tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post4129171693866344791..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Hither and thither 10/12/2012DJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-50060303920768332272012-10-15T23:53:19.821-05:002012-10-15T23:53:19.821-05:00I don't go to Ikea to look for Narnia...never ...I don't go to Ikea to look for Narnia...never knew I could find it there. No. I go to Ikea for the food!!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289347868497438542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-32485006941920934442012-10-15T12:55:21.123-05:002012-10-15T12:55:21.123-05:00So yeah - Big Bird. A few comments there.
First t...So yeah - Big Bird. A few comments there.<br /><br />First thing - is public broadcasting even legal? Isn't it a first amendment violation for the government to establish its own press agencies? It's telling that liberals are so aghast at even the slightest mention of God as a first amendment violation - imagine if Congress proposed starting the National Public Christian Church! - but can't see a problem with the government running press organizations.<br /><br />Stupid liberal argument: there would be no more Sesame Street! Yeah, sure. Say PBS and NPR lost public funding immediately. How long do you think it would take for a production company or network to make an offer to Sesame Street - 1 second? 1/10000000 of a second? Or is that too long? Shows like Sesame Street would clearly survive - but maybe those shows that can't draw an audience would die. And you know what? If they can't draw an audience, maybe they're not worth producing, and they're certainly not worth wasting our money on. They can start drawing enough audience to pay for themselves, they can get patrons like artists of olde, or they can die. But why are we subsidizing shows nobody watches again?<br /><br />Seriously, multiple times a week I get ads from satellite or cable TV outlets promoting their 1400-channel packages. Is it really a colossal loss if we stop wasting tax money on this, one channel disappears, and the other 1399 immediately grab any programming worth paying for?<br /><br />The liberal response I've seen most is that it's such a small fraction of the budget, what difference does it make? To which I suppose we could say, if we're not willing to cut something that is so utterly insignificant and completely unnecessary, is there anything that can ever be cut? And when they can only decide to cut the military, it will be even more obvious that they are the problem.trogdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452996348717802065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-92212201244526177252012-10-15T12:28:01.717-05:002012-10-15T12:28:01.717-05:00Someday when people look back on what once was Ame...Someday when people look back on what once was America, they may identify the horrid abuse of the court system as a main factor of our collapse. What should be a system for ensuring justice is instead a battlefield for legal jihad. The atheists and muslims take the same approach - carpet-bombing the system with ridiculous lawsuits until the good guys run out of money or the will to fight, or until they hit a judge stupid enough to surrender. They're like the aliens in Independence Day highjacking our satellites, using our own good system to bring about our destruction.<br /><br />The Benghazi debacle is going to keep growing. So far, we've had American embassies invaded on 9/11 and an ambassador and bodyguards killed, and the official response was to apologize, blame it on a video nobody had ever seen, attack the first amendment, and send stormtroopers to arrest an American citizen over the lie. Now over the weekend, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9607991/Muslims-protest-outside-Google-offices-over-anti-Islam-YouTube-clip.html" rel="nofollow">muslims rioted</a> at a Google office over this video, and threatened to bring this chaos worldwide. And how could the administration respond? They've already repeatedly told this same lie and insinuated that the attacks were somehow justified (though inappropriate, of course). How can they blame them for rioting about it now after repeatedly fanning the flames? And when these protests turn violent - and that's when, not if - will they continue to pretend this video is the cause, and not just a pretense?<br /><br />I didn't watch the debate - did the Obama hot mic slip to Medvedev come up at all? That hasn't killed anyone yet, so it's not yet as bad as Benghazi, but it's potentially worse in scope. What exactly does the president need 'flexibility' to do on such an important international issue, why can't he do it before the election, and why would the Russians be willing to cooperate with him on it - I'd think that would be somewhat important for a 'foreign policy' debate, right?<br /><br />Did Ryan point out that the dems budget time as well as they budget the money they take from us?<br /><br />Didn't get a chance to comment on Frank's excellent posts, so I'll just make the most important point here - Spiderman would totally mop the floor with Daredevil.<br /><br />That article about fighting homosexuality was tremendous. I think you could plug in any sin and it would be similar - never give up the fight, fight harder, use every possible resource to put the sin to death. Which just makes it all the more baffling when homosexuality is identified as the one sin that people should just give in to and not even try to fight.trogdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452996348717802065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-36048904851376550992012-10-14T10:36:05.442-05:002012-10-14T10:36:05.442-05:00Would you put an end to H&T if fifty commenter...Would you put an end to H&T if fifty commenters said they love it every Friday? <br /><br />...forty?<br /><br />...thirty? <br /><br />:) <br /><br />Hands down, best pic this week is you at the TARDIS. My kids were all "NO WAY!" and then they were all "Is that the REAL TARDIS?" and then they went all "WOW" and "I want to go therrrrrre!" and then I thought, hm, wonder if I've been letting them watch too much Dr. Who???<br /><br />HSAT (<--see, it rubs off), sir, you have a much more important job than *this* bit of very entertaining fluff. If H&T has to go on hiatus while you feed your sheep, believe me, we get it. :) Colloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530006843488477150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-53283285968924617552012-10-14T05:50:20.808-05:002012-10-14T05:50:20.808-05:00Rats.
