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13 Apr 2007 11:51:20 AM |
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Liars for Jesus book recommendation |
Book recommendation.
Why?
Because I am a nice guy
Not sure what I think about this book yet there is some good stuff in
it as far as history goes but also some stuff from a history
standpoint I would disagree with and could show why
Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American
History Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Chris Rodda (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Jesus-Religious-Alternate-American/dp/1419644386
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
Wonderful read for freedom lovers, October 21, 2006
Reviewer: Kraisins "kraisins" (NY) - See all my reviews
Ms. Rodda has presented an intelligent, well-written expose on the
nonsense spewed by the religious right over the internet and in boooks.
"Liars" Too Harsh?, September 27, 2006
Reviewer: Ramelle Macoy (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
"Liars" seems a harsh term to apply to professed Christians and until
lately I had--admittedly without paying too much attention--assumed
that Christian fundamentalists were engaged in wishful thinking and
selective quotations when they complained about activist judges
subverting both the Constitution and the clear intent of the Founding
Fathers to establish a Christian government. But after reading Ms.
Rodda's book I realize that there is something going on far beyond
taking words out of context. When she digs out the words and records
that clearly demolish the assertion that no "wall of separation"
between church and state was ever intended, "liars" does seem the
appropriate word. Those of us who fear that the intrusion of "faith
based" activities into our government and the flow of subsidies, in
the guise of "contracts", to favored churches, is a step toward a
theocracy, will find much useful and carefully documented information
in "Liars for Jesus".
The truth will set you free, September 20, 2006
Reviewer: Jenn's Mom (Western New York) - See all my reviews
Lies for Jesus abound. This is not a new phenomenon, as Ms. Rodda
points out in her book, but the lies have greatly proliferated in the
age of the Internet. It is sometimes difficult for concerned citizens
and concerned Christians to refute the lies which appear to come from
authority. Ms. Rodda takes the words of those so-called authorities
and shows them for what they are. Her sources are impeccable.
As an Episcopalian, I was quite shocked to learn that the Liars for
Jesus have stolen words out of my own Book of Common Prayer to further
their questionable agenda.
Those liars do great damage to our religious freedom, a freedom that
generations upon generations have fought and died to protect.
Speaking the historical record with truth, August 18, 2006
Reviewer: Padre Bear "Shalom" (PA United States) - See all my reviews
I am the author of the foreword for Liars for Jesus (The Religious
Right's Alternate Version of American History, vol.1)
For years segments of the religious right have been speaking out
against what they have perceived as the historical revisionism of the
Bible. This makes their attacks and distortions on the real history of
the Founding Fathers and the Constitution and Bill of Rights of the
United States very ironic and it would be funny if it wasn't doing so
much damage to the religious freedom this country was built upon.
Chris Rodda works to set the record straight and she does it with
extensive documentation showing how these distortions are intentional
and aimed at leading many well intentioned Christians into false
conclusions about the faith and the intentions of our Founders.
Reading this book you will be amazed by how far these distortions go
ranging from creating false rationizations to carefully cropped quotes
ripped from their context to repeating known undocumented and
questionable quotes as reliable truth. All these and more are used by
the Liars for Jesus to create a psuedo-history of the birth of our
nation. Alerted by the evidence of Rodda's detailing of the recorded
history you may angered by the fact that this pseudo-history is being
marketed to home-schoolers who will never learn the truth and by the
fact these lies are making their ways into textbooks for public
classrooms.
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| Title: Re: Liars for Jesus book recommendation |
19 Apr 2007 12:40:53 AM |
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On Apr 13, 10:51 am, wrote:
Book recommendation.
Why?
Because I am a nice guy
Not sure what I think about this book yet there is some good stuff in
it as far as history goes but also some stuff from a history
standpoint I would disagree with and could show why
Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American
History Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Chris Rodda
Is this the same Chris Rodda you called an "*****" last year?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.democrats.d/msg/b34eae37f0dc5351
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Liars for Jesus book recommendation |
19 Apr 2007 12:35:41 AM |
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On Apr 13, 10:51 am, wrote:
Book recommendation.
Why?
Because I am a nice guy
Not sure what I think about this book yet there is some good stuff in
it as far as history goes but also some stuff from a history
standpoint I would disagree with and could show why
Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American
History Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Chris Rodda
Isn't she the one (which you insisted was a "he," who ended up telling
you your "research" was flawed??
remember this?
http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showpost.php?p=3668052&postcount=94
and there are others just like that, aren't there?
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