The WELL: inkwell.vue.280: Michelle Goldberg, "Kingdom Coming"

#142: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl) Thu 5 Oct 06 11:09

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:09:00 PDT

fyi, for central texas residents, the Texas Freedom Network is bringing michelle goldbert to san antonio to speak. here is the info i have:

Michelle Goldberg author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

San Antonio November 14 | 7:00 pm (free admission) SoL Center at University Presbyterian Church (300 Bushnell)

Goldberg***s evening lecture will introduce you to the leaders behind the rise of Christian extremism in America, and give you a how-to guide for preserving religious and civil liberties against the religious right.

Goldberg will be available after the presentation to sign copies of her book. [Read entire topic]

#141: paralyzed by a question like that (debunix) Fri 22 Sep 06 20:31

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:31:00 PDT

I heard Michelle on the local NPR station yesterday, KWMU in St.Louis. Nice to hear the voice to go along with the words here.

Now waiting for my copy of the book. [Read entire topic]

#140: Low and popular (rik) Tue 19 Sep 06 16:39

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:39:00 PDT

Oh, he's smart alright. And evil. [Read entire topic]

#139: Steve Bjerklie (stevebj) Tue 19 Sep 06 16:10

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:10:00 PDT

While I was listening to the interview, it struck me that this guy, Hagee, isn't stupid. His followers aren't stupid either. It's a mistake to call up the tired old poor-dirt-farmer-in-overalls cliche' when describing the typical members of these mega-churches.

I was reminded, though, of something far more sinister than any Bible-thumping rube caricature. The German people weren't stupid either. Yet a mass number of them came to believe things that were as absurd, manipulative and evil as what Hagee's selling, with horrific consequences. [Read entire topic]

#138: Low and popular (rik) Tue 19 Sep 06 15:32

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:32:00 PDT

This is the guy who was selling tapes touting the evils of the Harry Potter series. He*e's lucky that the afterlife he sells is bullshit, because if it were real, he'd have a straight ticket to hell. [Read entire topic]

#137: Authentic Frontier Gibberish (gerry) Tue 19 Sep 06 14:51

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:51:00 PDT

Yes, I heard that program, too, and had the same reaction. I'd seen John Hagee before on TV, and he always struck me as almost a caracature, a walking, talking cliche of the typical Texas fire & brimstone preacher. If he didn't have influence over so many people, he would simply be amusing. But given the influence that he weilds, he is truly frightening. [Read entire topic]

#136: Steve Bjerklie (stevebj) Tue 19 Sep 06 14:29

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:29:00 PDT

Yesterday's Fresh Air program on NPR featured interviews with John Hagee, the pastor of a mega-church in San Antonio and the founder of an organization called Christians United for Israel; Max Blumenthal, who wrote "Birth Pangs of a New Christian Zionism" for The Nation magazine; and Gershom Gorenberg, former associated editor of The Jerusalem Report.

The Christian Zionists are scary, scary folks, man oh man. [Read entire topic]

#135: David Adam Edelstein (davadam) Tue 19 Sep 06 11:54

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:54:00 PDT

This movie seems to tie in well here. Check out the trailer:

<http://www.jesuscampthemovie.com/> [Read entire topic]

#134: John Payne (satyr) Fri 8 Sep 06 09:58

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:58:00 PDT

While there are realtively straightforward measures for phenomena like sociopathology, "good" and "evil" are a little more slippery.

One way of looking at it is that "evil" is the cerebral cortex's opinion of the hindbrain, and "good" its opinion of itself. A more subtle take is that it's about the cognitive styles of the two cerebral hemispheres, with "good" being the dominant hemisphere's opinion of itself and "evil" being its opinion of its counterpart. If this is accurate, well integrated individuals could be expected to not relate as strongly to the good/evil dichotomy as do those who are more dissociated. [Read entire topic]

#133: John Payne (satyr) Fri 8 Sep 06 09:37

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:37:00 PDT

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