tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post7561747616875875623..comments2023-09-24T08:05:04.868-04:00Comments on The Pilgrim Underground: Houston Subpoenas Continued....Protoprotestanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-61241066397759743412014-11-22T19:10:17.879-05:002014-11-22T19:10:17.879-05:00Over the past few weeks I've listened to and r...Over the past few weeks I've listened to and read countless interpretations of these events. Some coverage is better than others but most miss the point.<br />Breakpoint seemed to deviate into some kind of weird patriotic call to action. I don't think they realize that they're saying our religious freedom, our freedom as Christians is somehow established by violence. They were invoking the American Revolution. I'm sorry but my Christian faith and practice did not depend on a bunch of colonial rebels who established an Enlightenment state.<br />Mollie Hemingway completely missed the point. Like many others she strayed into talk of persecution. People filing political lawsuits while collecting money tax-free are hardly being persecuted. Then she went off on a tangent about the War on Advent. The War on Christmas is bad enough, but even worse...the War on Advent.<br />I think I'll just stick with the Scripture. The Scripture/Reason/Tradition model doesn't work. Fallen reason ends up trumping them all.<br />Kevin Swanson managed to spend thirty minutes on the topic without ever actually discussing it. He just used it as a springboard to launch into his normal diatribe about Nazis taking over etc...<br />I'm sorry to admit it but Mefferd's show actually had the best coverage. It wasn't because of her. She was struggling with the issue, but the ADF representative she had the show did a pretty good job breaking down all the info about the petition etc... I don't think all of his info was correct though.<br />In the end, it must be admitted the mayor of Houston and the city government are a bad lot. That said, I cannot find a single Evangelical who understands what a lawsuit is and how filing one is an attack, a means of intimidation. When the other side fights back, they shouldn't be surprised.<br />Protoprotestanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-1141248029763244542014-10-17T13:10:27.154-04:002014-10-17T13:10:27.154-04:00It was the topic on BreakPoint today. They did a f...It was the topic on BreakPoint today. They did a fairly good job explaining the events leading up to this but then jumped from the filing of the lawsuit by the pastors to...the subpoenas.<br /><br />But you have to explain why. Why would they subpoena? BP (Metaxas I think) mentioned irregularities but didn't relate it to the issue of the subpoenas.<br /><br />He didn't help his audience to understand, it's the city that's being threatened.<br /><br />The city is having to prove why they are questioning the signatures.<br /><br />Again, I'm not saying Houston is right in any of it, but I'm riding this because this mildly and sometimes major misreporting is typical of Christian media.<br /><br />Not that anyone cares. Not that nuance will whip people up. It's much more effective to cry persecution and stir the pot and maybe some in the audience will get upset enough to get their checkbooks out.<br /><br />There are mild forms of persecution in this country but they totally miss it. If we're faithful we suffer (a bit) from the Establishment. These people are part of the Establishment and battling for control of it, so it's no great surprise that they miss it.<br />Protoprotestanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.com