Thursday, January 8th, 2009
What does a blogger have to do to get on The List(TM)?
Remember that gang of theocrats known as the “Christian Anti-Defamation Commission”? Remember how they came up with a ridiculous list of incidences of “Christian-bashing” in 2007 that included an incident from 2006? Well, they’re at it again. They’ve got their list of “Top 10 Christian-Bashing Moments of 2008”, and there are few surprises. Included are Dr. Myers’ assault on a cracker, any and all protest against Proposition H8, and two satirical takes on religion and politics. Pretty standard, pedestrian fare. And yet, I wasn’t included. Hmph. Obviously, I’m going to have to try harder to make the list.
Wait, what’s this?
Most ridiculous of all, they have to invent slurs. Apparently, Barack Obama’s very existence is an example of Christian bashing.
According to research into President Elect Obama’s own statements about faith, and an examination of Obama’s position on moral issues, CADC has determined that by any biblical and historic Christian standard, Barack Obama is not a Christian, although he claims he is a “devout Christian.”
That’s it. Because they’ve redefined Obama’s beliefs as non-Christian, the fact that he holds those beliefs constitutes a defamation of Christianity. Poor pitiful CADC.
Okay, wait. My original post on the subject effectively calls the CADC a bunch of theocratic terrorists, and yet that is not somehow more “defamatory” than a politician whose only crime is subscribing to a theology to the left of Torquemada?!
Now I am depressed.
