"Brit Hume Goes Bonkers"
by Michael Sean Winters on Jan. 04, 2010 National Catholic Reporter
Fox News commentator Brit Hume has gone off the deep end, even by Fox News’ standards which are a pretty low bar. On the network’s Sunday show, Hume noted that Tiger Woods is a Buddhist but that he should “turn to the Christian faith” because only the Christian faith would provide him with the “forgiveness and redemption” the golf star so obviously needs.
Well, in seminary I was not exactly stellar at the pastoral care department, and I am a big fan of everyone becoming Christian. But, a person in crisis should probably not be counseled to abandon his or her own faith traditions unless the conversion was part of an organic process, not the result of advice offered on a Sunday talk show. Buddhism is not my cup of tea – I love creation and its delicacies too much – but it certainly embodies a means towards achieving forgiveness and redemption.
Of course, the funniest aspect of Hume’s on-air proselytism was the look on Bill Kristol’s face. Kristol observed, “Well, Brit’s concerned about Tiger’s soul, which is admirable, but I just made a more straightforward sports prediction, which was that he’ll come back and win the Masters.” Kristol, who is Jewish, did not choose to engage Hume on the subject of Christianity’s exclusive avenue to forgiveness and redemption. I wish he had. "Fair and balanced" and all that.
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Realist Comment: This article on the National Catholic Reporter Blog exposes the incredible confusion within the many cults of Christianity itself, and the wider and more destructive consequences of the conflicting "beliefs" of our antagonistic "mainline" religious cults and their radical sub-cults.
Below is a blog I wrote in 2004, about a similar comment made by an Airline Pilot.
02/11/2004: "A Pilot's Career Destroyed by Christianity!" The New York Times.
This Is Your Proselytizer Speaking
Passengers already frustrated by removing their shoes and discarding their nail-clippers are not likely to take kindly to a pilot who turns preacher. The New York Times - Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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This is the case of a pilot on an American Airline flight, who (right before take-off) suggested to his passengers that they talk to each other about Jesus.
I decided to write about this story, because I truly feel for this Pilot. Taught by his religion that he must publicly testify about Jesus, he feels compelled to impose his belief on the passengers placed in his care on a commercial airliner. This pilot has put his career in jeopardy, to satisfy the insane demands of Christian dogma. He has hurt his career, embarrassed himself, and made the passengers in his care very nervous. People in sports who feel they must praise Jesus for winning a game and Mel Gibson's film on the crucifixion, are similar examples of this insanity - it is tragic!
P.S. It is worth noting that religion / ideology is also the reason that these same passengers are "already frustrated by removing their shoes and discarding their nail-clippers" and have to fear for their very lives when they get on an airplane.
P.S.S. Please read my werblogs below - 244 Die in Saudi Stampede During Muslim Pilgrimage - In that case, 244 people died and 1300 were injured while following an Islamic edict!
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Patrick Conway on 01.05.10 @ 11:12 AM EST [more..]
