tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post114636448471272423..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Preaching downZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1152853603534909732006-07-13T22:06:00.000-07:002006-07-13T22:06:00.000-07:00Zeno,I'm the "Julie" you refered to in this text. ...Zeno,<BR/>I'm the "Julie" you refered to in this text. The supposed Julius Huxley quote actually appears in a book by Erwin W. Lutzer, <I>Exploding the Myths that Could Destroy America</I> (Moody Bible Institute Press, 1986). The book is out of print, but I managed to get a copy of it. Although the book is full of footnote references, none is given for this Huxley incident. I researched this quote for years and finally gave up. I'm convinced Huxley never said it, but disproving something like this is difficult. I saved all the emails I sent and received from Lutzer's and Kennedy's minions, and would be happy to share them with you, or anyone else who would like to take up this cause. I'm really anxious in getting my research on the web as much as possible, and I don't really have an outlet to do that (no web site). Ed Babinski helped a lot in his essay about this quote. At the risk of receiving spam up the ying yang (which I already do, but it's easy enough to delete), my email address is puddinhead@hotmail.com. Anyone interested in the work I've done on this quote is welcome to email me. I'm not a famous author or anything--just a 47-year-old frump who thinks D. James Kennedy is a liar and needs to be taken to task for it.<BR/><BR/>I think D. James Kennedy is well aware that he tells lies. He has to be. He tells so many. You should hear him talk about the deathbed conversions of famous non-Christians. Thomas Paine, Charles Darwin, Voltaire--just about all of them. Most of these have long been debunked, but not for Kennedy. <BR/><BR/>You should hear his Columbus Day sermon. He makes Columbus out to be some sort of evangelical saint. In his sermon, he says something like, "So, when Columbus landed on this island, did he name it 'Gold Country'? Did he call it 'Columbus Island'? No! He called it 'San Salvador'--or 'Holy Savior'!" This is part of his attempt to "bring America back to Christ." <BR/><BR/>I emailed him and asked why he didn't mention that Columbus then enslaved the natives and made them work themselves to death mining for gold. And how Columbus said in his diary that the natives were so easy to enslave. <BR/><BR/>Kennedy also treats David Barton's bogus quotes as if they were actually said. Barton is the head of Wall Builders (a Christian organization trying to prove America should be a Christian nation) and has actually been forced to come clean on several of his bogus quotes of our Founding Fathers. He has known deists espousing the wonders of Jesus Christ and the miracles of God--usually somehow incorporated into the birth of our nation. Kennedy repeats these quotes again and again.<BR/><BR/>Incidently, I read the trial transcripts of the Dover, Pennsylvania case (they're on line). It took me a while, but it was well worth the read. The defense lied their asses off in that trial. And it was so obvious. The judge did a great job. He was such a gentleman throughout the trial. I understand he's a Bush-appointed conservative Christian. That must have really hurt the Creationists. Maybe they'll lie low for a while, but don't count on it. I'm sure they're just regrouping. Whether or not they lie low, one thing's for sure--they'll keep lying.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, 'loved your essay.<BR/>JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1147133928536419722006-05-08T17:18:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:18:00.000-07:00Good stuff Zeno. Keep it coming.Good stuff Zeno. Keep it coming.nsflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129382545589470620noreply@blogger.com