A Review Of Some Serious, Popular False Doctrines Answered From The Scriptures By John R. Ric
II Peter 2:1 warns of false teachers introducing destructive heresies. Like an intelligence agency, the Church must gather information on its opponents in order to protect its members and to devise strategies on how to extricate those held hostage to these competing systems. Some Serious, Popular False Doctrines Answered From The Scriptures By John R. Rice serves as an excellent briefing.
Garnished from Dr. Rice’s decades of ministry, False Doctrines is an introduction to many of the heresies and aberrant beliefs plaguing the modern religious scene ranging from the esoteric such as spiritualists and fortunetellers, to the obscure such as Anglo-Israelism, to the downright socially dangerous such as Socialism/Communism. In an era characterized by an overemphasis on tolerance, some Evangelicals might object to Rice’s stance criticizing Catholicism, Seventh Day Adventism, and the Church of Christ.
Yet despite Rice’s confrontational brand of militant Fundamentalism, this work is written in a spirit of kindness, love, and understanding as portions of the book are responses to actual letters received by Dr. Rice from adherents of the various doctrines under consideration.
False Doctrines also provides insight into the Fundamentalist position on issues debated within the broader Evangelical community such as Calvinistic predestination and the legitimacy of tongues.
Rice served as founder and editor of the Sword of The Lord, which is still published to this day as a primary source of news and views within the Fundamentalist movement, until his passing in 1980. Some Serious, Popular False Doctrines Answered From The Scriptures remains an excellent guidebook through which to survey the vibrant American religious landscape from a conservative Christian perspective.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick Meekins
Simpsons Episode On Gay Marriage Not As A Flaming An Outrage As It Could Have Been
Regardless of one's opinion of "The Simpsons", one has to admit the show has no problem tackling controversial material most would rather sweep under the rug. And even though it would have been better had producers left the issue of gay marriage alone, the show was able to inject a degree of its classic subversive wit into what could have been an approach characterized by nothing but a doctrinaire political correctness.
When most heard sodomite matrimony was coming to the quintessential American town of Springfield, most assumed the abomination would be heralded with typical Hollywood applause and accolades. And though I would be uncomfortable with letting younger children view the episode, it was not without humorous aspects exposing the hypocrisy inherent to this social outrage.
For gay nuptials were not ultimately sanctioned in this fictional municipality out of a warped interpretation of love or equity but rather in an attempt to bring back lost tourist dollars after Bart and Milhaus create a bad impression of the town in the mind of a roving travel correspondent. Homer gets into the money making racket by getting ordained and opening a wedding chapel in his garage.
"The Simpsons" is often characterized by a degree of philosophical reflection beneath all of its silliness uncommon to television sitcoms. This episode also sparked additional thought by touching on the point that, if same sex marriage is allowed, on what grounds do we continue to forbid other reprehensible couplings? This point was comically made when brother and sister hillbillies wanted to get married and Homer fantasized about marrying himself ("Homersexual" marriage, eh) with a house full of little Homers.
The most penetrating point of the show centered around the ambivalence exhibited by Marge Simpson. Throughout the early part of the episode, Marge is an enthusiastic supporter of this social perversion.
However, overthrowing the established moral order loses a bit of its appeal when she learns one of her own sisters is a lesbian. Reminds one of the adage that a liberal is a conservative that has not been mugged yet, her revulsion at the prospects of her sister falling into this lifestyle serving as a testament to the disgust many experience to the practice despite their best efforts at being good little radicals and harping the party line.
Though most would be reluctant to admit it, the world depicted on "The Simpsons" is probably one of the most realistic reflections of the American moral climate on television today. If the episode meant to proclaim the joys and beauty of gay marriage to the nation is wracked by as much reluctance to the practice as was able to wiggle its way into the plot, it means --- though tottering on the edge of the abyss --- there is still a sliver of hope provided Americans of principle don't cower before these boisterous libertines.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick Meekins
Goverment To Crackdown On Bloggers
Often evidence presented of Iran's abysmal human rights record is that nation's treatment of the cybercritics blogging away under that oppressive regime. However, with regulations being considered by the Federal Election Commission, there will soon be very little in principle distinguishing the Internet speech policies of the United States and one of the nations purported to be one of our most intractable enemies.
According to an interpretation of one ruling, bloggers could be charged with violating provisions of the campaign finance reform law for as little as linking to the website of a candidate they happen to favor.
I guess the best thing to do to keep what little speech rights we have remaining alive is to add pictures of dancing girls to our websites since the judiciary is reluctant to curtail salacious material (unlike political speech) and to assume anyone running for public office is by definition a scumbag and not worthy of a scintilla of support either virtual or actual.
Those sufficiently brainwashed by their overlords in the media/governmental complex might argue that the United States does not treat its dissidents in the same manner as an outlaw nation such as Iran. But in the light of overwhelming fines and court costs that will no doubt ruin the critics of the state, execution might actually be the more merciful alternative.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick Meekins
Liberal Maryland Suburb A Hub Of Human Trafficing
No wonder bigshots are for unrestricted immigration.
The suburbs of Montgomery County, Maryland have a reputation as a bastion of liberalism and increasingly as a region in which English is a dieing language as immigrants flood into the Washington Metropolitan Area.
While these self-appointed scions of progressivism get up there and hem and haw about the wonders of multiculturalism and diversity, what they really want is an ample supply of pliant slave labor.
According to the Sentinel.com , a number of migrants recently testified before the county council how their employers there forced them to engage in what amounted to a form of involuntary servitude by withholding pay and employing various forms of abuse in an attempt to keep them in line. Many of the violators are diplomats with immunity.
So remember when Democrats and leftwing Republicans lecture you on your racist attitude for not wanting your country overrun by alien cultures, these elitists won't even give these workers the pittance wages promised to their employees and the minimal dignity even migrants are owed as fellow human beings.
It has been said that a rising tide lifts all boats. Likewise, those shooting holes in the ship of state will cause us all to drown, especially when those pretending to be captains are the only ones with access to the lifeboats.
Current immigration practices have little whatsoever with elevating the status of the so-called downtrodden, but are rather about dragging the rest of us down to abysmal Third World levels.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick Meekins
Liberal Maryland Suburb A Hub Of Human Trafficing
No wonder bigshots are for unrestricted immigration.
The suburbs of Montgomery County, Maryland have a reputation as a bastion of liberalism and increasingly as a region in which English is a dieing language as immigrants flood into the Washington Metropolitan Area.
While these self-appointed scions of progressivism get up there and hem and haw about the wonders of multiculturalism and diversity, what they really want is an ample supply of pliant slave labor.
According to the Sentinel.com , a number of migrants recently testified before the county council how their employers there forced them to engage in what amounted to a form of involuntary servitude by withholding pay and employing various forms of abuse in an attempt to keep them in line. Many of the violators are diplomats with immunity.
So remember when Democrats and leftwing Republicans lecture you on your racist attitude for not wanting your country overrun by alien cultures, these elitists won't even give these workers the pittance wages promised to their employees and the minimal dignity even migrants are owed as fellow human beings.
It has been said that a rising tide lifts all boats. Likewise, those shooting holes in the ship of state will cause us all to drown, especially when those pretending to be captains are the only ones with access to the lifeboats.
Current immigration practices have little whatsoever with elevating the status of the so-called downtrodden, but are rather about dragging the rest of us down to abysmal Third World levels.
Copyright 2005 by Frederick Meekins
