It’s been almost eight years now since I have returned to blogging. This man’s words cut to the quick, opening up wounds that lie buried deep in my being. By the time I figured out I had made a huge mistake, this Bible thumper, sensing emotional blood in the water, turned to attacking me personally, suggesting that I was intellectually inferior and a whiner. It’s been years since I have had a lengthy discussion with an Evangelical that turned out well. (Our discussion is no longer available.) I should have known better. Several years ago, I tried to engage a Bible thumper in a thoughtful discussion on the Rational Doubt blog. Bible thumpers are quite willing to psychologically eviscerate those deemed enemies - liberal Christians, Catholics, non-Christians, atheists, agnostics, and even Evangelicals who aren’t as “committed” as they are.
Most Evangelicals are Sunday-go-to-meeting Christians - people who love Jesus and their fellow man. Bible thumpers, on the other hand, love doctrine and hearing themselves talk far more than they do other people. Bible thumpers might be a minority within the broader context of Evangelicalism, but they have a larger-than-life presence on the internet, television, and radio. Evangelicals who stumble upon this blog and comment are usually members of the Bible thumper club. Many of the Evangelicals-turned-atheists/agnostics who read this blog were, during their Christian days, Bible thumpers. A small percentage of Evangelicals are Bible thumpers - people who live and breathe the Bible, Christian doctrine, and evangelization. They may have irrational beliefs and, by their attendance and financial support, lend their names to social policies we progressives find offensive and harmful, but meet Evangelicals at local football games or restaurants and they will act very much like the rest of us. Homer's Cyclops shows up in the form of an eye-patched Bible thumper ( John Goodman ), while the Sirens take the shape of a trio of beauties bathing their clothes in a creek.Most churchgoing Evangelicals are nice enough people.Phil Gramm, who most of his Senate career never met a " Christian social issue " he thought worth the time of his day, suddenly became a Bible thumper and anti-abortion crusader.Hollander, a landscape architect in Manhattan and a McHarg protege.
"He was a classic old Scottish Bible thumper, but his religion was the environment, " said Edmund D.
This is what Eugene Robinson _ husband, father of two, Bible thumper, philanthropist, spiritual leader of the Atlanta Falcons _ did on Saturday morning : He accepted the Bart Starr Award.Scott Caldwell in a witty take on a Bible thumper, brings an offhanded spin to the work's often delicious vernacular dialogue. As a religious hard-nosed Bible thumper for 21 years, I almost rested on the cliche " God's will be done.:: For a Bible thumper it may be very difficult to understand that the Bible is not wholly and objectively true.But the retreat master, a Catholic Bible thumper, made him squirm, he said.Bible Thumper That shows your prejudice and intolerance of a persons belief.
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