Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[Christian Post]

In Ben Stein’s recent box office splash and pro-intelligent design documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” links between Darwinism and the genocidal policies of Adolf Hitler are probed and explored. That link, according to Coral Ridge Ministries, has been historically proven time and time again.In 2006, Coral Ridge Ministries, one of the largest Christian media ministries in the nation, produced its own documentary on the subject titled, “Darwin’s Deadly Legacy.”

Jerry Newcombe, co-producer of the film, said “Expelled” brought up a fresh examination of the facts – namely that Darwinism, and later, through its racially charged forms of social Darwinism advocating the extermination of “inferior” races, provided Hitler with the springs to launch the most horrific genocide known to man.

“The ideas of Charles Darwin helped fuel the Nazi killing machine, which took the lives of some 10-15 million people,” he said in a statement.

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[From me]

Rebuttal, anyone, anyone?

[Christian Post]

American evangelist John Hagee announced donations of $6 million to Israeli causes on Sunday and said that Israel must remain in control of all of Jerusalem. Hagee, a Christian Zionist who has been in the spotlight lately for endorsing presidential candidate John McCain and criticizing the Catholic Church, brought hundreds of backers on a solidarity trip to Israel.

Hagee and his group, Christians United for Israel, joined keynote speaker Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel’s hard-line opposition Likud Party, at a rally in support of Jerusalem remaining united and under Jewish control.

“Turning part or all of Jerusalem over to the Palestinians would be tantamount to turning it over to the Taliban,” Hagee told an audience filled with Americans who waved Israeli flags and cheered.

Hagee has called the Roman Catholic Church “the great whore” and a “false cult system.” He has also suggested that the Catholic church helped shape Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitism.

Read about it here.

[From me]

Mr. Hagee, God doesn’t need your help.  When Jesus is ready to come back, He will. You can’t make it happen any sooner by trying to control history.  I’m tired of your kind of heresy.  Your embarrass Christians by acting like you speak for God.  You don’t.  Neither do Mr. Robertson or any of the Zionists out there.  We can’t manipulate the Bible and God’s Will.  When He is ready, He will fulfill the prophecies that haven’t been fulfilled yet. All we do is get in the way.  Our job is to tell people about Jesus not manipulate history.  Our job is to allow Jesus to live through us.  Many of the TV preachers are just making Christianity look like it is out of touch.

What do you think?