A San Francisco Catholic Church had swastikas and other nasty things spray painted on its walls this week due to the Church’s stance on Prop 8. As we all know, the cultural elite of this country have adopted a sickening tone of anti-Christianity recently and it only seems to be getting worse.
With that in mind I noticed that the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (CADC) prepared a Top Ten list of the most egregious acts of Christian Bashing in American in 2008.
#10: Jack Black Musical Video
In a short video posted on FunnyorDie.com entitled, “Prop 8 The Musical,” an all star cast of Hollywood celebrities perform a low budget musical farce that defames Christ, mocks Christians and distorts the teaching of the Bible. Jack Black played the lead role of Jesus.
#9: Bill Maher Gratuitously Attacks Pope
Bill Maher, host of the HBO program Real Time, made light of the Pope during his recent visit and the tragic sexual abuse scandal. Maher said, “Now I know what you’re thinking, Bill. You can’t be saying that the Catholic Church is no better than this creepy (radical Mormon polygamist) Texas cult. For one thing, alter boys can’t even get pregnant. But really, what tripped up the little cult on the prairie was that they only abused hundreds of kids, not thousands all over the world. Cults get raided; religions get parades… If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you Pope.”
#8: ESPN Anchor Dana Jacobson’s “F— Jesus” Remark
Speaking at an ESPN corporate event in Atlantic City, N.J., to honor ESPN Radio personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, Dana Jacobson let go with a steam of vulgar remarks; “F— Notre Dame,” “F— Touchdown Jesus” and finally “F— Jesus.” Jacobson was suspended for a few days for the incident.
#7: Minnesota University Professor Desecrates Communion
A Biology Professor from the University of Minnesota, Paul Zachary Myers, recently desecrated a consecrated communion wafer from a Catholic Mass. Meyer’s has also asked people to steal the Eucharist for him in order that he might desecrate it and display it on his blog.
#6: Religulous the Movie
Bill Maher released a very shallow, pseudo-intellectual documentary entitled Religulous. The movie did not cover any new intellectual ground. It simply raised the old attacks on the faith. Maher studiously avoided being fair and did not allow for legitimate Christian answers from any leading Christian intellectuals.
#5: Chaplains Fired for Praying in Jesus’ Name
Chaplains for the State of Virginia are being denied their right to pray in Jesus’ name. Six chaplains were fired for continuing to pray in Jesus’ name. Earlier this year in Virginia, Rev. Hashmel Turner, a city councilman in Fredericksburg, was told by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that his prayers during city council meetings that ended in Jesus’ name will continue to be banned.
#4: Colorado Law Criminalizes the Bible
SB200, a Colorado state bill recently signed into law, criminalizes the Bible. Section 8 of the bill entitled “Publishing of discriminative matter forbidden” makes publishing the Bible illegal because it contains anti-homosexual passages. This is part of a larger effort to criminalize the expression of certain opinions and beliefs.
#3: Barack Obama Defames Christianity
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.”
#2: Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin Is Attacked
Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, came under sharp attack by some in the mainstream media because she self-identifies as a Christian. The Washington Post published a cartoon by Pat Oliphant mocking Palin because she has a background as a Pentecostal/Charismatic Christian. A suspicious arson fire at Sarah Palin’s home church recently caused over $1,000,000 in damage.
#1: Radical Homosexuals Assault Prop 8 Marriage Supporters in California
During and after the November campaign stories flooded in of pro-Prop 8 signs being taken, people verbally and physically assaulted, church property and private automobiles vandalized, and person’s jobs and pastor’s lives threatened simply for exercising their right to campaign and vote in support of traditional marriage.
January 6, 2009 at 5:03 am
#0: Woman influenced by demons tries to bite Pope Benedict’s neck during Midnight Mass because he is opposed to homosexuality and similar perversions.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/arco_diary/index.shtml#30122008
January 6, 2009 at 5:32 am
Good job creating this list. It is very sad.
I say this not to accuse you–I have no doubts about your faith or motives. But if we truly believe the Eucharist is Christ, shouldn’t the desecration be #1 and everything else a distant second?
January 6, 2009 at 9:16 am
Not only did Texas enter the FLDS ranch without checking the veracity of the allegation, but they justified it on the basis that eveeryone was a “welfare cheat”. The entire case was built on lies.
They could have better spent their time prosecuting inner-city men who impregnate teen girls, and closing the Planned Parenthood clinics which refuse to report statutory rape.
January 6, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Bot,
I have no idea if your post is factually correct. It may well be. However, I do know this — properly speaking, the LDS (including the FLDS) are not “Christians” under the historical understanding of the term. They may be nice as can be and completely sincere, but (despite their attestations to the contrary) they’re not Christians. So sayeth the Church, so sayeth the flock.
As a result, I have to agree with their not being on the list.
God Bless,
Ryan
January 6, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Steve,
The list was created by the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, which is not Catholic as far as I know. I am actually impressed they included so many anti-Catholic incidents.
I’m sure the Catholic League would have a different order.
January 6, 2009 at 3:24 pm
QC,
Agreed. that was my thought exactly. I too was surprised how many Catholic issues there were in the list. I should say pleasantly surprised.
January 6, 2009 at 4:49 pm
The allegation in #4, that Colorado SB 200 “criminalizes the Bible”, is not accurate. There are lots of problems with that “gay rights” bill, but it is an overstatement to say that it would impose criminal penalties on anyone who publishes a Bible. The section prohibits operators of public accommodations (e.g., hotels) from distributing or publishing literature that “discriminates” in that it would deny them the ability to use the place of accommodation (e.g, “No Irish need apply”). Certainly the state has the authority to ban an act of discrimination, but such a prior restraint on speech based solely on its content is unconstitutional. In any event, the statute wouldn’t apply to the Bible, which nowhere says, “Thou shall not stay at this hotel if you’re a homosexual”
January 6, 2009 at 4:55 pm
In any event, the statute wouldn’t apply to the Bible, which nowhere says, “Thou shall not stay at this hotel if you’re a homosexual”
I’m going to bet you $5 right now that – in the near future – this bill will be used to criminalize not only the Bible, but any orthodox Christian writing or preaching.
See Rev. Stephen Boission in Canada for an example; “Human Rights” commissions have basically made it illegal for him to write, speak, or preach his faith because he believes homosexual behavior is a sin.
That’s headed our way.
January 6, 2009 at 5:02 pm
There’s no doubt that the threat is coming (it’s actually here), but it comes from different language in legislation — things like “incitement to hatred or discrimination”, or “creating a hostile environment”, or putting all the emphasis on the subjective feelings of the complainant.
I just wanted to make the point that we need to be accurate about what we say about the content of laws.
January 7, 2009 at 12:53 am
I just wanted to make the point that we need to be accurate about what we say about the content of laws.
I get your point, however, when have you known liberals hostile to religion to correctly interpret laws?
You need look no further than their treatment of the First Amendment and their incorrect insertion of “separation of church and state” into the same to see that laws – regardless of HOW they are written or the language they contain – can, will, and have been creatively interpreted by liberals to fowrard their agenda.
Usually to the detriment and loss of freedom for those who merely hold a different worldview than liberals.
January 7, 2009 at 2:19 am
From what you’ve described, Ed, it looks like the Gideons won’t be allowed to place Bibles in hotels anymore…
January 7, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I actually thought the Jack Black video was hysterically funny. Do I need to go to confession so as not to burn in Hell?