Dishonest Garbage from the Media

1. I'm sure many of you have already heard about Newsweek's deeply dishonest and pathetically ignorant opinion piece (disguised as journalism) about same-sex "marriage", arguing that it's completely consistent with the Bible, and that our view of marriage is un-Biblical. I won't link to it, since increasing the number of hits might encourage the fools, but here is the definitive response to the piece from a website that specializes in the analysis of journalism about religion. What's even better is that when challenged, Newsweek fell back on the old schoolyard tactic of calling names, essentially saying that anyone who believes in the authority of Scripture is "intellectually bankrupt", "unserious", and guilty of "the worst kind of fundamentalism". Get used to it -- this is how the secular atheist world (in this case revisionist theologians, which is the same thing) look at us, and they'll only get more and more vocal about it as time goes on. Now, why is any Christian still a subscriber to Newsweak?

2. Apropos of that, see this interesting comparison of liberal Protestantism to "liberal" Catholicism. Actually, the term "liberal" really doesn't get it just right. We've already been liberated by Christ, so I'm ok with being a genuine "liberal" (see Gal 5:1). I prefer "revisionist", because I think that's what it's really all about -- revising Scripture, tradition, and doctrine according to one's private judgment, in order to fit with cultural or personal preferences. Hey, life is easy if you can just make up your own religion. Until Judgment Day, that is.

3. Sen. Biden's bishop has said that he will not "politicize the Eucharist" and will engage in dialogue with the pro-abortion Vice President elect. That's exactly how the process begins -- with the bishop admonishing the public official to be mindful of his duty as a Christian. But that's not where the process ends.

4. Cardinal Egan and Bishop DiMarzio have issued a joint statement regarding Intro 826, the bill before the NY City Council that would violate the free speech rights of pro-life witnesses in front of abortion clinics. Please call your council representative a.s.a.p. if you're a New York City resident. If not, please pray.

5. Politically correct cultural suicide from the UK is the gift that keeps on giving, because there's never a shortage of stories that make you shake your head in disbelief. Now they're editing the dictionary to take Christianity out:

6. Tomorrow, I'm going to that den of iniquity popularly known as Albany for a couple of days of meetings, so I'll be off the air. Hey, it's not that bad a place. At least our Governor hasn't been arrested for selling Senate seats today. But then again, it's still early in the afternoon.

7. Blogging later today at my official ArchNY blog about keeping our eyes on the ball, and not getting distracted by side issues.