tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post4841094008764551367..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: A blatant contradictionLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-65328545931230071982007-06-01T13:47:00.000-06:002007-06-01T13:47:00.000-06:00Hedges is damned too, according to any honest stud...Hedges is damned too, according to any honest study of the Bible. But he gets to decide that he doesn't like that and ignore it. There are many, many Christians who believe that Hedges' thin broth of liberal Christo-mysticism is every bit as bad as atheism.<BR/><BR/>He is tolerated as long as he critiques Harris, but Hedges is every bit as condescending of mainstream Christianity as he claims Harris is, but he can get away with it because moderates, to paraphrase Harris, really don't know what it is like to believe, and fundies just like to see attacks on atheists.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324751751266266009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-44141839584120840032007-06-01T12:44:00.000-06:002007-06-01T12:44:00.000-06:00Damned if you address the heavy(feather?) weights,...Damned if you address the heavy(feather?) weights, damned if you don't. We atheists are all damned to H E double hockey sticks anyway, according to the Christian apologists, whether they think we have any good arguments for disbelief in their God or not. Except for Chris Hedges who perhaps, in his gentle mysticism, damns us only faintly (but not with faint praise).<BR/><BR/>Speaking of damnation, here's a humorous take on one of those delightful <A HREF="http://www.jhuger.com/tract/dtr/index" REL="nofollow">Chick tracts</A>.<BR/><BR/>BTW, enjoyed your Inigo Montoya reference in a previous blog entry the other day.Steelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612062887585525213noreply@blogger.com