Why aren’t Ingrid or Ken on the list?!

Seems to me this should be called “2008’s Top Ten Christian Bashers To Pray For.”

Not to sound cynical, but anybody who would found a group called the “Christian Anti-Defamation Commission” is kind of looking for it.

Pat:

“I actually like Bill Maher.  When you get past some of his most vulgar, offensive comments, he’s a thinker.  I think it would be interesting to have a conversation with him only if he would agree to be civil and allow us to have real dialogue.”

That’s the catch.  He sees mankind as stupid and cannot put down the airs of condescension to have meaningful and good debate about the Christian faith.  In other words, he’s a jerk.

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CS

I find it curious that they can criticize Barak Obama for being a self-identified Christian at #3, and then vigorously defend Sarah Palin at #2 for the exact same thing. I know there are differences, but apparently the CADC can see into Obama’s heart, while Palin’s confession is good enough for them. And on both counts, their political stances define their Christianity.

I guess Jesus was a Republican after all.

Since when is the pope a Christian? Religious....very!!  Christian?....not by Biblical definition or discernment.

Wendi,

Anyone who teaches that Mary is co-redeemeer(attribute of God) with Christ our Lord, was born without original sin (attribute of God), was bodily assumed into heaven (attribute of God), is mediator between God and man (attribute of God), was a perpetual virgin (refuted by Scripture) and has the ability to hear our prayers all at the same time (attribute of God) is a false teacher. Anyone who teaches that the Atonement for sin by Jesus Christ was somehow ineffecient and therefore there is need of a “purgatory” that person is a false teacher.  The pope is the leader of the catholic faith. He is considered infallible (and attribute of God) whenever he speaks “ex cathedra”.  He is called Holy Father (an attribute of God) and does not correct anyone who does so. He teaches that Jesus Christ is pulled down from heaven onto the altar when the sacrament of communion is performed and the wafer and wine turns into the actual body and blood of Jesus each and every time.  According to Paul, if he or an angel from heaven teach any other gospel other than the one he preaches, let them be ananthema.....

So Wendi, does Paul need correcting by you as well? I don’t need to look into his heart to know that the pope does not know
God for he preaches a different Gospel.  The Holy Spirit cannot reside in someone that deliberately teaches a message that is absolutely and completely UNBIBLICAL. The fruit tells us of the tree.

Wendi:

Yes, you are correct in that religious affiliation does not necessarily match up with salvation status.  Someone participating in the Catholic, Mormon, or even Jehovah’s Witnesses faith could be soundly saved.  It’s not likely, but it can and does happen from time to time.  And conversely, someone in the most orthodox of churches could be warming a pew while biding their time before going to Hell.

At the same time, we have to take a stand and call people out when their doctrine is so egregious on those primary-level issues.  Like it said in Romans 16:17:

“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”

So when we have someone that says something like,, “I believe that Jesus Christ is a created being and the spirit brother of Lucifer,” (like the Mormons) we must clearly say to him that he does not have the true Christ, and were he to die, he would go to Hell (2 John 1:9-11).

In the case of the Pope, I won’t call him The Antichrist like the Reformers did, but I will say that if he believes, lives, and acts upon what his religion practices and proclaims, and believes in salvation through said church, he will go to Hell when he dies.  And there’s nothing wrong with saying that to warn others from the same fate.

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CS