Current Events 12-02-2011
Well, Obviously, We Have… A Gorilla, Dumping Sand in Lincoln Park Person in gorilla suit dumps sand in Little Caesars and runs away … numerous times
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club, and You Do Not Mess With Coke A Frosty Reception for Coca-Cola's White Christmas Cans
TSA, Making the World Safe For Democracy Teen stopped at airport for design on purse
Corruption Only Matters When Republicans Do It Chicago Corruption Trials and the Sounds of Silence
The Damnable Non-Doctrine of Legalism How Creepy Conservative Christian Modesty Doctrines Harm Young Women
It should be noted, this woman grew up under the cultic teachings of William Branham. He was a complete whackjob, who, among other things, taught that women are the root of all sin because Eve seduced Adam. Fornication was the original sin, and therefore women are second-class citizens. I know this because I have to deal with these nutbars on the mission field here in Uganda.
That said, it is also applicable among Independent Baptists, whose strange, man-following teachings are often extra-biblical, and more cultural than Scriptural. Not all Independent Baptists are like this, not even most are (I'm not, and I'm an Independent Baptist), but it is strongly advocated by certain pressure groups within our so-called "Independent" collective, mostly within the orbit of certain Type A personalities with large congregations and hence large platforms for the dissemination of their opinions.
Unfortunately, "conservative" tends to mean "developed in the 70s or the 50s, which is where we ought to live". I agree that much about today's pop culture is not Godly, but we shouldn't be caustic and reactionary, and we certainly should not find ourselves pushing the traditions of men on our women and passing it off as Bible. It's chauvinistic, it's unscriptural, and it does not glorify God. All legalism ever does is create more sin, and bring free Christians into bondage once again to the law. It has to stop.



