Vridar continues discussing Evans\u2019 Fabricating Jesus<\/em><\/a>. Bay of Fundie highlights the allegation some are making that Barack Obama is the antichrist<\/a>. The thing to keep in mind is that if Hilary had won the nomination, they\u2019d be saying the same thing about her. In her case, they\u2019d be pointing out things they don\u2019t like about her. In Obama\u2019s case, what gives him away as the antichrist is that he is likeable. And of course, his Christian credentials are so strong that the only chance they have of making the case is to claim that he is secretly a Muslim. Once again, \u201cfundamentalist Christianity\u201d shows it is not interested in truth, honesty or even Christianity, but right-wing politics promoted by any means no matter how dishonest or irrational. You pick who you want to oppose, and then manage to make them \u201cfit\u201d the Biblical references to the beast; you pick the pseudo-Gospel that you consider Christianity and lo and behold, you can find verses to support it, and conveniently ignore those that do not. If only they would stop and think, and ask themselves why Bush\u2019s Christian credentials count for so much in their eyes, and Obama\u2019s for so little\u2026<\/p>\n C. Orthodoxy blogs about good and evil in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/a>. Clashing Culture discusses religion and aliens<\/a>, while there is a possibly irritating essay on the one holy Klingon church<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chuck Blanchard talks about blogging the rapture<\/a> and the problem of evil<\/a>.<\/p>\n Undeception points out another young-earth creationist claim that can be laid to rest (although if their past actions are anything to go by, the scientific evidence for their claim being false won\u2019t stop them repeating it and believing it). Open Parachute highlights the challenges of coming out as a Christian who is persuaded by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8805602155875354859?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")