Two academics from Grove City College, a conservative Christian college, have taken on David Barton's most recent book. I am going to have to get a copy of Michael Coulter and Warren Throckmorton's Getting Jefferson Right. It sounds to be as well researched and documented as Barton's The Jefferson's Lies is fabricated and full of shit.
I am actually rather impressed with their attitude as reported in the July'August issue of Church & State.
"...Engaging in scholarship as a Christian is not about who is on our team; it should have as an aim of uncovering the facts about a subject, whether it is a historical figure or a theory of social science, and following the data where they lead."
I doubt they'd actually apply that approach to the "historicity" of Jesus but at least they are willing to stand up to a fellow theist on other historical issues.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Majority of Christians on Welfare
Majority of Christians are on welfare. If that sounds fishy to you, congratulations you have a functional brain. It is blatantly false. But according to David Barton's logic, or lack there of, it should be true. According to a recent statement by this notoriously reality challenged right wing wind bag the reason people are on welfare is they don't read the Bible.
"Wouldn't it be interesting to do a study between those that are on welfare and see how much and how often they read the Bible. You know, if Booker T. Washington is right that Christianity and reading the Bible increases your desires and therefore your ability for hard work; if we take that as an axiom, does that mean that the people who are getting government assistance spend nearly no time in the Bible, therefore have no desire, and therefore no ability for hard work? I could go a lot of places with this. I would love to see this proven out in some kind of sociological study, but it makes perfect sense."
Since there have been numerous studies and surveys that have all concluded that the majority of Christian's have not actually read the Bible it would make "perfect sense" that most of them should appear on the welfare rolls. But they don't. Hmm, maybe the Bible has nothing to do with it?
I'd be interested in seeing a study that looks at the correlation between reading the Bible and church attendance. It has been demonstrated a handful of times that those who are most literate when it comes to sacred texts tend to be the least religious. That's right, Atheists and Agnostics tend to score the best out of any demographic when it comes to religious literacy. Think about what that might say about faith.
"Wouldn't it be interesting to do a study between those that are on welfare and see how much and how often they read the Bible. You know, if Booker T. Washington is right that Christianity and reading the Bible increases your desires and therefore your ability for hard work; if we take that as an axiom, does that mean that the people who are getting government assistance spend nearly no time in the Bible, therefore have no desire, and therefore no ability for hard work? I could go a lot of places with this. I would love to see this proven out in some kind of sociological study, but it makes perfect sense."
Since there have been numerous studies and surveys that have all concluded that the majority of Christian's have not actually read the Bible it would make "perfect sense" that most of them should appear on the welfare rolls. But they don't. Hmm, maybe the Bible has nothing to do with it?
I'd be interested in seeing a study that looks at the correlation between reading the Bible and church attendance. It has been demonstrated a handful of times that those who are most literate when it comes to sacred texts tend to be the least religious. That's right, Atheists and Agnostics tend to score the best out of any demographic when it comes to religious literacy. Think about what that might say about faith.
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