scripture
‘The truth is that no one ought to consider young-earth creationism or inerrancy Christian viewpoints at all. (Indeed, it is only the ridiculously large number of adherents to these views that allows them to be mistaken for such, rather than relegated … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, Quote of the Day, Theology
Tagged Dr. James F. McGrath, Fundamentalists, Inerrancy, Religion, Young Earth Creationism
American fundamentalist schools are using the Loch Ness monster to disprove evolution
Schoolchildren in Louisiana are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real in a bid by religious educators to disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution Thousands of children in the southern state will receive publicly-funded vouchers for the next … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, Sciences
Tagged Fundamentalists, Loch Ness Monster, Louisiana, Young Earth Creationism
Pic of the day: Sign of the (fundamentalist) times
From: Stuff Fundies Like
Posted in Fundamentalism, Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Fundamentalists, Fundies, Religion, Southern Baptists
Quote of the day: James McGrath on who really has a “high view of Scripture”
‘Anyone who thinks that taking a supposedly “high view of Scripture” makes matters simpler and serious theological problems vanish must not have given much serious thought to the matter. And that is perhaps the heart of the problem: those who … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Fundamentalism, Quote of the Day, Theology
Tagged Bible, Fundamentalists, Religion, Scripture
Roger Olson on the new fundamentalists and their war against moderate evangelicals
What distinguishes “evangelical” from “fundamentalist?” by Roger E. Olson I identify the new fundamentalists by their ethos which I find to be similar in many ways to that of the older fundamentalists. They are evangelicals who TEND to: 1) spend much energy … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Evangelicalism, Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, Neo-Fundamentalism, Neo-Fundamentalists, Religion, Roger Olson
Richard Land, Southern Baptist fundie plagiarist
Richard Land the Plagiarist: Top SBC Ethicist Stirs Up Controversy With Someone Else’s Rant More Plagiarism From Head of Southern Baptist Ethics Agency Be sure your sin will find you out, Richard! More on Richard Land’s plagiarism: Richard Land, Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Ethics, Fundamentalists, Hypocrites, Plagiarism, Plagiarists, Religion, Richard Land, Southern Baptists
The United States of America’s views on evolution and Creationism: a useful infographic
From BioLogos: Click on the image (twice) to enlarge it.
Posted in Fundamentalism, Sciences
Tagged Evolution, Fundamentalists, Ken Ham, Young Earth Creationism
American fundamentalists continue to fund the lavish spending of millionaires Paul and Jan Crouch
Are American fundamentalists brain dead or just plain stupid? They must be one or the other to support this lot for so many years: Paul Crouch, 77, and his wife Jan Crouch, 73, run the Trinity Broadcasting Network which delivers the … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Fundamentalists, Paul and Jan Crouch, Televangelists, Trinity Broadcasting Network
Jewish Young Earth Creationism: enough to make Ken Ham proud
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Fundamentalists, Ken Ham, Young Earth Creationism
Darrell Dow on fundamentalists, books and reading
Fundamentalists and books This isn’t to say that fundies don’t like books. Quite the opposite, I’ve never been in a fundamentalist pastor’s office that wasn’t crammed with books from top to bottom. Many fundamentalist houses have hundreds if not thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Books, Censorship, Fundamentalists, Louis L'Amour, Moralism, Paperbacks, Personal Libraries, Reading, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Scarlet Letter
Study shows that education is a way to counter both religious and secular fundamentalism
Study: Education liberalizes religious views The old wisdom: The more educated you are, the less likely you will be religious. The old myth, not wisdom. But a new study says education doesn’t drive people away from God – it gives them … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Fundamentalism, Sciences, Secularism
Tagged Angry Atheists, Education, Fundamentalists, New Atheists, Religion, Sociological Studies, Sociology, Statistical Research
Fundamentalist political hack Franklin Graham is embarrassing his father Billy, says Stephen Prothero
Franklin Graham is embarrassing his father says Boston University religion scholar Stephen Prothero If you want to see how American evangelicalism has lost its way, you need look no farther than Billy Graham and his son Franklin. Billy Graham was a powerful … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Billy Graham, Christiane Amanpour, Donald Trump, Evangelists, Franklin Graham, Fundamentalists, Stephen Prothero
John Piper shows his true fundamentalist colours — why he’s fast becoming the next Pat Robertson
John Piper, Osama, And More Bad Theology In a tweet, Piper said: God took out Osama bin Laden. And he will take me out. And you. And everyone else. Only different ways. Then, in his latest blog, he actually had … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, Theology
Tagged Ezekiel, Fundamentalists, John Piper, Osama bin Laden, Pat Robertson
The Rob Bell debate: Roger Olson says Albert Mohler should apologise, and it’s “Farewell, John Piper”
The Promised Response to Bell’s Love Wins Early critics of the book were wrong and they owe Bell an apology. Nowhere in the book does Bell affirm universalism . . . Bell does say it is okay to “long for” … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged Afterlife, Albert Mohler, Christian Doctrines, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalists, Hell, John Piper, Rob Bell, Universalism
Rachel Held Evans on the fundamentalist ‘shunning’ of Rob Bell by John Piper and Al Mohler
‘The problem, as I see it, can be summarized in the now infamous tweet issued from John Piper: “Farewell Rob Bell.” Those three words triggered a profound reaction within a lot of young evangelicals because many of us have heard … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, Theology
Tagged Afterlife, Albert Mohler, Christian Doctrines, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalists, Hell, John Piper, Rob Bell, Theology, Universalism
The organizational structure of the average fundamentalist church
Click on the image to enlarge it. From: here.
Posted in Fundamentalism
Tagged Fundamentalism, Fundamentalists
