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11-21-2009, 07:52 PM
Friday, November 20, 2009 9:17 AM
By: David Limbaugh
Do we need further proof of the secular orientation of our dominant media culture than the fact that Quinn, an avowed atheist, pens the Post's "On Faith" blog? That would be like featuring a column by Fidel Castro on free enterprise and individual liberties.
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Quinn's mini-bio states: "I announced to my parents when I was 13 that I was an atheist. And I was a committed atheist all of my life. My view was that more evil had been done in the name of religion than anything else in the world. I saw no redeeming value in it at all. Then I met Jon Meacham and we began talking. No, Jon didn't convert me, but he did convince me that religion was not a subject to be dismissed or disdained."
If that's true, why did Quinn devote her entire blog post to dismissing and disdaining Sarah Palin's profession of faith in her book, "Going Rogue"? I must admit, though, it's difficult to tell whether Quinn is motivated more by her disdain for Sarah Palin, whom she has a history of berating, or mainstream Christianity.
Quinn observes: "Sarah Palin writes that one summer at Bible Camp she 'put my life in my creator's hands and trust Him as I sought my life's path.' For Palin, this grand divine plan was 'a natural progression,' she writes. And later, 'I don't believe in coincidences.'"
Quinn — convinced she has exposed Palin as confused, conflicted and acutely hypocritical — volleys a series of rhetorical questions designed to reveal Palin's apparent inconsistency in believing that God is in complete control ("I don't believe in coincidences") and yet he allows or causes terrible things to happen to people.
Here's a sampling of Quinn's ill-informed, sneering arrogance: "Did God plan for her to become Governor of Alaska. If so, did God plan for her to step down . . . Did God plan for her to have a huge wardrobe? Then why did she apologize for it? . . . Did God plan for her daughter Bristol to get pregnant while she was a teenager? Why was she then not thrilled."
Perhaps Quinn wouldn't be so smug if she were to do the slightest bit of thinking or reading about the concepts of God's sovereignty and free will — ideas that have challenged the finest minds for 2,000 years and contributed to denominational differences within evangelical Christianity. Has Quinn studied Calvin, Wesley, Luther, or any other past or present theologian on these issues?
http://www.newsmax.com/limbaugh/Quinn_Palin_faith/2009/11/20/288945.html
By: David Limbaugh
Do we need further proof of the secular orientation of our dominant media culture than the fact that Quinn, an avowed atheist, pens the Post's "On Faith" blog? That would be like featuring a column by Fidel Castro on free enterprise and individual liberties.
:laugh2:
Quinn's mini-bio states: "I announced to my parents when I was 13 that I was an atheist. And I was a committed atheist all of my life. My view was that more evil had been done in the name of religion than anything else in the world. I saw no redeeming value in it at all. Then I met Jon Meacham and we began talking. No, Jon didn't convert me, but he did convince me that religion was not a subject to be dismissed or disdained."
If that's true, why did Quinn devote her entire blog post to dismissing and disdaining Sarah Palin's profession of faith in her book, "Going Rogue"? I must admit, though, it's difficult to tell whether Quinn is motivated more by her disdain for Sarah Palin, whom she has a history of berating, or mainstream Christianity.
Quinn observes: "Sarah Palin writes that one summer at Bible Camp she 'put my life in my creator's hands and trust Him as I sought my life's path.' For Palin, this grand divine plan was 'a natural progression,' she writes. And later, 'I don't believe in coincidences.'"
Quinn — convinced she has exposed Palin as confused, conflicted and acutely hypocritical — volleys a series of rhetorical questions designed to reveal Palin's apparent inconsistency in believing that God is in complete control ("I don't believe in coincidences") and yet he allows or causes terrible things to happen to people.
Here's a sampling of Quinn's ill-informed, sneering arrogance: "Did God plan for her to become Governor of Alaska. If so, did God plan for her to step down . . . Did God plan for her to have a huge wardrobe? Then why did she apologize for it? . . . Did God plan for her daughter Bristol to get pregnant while she was a teenager? Why was she then not thrilled."
Perhaps Quinn wouldn't be so smug if she were to do the slightest bit of thinking or reading about the concepts of God's sovereignty and free will — ideas that have challenged the finest minds for 2,000 years and contributed to denominational differences within evangelical Christianity. Has Quinn studied Calvin, Wesley, Luther, or any other past or present theologian on these issues?
http://www.newsmax.com/limbaugh/Quinn_Palin_faith/2009/11/20/288945.html