House of Cards<\/em> or especially if you\u2019ve never watched it at all, you\u2019ve never really lived.<\/p>\nOk, maybe it\u2019s not quite that good, but\u2026.oh, who am I kidding? Yes it is.<\/p>\n
Seriously, it\u2019s one of the best shows on television. If you don\u2019t have Netflix, it alone is worth the $8 a month or whatever they\u2019re charging these days.<\/p>\n
Between the political corruption\u00a0and the I can\u2019t believe that just happened moments that seem to end every show, House of Cards<\/em> leaves you desperately wanting more every time the credits roll.<\/p>\nAt the center of the wonderfully corrupt world of House of Cards<\/em>\u00a0is the king of diabolical politics himself, Frank Underwood. He\u2019s a Senator from the great state of South Carolina who personally narrates\u00a0his way to the highest heights of power through shady\u00a0backdoor deal making, perverse manipulation, and cold blooded murder.<\/p>\nFrank won\u2019t let anyone stand in the\u00a0way of his quest for power, especially if they threaten to expose any one of his many dark secrets.\u00a0It\u2019s this bloody coverup, of course, that gives the show its name as Frank\u2019s power is obviously built on a house of cards that is ready to come crashing\u00a0down the moment an intrepid reporter can expose Frank Underwood for the villain he truly\u00a0is.<\/p>\n
But not everybody thinks Frank Underwood is such a bad guy.<\/p>\n
And I don\u2019t just mean Frank himself.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m pretty sure Ken Ham thinks Frank Underwood is Jesus and House of Cards<\/em> is a televised gospel.<\/p>\nI know, I know. It sounds crazy. After all, this is Ken Ham we\u2019re talking about, the guy who built the Creation Museum! Clearly, he has a vendetta against good taste. It\u2019s hard to believe he would enjoy something as wonderful as House of Cards<\/em>.<\/p>\nI get that. I really do.<\/p>\n
But the other day, the king of creationism released this 1 min clip and it got me thinking that ole Kenny might just be a\u00a0huge House of Cards<\/em> fan.<\/p>\n\nAs per his usual shtick, Ken spends his 60 seconds explaining why belief in creationism vs. evolution is a gospel issue. Nothing surprising or true<\/del> there, but what is interesting is his justification for his bogus theology.<\/p>\nDid you catch it?<\/p>\n
Here it is again, emphasis mine.<\/p>\n
You see, the Bible clearly teaches that death\u00a0is a penalty for sin. The first death was in the Garden when God killed animals and clothed Adam and Eve with animal skins. <\/em>This was the first blood sacrifice as a covering for their sin; a picture of what was to come in Jesus Christ<\/strong>. Now, when Christians believe in millions of years, they\u2019re accepting millions of years of death and bloodshed before man sinned. This means the shedding of blood would have nothing to do with sin. Believing in millions of years, you know what? It\u2019s incompatible with the message of the gospel.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe obvious problem here that Ken fails to see is that\u00a0the\u00a0creationist gospel he preaches is wholly dependent upon a weak God who can do nothing more than cover up sin. He can\u2019t actually eradicate it. All God can do is pile bodies on top of sin and pretend like it never happened.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not just Ham\u2019s terrible theology that caught my attention,\u00a0it\u2019s how he says its that\u2019s so fascinating and disturbing<\/del> to me.<\/p>\nAccording to Ken Ham, the message of the gospel is a bloody coverup. Without this bloody coverup, there is no good news and Jesus isn\u2019t the King the gospel proclaims him to be.<\/p>\n
Which is why, bizarre as it may sound, I am\u00a0led to one inescapable conclusion.<\/p>\n
In the mind of Ken Ham, Frank Underwood \u2013 the mastermind of the bloody coverup who alone has the power to see it accomplished \u2013 is Jesus. And House of Cards<\/em> is his\u00a0gospel; a televised, personally narrated passion play we can binge watch for the salvation of our souls.<\/p>\nThanks be to God.<\/p>\n
Now, I know that might sound crazy, but if you really think about it, it actually makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n
After all, as everyone but Ken Ham and his buddies\u00a0can plainly see, creationist theology itself is nothing but a house of cards that comes crashing down the moment it\u2019s\u00a0exposed to even the slightest whiff\u00a0of reality.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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(Credit: Netflix<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n