Hitchens attacks Gore Vidal for being a ‘crackpot’

February 7th, 2010

Christopher Hitchens ought to know how to spot a crackpot! Mr. Hitchens enjoys some sort of success by peddling the same vitriol and clap-trap he decries in others.

There is a small bit of a feud playing across the pond.

“It does seem like a kind of bizarre personal vendetta being carried out on the pages of Vanity Fair, replete with factual inaccuracies and not very much substance.”

“Factual inaccuracies and not very much substance” seems to be the stock and trade of Mr. Hitchens! And it is correct that Mr. Hitchens makes money from “the crank-revisionist and denialist history he is now peddling."

One man is a literary genius and the other a philosopher. These so-called intellectuals, read that as we’re smart – you are dumb, have tangled themselves into the tin-hat crowd.

Ask yourself, do these two men really encourage you to live a better life? I thought not. So do we really care when the intellectual elite fight amongst themselves?

Sorry I brought it up! ;)

Hitchens attacks Gore Vidal for being a ‘crackpot’ – News, People – The Independent

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Oscars Target a Wider Audience – *YAWN*

February 2nd, 2010

I think I have reruns of Canon to watch that night.

Are there people who actually still watch the Oscars? I know I stopped many years ago. I really got tired of seeing a bunch of  the silicon-collagen-and-Botox set give themselves, the ungrateful gentry, awards!

And when they accept the “coveted” award, they don’t thank those who spend their hard earned money on their “art” to support the stars’ lavish lifestyles. Instead they thank the Academy… the other people in their peer group who voted for them! And the acceptance speech is laced with wacko left-of-center political rants!

The kicker is when they gave an Oscar to Al Gore for a debunked documentary!

The Oscars have lost any credibility. Really, watching the champagne and caviar set laud themselves makes compelling television?

Hey, if watching the stars, and caring what they say or do is your bag, then go for it. If you like the progressive (read communist) social engineering that comes from Hollywood, tune in.

It ain’t for me, I don’t do that religion. They are just people, mostly, far less interesting and far less savvy than the regulars at the bagel nook on the corner.

Why not pick up the all-time best seller and read the book of John (John 1.) It will take less time, be more interesting, and might just change your whole perspective on life. Now that is compelling!

Check out what God has to say, he is far more real and personal than those who will appear on the Oscars!

‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker’ Lead Oscar Nominations – WSJ.com

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Avatar, James Cameron and The Lost Tomb of Jesus

January 26th, 2010

We truly live in the end times. I am constantly amazed at the number of my Christian brethren who lack discernment.  Daily I am bombarded by praise for the movie Avatar from those who say they love Jesus.

While I am sure the movie is superb, but please consider a few things before you support the message the movie portrays.

The movie is saturated with ritualistic worship, spirit communion, shamanism and blatant idolatry. This is nothing but nature worship with its god, Gaia. A Christian who exercises discernment would immediately avoid this. But, when it is coated in eye-candy, sort of like putting medicine in a spoonful of sugar, it makes it easy to accept, sub-consciously.

More so, today’s culture marginalizes the church from all directions, yet you see more and more Christians engaging and accepting the culture. It is just more evidence of the Laodicean Church age. Today’s culture promotes a worship of those who entertain us. These entertainers tickle our ears and our eyes, but with what?

Most of them eschew truth and reject the Creator of the universe, yet we give over our hard earned dollars to support them! Do you support your church with the same amount of money you spend to support the CULTure and its gods?

Paul wrote in Romans:

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

While I will choose not see the movie Avatar, for some of the above reasons, there is one yet to be revealed. James Cameron made a documentary called “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” This debunked documentary denied the resurrection of Jesus Christ! The basis of this blasphemy was on ossuary alleged to have contained the bones of a man named Joshua or Jesus. This ossuary has since been found to be a forgery.

Either you support the good news of Jesus’ shed blood for remission of sins and His resurrection to new life and the hope that brings to humanity by giving of you treasure. Or you support the cult of personality and the blatant anti-Christ message they proselytize.

It is a funny thing about mixing righteous things and unrighteous things (1 Corinthians 5:6.) A little bit of unright corrupts the whole. So how is it you would corrupt your offerings to God by your worship and offerings to the cult of culture?

Are we not choosing what we believe with our dollars?

Jesus Family Tomb: Burial after Crucifixion and the Jesus Tomb

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