Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Sunday, December 28

Well I spent the holiday weekend with in-laws in Louisville, KY. My mother in-law gets about 32 channels, so I was flipping on Sunday morning. I wish I hadn't. Fourteen of the 32 channels were church broadcasts. I guess if you have an extra thousand bucks a month or whatever, you can broadcast yourself.

Newsflash: just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. I'm not sure that I've heard such fear-mongering and hate-baiting in all my life. It made me sick and embarrassed to be a Christian. Is it any wonder the world thinks so poorly of us, when junk like this is pumped through the airwaves at us?

I think at least 8 of the 14 stations were preaching on the end times and how bad it's going to be for people left behind. Good grief, people. Don't we have bigger fish to fry? Isn't there some good news in here some place? Christmas weekend, no less. People flipping through with their families, full of holiday cheer and they get this message? Not only the message, but detailed maps on where the horror is going to take place and what nationalities are going to get filleted like fish.

It honestly makes me want to puke. Our loudest dogs keep doing all the barking for the rest of us. They're like that yappy neighbor dog that won't shut up in the morning. You know the one... he has no idea what he's barking at or what he's barking for. He's just barking because he can. I think it's past time for Christians to stand up and tell this people to take the three-ring circus someplace else.

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