…the birth and rapid rise of the Christian Church remain an unsolved enigma for any historian who refuses to take seriously the only explanation offered by the Church itself.” (That is, that Jesus actually did rise from the dead.)-C.F.D. Moule
This weekend (it was Easter weekend), Terry Gross on NPR interviewed a Jesus scholar. Of course he went on an on about how the resurrection didn’t actually happen, but was the hope of the early apostles “projected” on reality. Kind of a modified gnostic view. He emphasized how he didn’t like non-Christians making the question of the resurrection a dichotomy of actual vs. metaphorical. He preferred literal vs. metaphorical. See, it really did actually happen (metaphorically).
Geesh. Were do they dig these people up? There is a significant list of brilliant Christian historians and scholars who actually have an orthodox view of the resurrection, and with many good reasons behind it. But no, we can’t possibly give them air time. Only whack-jobs allowed.
I was griping about this out-loud on my way to the grocery store and my daughter pipes up in the back:
“Daddy, what’s wrong?”
“Oh, I don’t like the guy on the radio.”
“Oh. OK. Daddy, can we get a cookie?”
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March 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Bwahahahaha! She knows how to handle stuff like that guy on the radio!
I’m with you too, but I just chalk it up to more of the same: extreme leftist bias on public radio… then I go on with my life. It’s subtle, but if it is an issue the liberals support, they call in a reputable source who can talk intelligently and represent the common beliefs of his or her group. If it is an issue such as an aspect of Orthodox Christianity that they do not support or agree with, they call in a fringe-dweller who makes the issue look not only laughable but who does not accurately portray the common beliefs in the group he is supposed to “represent”. This happens all the time, but no skin off my nose. I’ll just stay for the classical music and turn it off when the talk-shows come on!
March 24th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I agree completely with your assessment of the situation.
I still like Terry’s show a lot. Her interviews with musicians, actors
and directors are often very interesting. To her credit, she does have
a balance of conservative and liberal politicians on the air (not that
I am really that interested in politics.) However, I’ve yet to hear a
smart Christian. They do a show on the resurrection and bring in a
fringe historian to represent all of Christendom. They do a show on
the rise of Pentecostalism in America, but instead of inviting someone
completely reasonable like Jack Hayford, they dig up some backwoods
Appalachian snake-handler. Or, during a serious discussion on the
ethics of abortion or same-sex marriage, instead of putting a
knowledgeable and articulate Christian apologist on the mic, they take
that moment to invite someone prominent like Jerry Falwell to just
sound preachy and not engage the discussion. It’s all carefully
crafted to make them look like idiots.
OK. OK. End of rant. This time for real!