Of course, if you wanted to vote Democrat, ...Rats.<br /><br />Of course, if you wanted to vote Democrat, that (or having a pulse) wouldn't be an issue.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-24555599664666547632012-10-13T22:09:28.123-05:002012-10-13T22:09:28.123-05:00I would have commented sooner, but I was busy watc...I would have commented sooner, but I was busy watching the cat.<br />Next time I go to Ikea, I'm going to look for the entrance to Narnia. If I find it, you'll have to admit that Ikea isn't all bad.<br />When I was writing a paper on 2 Peter, many of the books I read claimed that it couldn't have been written by Peter because it wasn't enough like 1 Peter, and when it was like 1 Peter it was proof that it was written by one of his disciples who had been influenced by Peter. I almost gave up then.<br />Between you and Frank, I think I'm ready for this election. Too bad they won't let me vote...something about me being a Canadian.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152975528916503079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-62686896226871787562012-10-12T19:54:11.177-05:002012-10-12T19:54:11.177-05:00Oh wow thanks for the link on available silent mov...Oh wow thanks for the link on available silent movies. I love silent films. Hulu has Metropolis posted for free for now but they may start charging. Take the time to watch Nosferatu. The soundtrack is weird but it serves a purpose in illustrating the plot. <br /><br />I know I'll vote Republican even though I'm Independent. I feel really, really nervous about the whole thing and bad for my friends from predominantly Muslim countries and still/former Communist countries who successfully applied for U.S. citizenship back in the '80s and '90s. Isn't Obama the biggest rip-off in history? I never voted for him and am confounded by the people willing to reelect him.Mizz Harpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220764076008867988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-53978080855357555522012-10-12T17:19:02.345-05:002012-10-12T17:19:02.345-05:00Thank you, the six of you. Glad you enjoyed.
Beg...Thank you, the six of you. Glad you enjoyed.<br /><br />Beginning to wonder whether this is worth the time it takes to assemble, though, candidly.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-10879772710091157052012-10-12T10:50:32.952-05:002012-10-12T10:50:32.952-05:00i don't how i lived before H&T.i don't how i lived before H&T.rockstarkphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347771663239133052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-50597105587039754922012-10-12T10:26:25.792-05:002012-10-12T10:26:25.792-05:00Wait, the Library has the TARDIS?
Stay out of the...Wait, the Library has the TARDIS?<br /><br />Stay out of the shadows, then.<br /><br />And I think I may return to my continuationist leanings and say that I am being "told" to find a pastorate in Houston.<br /><br />Doug Hibbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099486048716032843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-83074583181385297122012-10-12T10:18:26.508-05:002012-10-12T10:18:26.508-05:00Today's H&T is a lesson in envy, mainly ab...Today's H&T is a lesson in envy, mainly about Dan's life. A TARDIS and a theological in the same place? <br /><br />Dogs can have fun with anything, it's that their destructive power is equal to the square of their size. <br /><br />I'm still convinced the only thing necessary in a robot uprising is the ability to run to the end of an extension cord.<br /><br />Someday when you dazzle your audience by flapping your arms and take them on a virtual tour of the Exodus, you'll thank me. That or laugh when RBPs can finally add a Nuanced Gesture(TM) to their blogs.Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573138499478048502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-1279305808940024752012-10-12T09:31:27.270-05:002012-10-12T09:31:27.270-05:00LOL. I read earlier that there was this knock-knoc...LOL. I read earlier that there was this knock-knock on Twitter:<br /><br />Knock-knock.<br />Who's...<br />Joe Biden!!DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-39990573326317712982012-10-12T09:28:41.513-05:002012-10-12T09:28:41.513-05:00"Well, I imagine many of you saw the Biden-Ry..."Well, I imagine many of you saw the Biden-Ryan "debate" last night. Josiah and I watched every. Painful. Minute."<br /><br />Dan, tell me how you got through that sentence without the Vice President interrupting you six times!Tom Chantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485908616177111150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-37592212796663545842012-10-12T07:43:25.153-05:002012-10-12T07:43:25.153-05:00When I first heard of Dan Phillips, I said Oh.
Whe...When I first heard of Dan Phillips, I said Oh.<br />When I heard his friend with Phil Johnson, I said OK.<br />When I read what he writes. I said Nice.<br />When I heard what he preached I said, Stellar.<br />When I heard he was called to full time ministry(by a church), I said Amazing.<br />When I read he stays near that LIBERARY I was, I wish I could be like Dan Phillips, what more do you want.<br /><br />But, then I remembered the cats.<br />Thomas Louwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406486510590654502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-35902755797143899542012-10-12T00:10:33.545-05:002012-10-12T00:10:33.545-05:00Ah, Friday :-)Ah, Friday :-)The Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082708506676251152noreply@blogger.com