Over on FOXNews.com, Bill Shuler lists Ten Fallacies About Faith In America. Incredibly, I largely agree with the pastor:
1. “Separation of Church and State” means people of faith should mute their convictions in the public forum.
Fallacy! It’s common sense that means people of faith should mute their convictions in the public forum.
2. We should stamp out all prejudices in America except for those pertaining to God, Jesus and the Bible.
Fallacy! We shouldn’t “stamp out” prejudices pertaining to Zoroastrians or Hindus or Giant Stone Head Worshippers either!
3. One person’s offense or disagreement should be allowed to suppress the faith DNA of a nation.
Fallacy! There’s no such thing as “faith DNA”!
4. National discourse should avoid all illusions [sic] to faith because the highest goal in America is not to offend.
Fallacy! National discourse should avoid all allusions to faith because allusions to faith are dumb.
5. We owe no allegiance to the faith that shaped our nation.
Fallacy! We are perpetually indebted to the Puritans and owe it to them to prohibit women from speaking in church.
6. The faith that once inspired and motivated many of our Founding Fathers should now be relegated to church buildings on Sunday mornings.
Fallacy! It should be relegated to church buildings on (at most) Christmas and Easter.
7. We should continue to revise American history by subtracting faith because our most valued virtue is political correctness.
Fallacy! We should continue to revise American history by exaggerating the importance of George Washington Carver because our most valued virtue is political correctness.
8. Having faith in God is a minority view shared by few.
Um, for something to be a “fallacy,” there have to actually be people who believe it.
9. Faith should be kept in our national closet until our next national crisis.
Fallacy! Faith should be kept in our national closet forever.
10. The mere expression of faith in the public domain is an act of intolerance.
Fallacy! The expression of faith in the public domain is an act of ignorance.
Well, 9/10 is not too shabby. Who knew that a pastor and I could find so much common ground!
wow your an idiot.
Aw, an idiot of your very own! Be sure to feed it and pet it and above all, have it NEUTERED.
“Faith should be kept in our national closet forever.”
Rather, faith should be “flushed down our national toilet into the cosmic sewer system where the indifference of the universe will negate it” forever. I like that more than skeletons hanging amidst our nationally-prized business suits and tie racks.