tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post2501911286522822439..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: Battered, bloodied, Comfort still claims victoryCalladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-41143055735862016002007-05-09T12:50:00.000-07:002007-05-09T12:50:00.000-07:00I cannot wait until the inevitable "Ray Comfort in...I cannot wait until the inevitable "Ray Comfort in gay sex scandal" headlines come about, which is an unavoidable certainty. Just look at that mustache and tell me he's not going to be in a gay sex scandal. I dare you.Socialist Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564350147230499532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-13170841990266581612007-05-08T18:01:00.000-07:002007-05-08T18:01:00.000-07:00Well, of course the Banana Team declared victory. ...Well, of course the Banana Team declared victory. For conservative Evangelical Christians, merely stating their beliefs in public, with as large an audience as possible, is a victory. And if the audience is not sympathetic to what they say, or even better is outright hostile, the victory is even bigger. Because to them, God is their ultimate audience, and they will be rewarded for their "faithfulness" in "witnessing to the Truth of God" and so on.<BR/><BR/>I used to work for a ConsEv organization, and I remember the episode of <I>Touched By An Angel</I> where some farmer sued God in court, and the two angels showed up for the defense, and the older angel started off her presentation by quoting all the names of God. My boss was <I>ecstatic</I> about that, that all the names of God were being quoted on open commercial primetime TV; he said it was a great witnessing victory, gave huge "glory to God," and all that. So the Banana Team merely showing up and spieling their spiel in a national forum that was nationally advertised on ("secular") network TV is for them the victory.AmberKatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288659650941053065noreply@blogger.com