Boycott and Support A&E! How do I do that?

Boycott A&EMost of the pages I follow are chiming in on Phil Robertson’s comments in his recent GQ interview and A&E’s response by banning him from the show. What I see being said from the Christian side is that A&E is somehow denying Phil his rights to free speech. I don’t see that as the case whatsoever. I think we need to respect A&E’s rights to pull Phil, or the entire show for that matter, if what Phil says off the show goes against the image, message, and beliefs that they hold and want to espouse. That’s their freedom as a station, right?

If I owned a station and one of the stars of my show said that Jesus had a homosexual relationship with John, also known in Scripture as the disciple that Jesus loved, I might count the cost of any money I could gain from that star and his fan base and pull his show, or write him out of the show. Wouldn’t that be my right, my freedom as an American citizen, broadcasting in the land of the free and the home of the brave???

Right now it is my right to boycott A&E and to voice my belief that the Bible condemns homosexuality – and condemns all sinners, which we all are. So essentially, the Bible throws everyone under the bus and says that we all deserve hell. I know that’s not a much loved concept, but if you have true tolerance, you have to respect my right to speak my belief that I hold to be true. I should also respect your right to not pay me and use me to represent your company if that goes against your belief or brand.

What should you do if you are a Robertson:

Continue to speak to any magazine that will publish your beliefs… and don’t apologize for calling something sinful if the Bible calls it sinful.  Apologize if the Holy Spirit convicts you of not winsomely telling the truth.  We are commanded to speak the truth in love, so if your conscience is guilted about breaking that command, then apologize for that… but ONLY apologize for that.

What should you do if you’re a Duck Dynasty fan:

Buy the current GQ issue and support them for publishing Phil’s words and not censoring them and you’ll show the media that there is a market for your beliefs to be expressed in Hollywood.

Buy the current issue of GQ!  Boycott A&E!  Yet respect A&E’s rights.  That’s true TOLERANCE! 

Oh, and buy a Contradict sticker.  Or, buy a pack of 50 Contradict tracts and you’ll get a free sticker with them.  Go to www.contradictmovement.org to learn more.

Peace in Christ,
Andy Wrasman

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Oprah Winfrey says that my grandparents need to die!

It never ceases to amaze me how racist some people can be while claiming they are not racist.  Oprah Winfrey is a prime example of someone who is clearly racist but doesn’t acknowledge it.

In an interview with the BBC, as she was advertising her film, The Butler, Oprah was asked a question about President Obama not receiving proper respect because he is black, I mean African-American (and for President Obama, he actually might be an African-American).  Oprah responded that she thought very clearly that President Obama is being judged and disrespected because of the color of his skin.  She goes on to say:

Of course the problem is not solved, as long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, the problem is not solved.  As long as there are people who, and there’s a whole generation of people, and I say this for, you know, for Apartheid in South Africa, I say this for my own community in the South, there are still generations of people, older people, who were born, bred, and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.

If you don’t believe me that this kind, tolerant, loving liberal passed such a sweeping judgment on an entire people group from the South, then here is the video footage for you to watch her say it for all of England to hear:

Oprah Winfrey on BBC (Video of her saying a whole generation in the South needs to die)

My grandparents who currently reside in East TN and were born and raised in North Carolina fit into this geographic people group that needs to die.  She blatantly lumps all of them from a certain era, geography, and I’d even say ethnicity (white skinned) into a single pool that needs to ALL DIE to solve the problem of racism.

Oprah however fails to see that she is part of the problem.  She says that racism will not die until people who judge others by the color of their skin all die, but she has passed a harsh judgment upon an entire people group based on the color of people’s skin and geography.

We must all confront such self-contradictory, liberal nonsense if we hope to have a world of tolerance and a society that values truth and life, because you know what, just for writing these words, Oprah probably thinks I need to die too, and likely thinks everyone who posted the following related articles also needs to die.

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What happens at death?

I have an email account associated with my Contradict Movement url.  It’s andy@contradictmovement.org. 

I have only received one email since I’ve had this address.  It read:

I saw a bumper sticker on my way home from work… checked out your video, and you mentioned something that piqued my interest… You said that christians believe that after they die they will be raised when Jesus returns… most christians i’ve talked to believe that when they die they don’t *really* die, but instead go to heaven (either the soul, or the entire body)… thoughts?

-Dave

 

The following was my response to Dave:

I do have some thoughts on your question. 

I believe that at death the soul will go to heaven or hell.  At Christ’s return, the soul is reunited with our raised bodies, and then the soul together with the body goes to heaven or hell.  Everyone alive at the time of Christ’s return goes bodily with soul to heaven or hell. 

Passages in the Bible to support this view are Daniel 12:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.  The Daniel passage makes it clear that the dead will ALL be raised then judged.  That’s how Jesus makes it sound in Matthew 24-25 also.  The 1 Thessalonians passage is harder to interpret this way, because Paul talks about those who are alive at Christ’s return not preceding those who have already died.  They expected Christ to return at any moment, as I think we should also expect, so with that in mind, being the first generation after Christ they were concerned that those who died before Christ’s return would miss the boat all together.  That’s simply not the case.  In fact, they are with Christ now in spirit, but we will all go with Christ in body together. 

I think Jesus telling the thief on the cross that he’d be with him TODAY in paradise points to the fact that the spirit goes to heaven at death.  Paul’s letters also indicate that he thought that when he died he’d be with Christ right then!  He struggled being in prison and persecuted – he knew that if just died he’d be with God, but that if he kept living, he could share the Gospel more and more to bring others to salvation, which was worth it despite his momentary pain.  Also, in Revelation there is indication of souls who had already departed being in heaven. 

There is a view that soul’s sleep until the return of Christ, at which point they are awoken and their bodies are raised.  This view never has the soul leaving the body.  However, Scripture describes death as when the soul is separated from the body (I need to look up this passage), which adds more weight to the teaching that the soul doesn’t sleep but goes to heaven or hell.  1 Peter 3 has a verse that references the spirits in prison, which indicates that souls are in hell NOW. 

I think all Christians should believe in a bodily resurrection of ALL people before a final judgment though, regardless of their view on the spirit’s existence from death to Christ’s return!  Christ’s resurrection points to our resurrection (Romans 5 and 1 Cor. 15 to name a few). 

I hope that helps. 

Peace in Christ,
Andy Wrasman

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Buddhism’s 3 Marks of Reality and 4 Noble Truths!

A Buddhist channel on Youtube, LamaKungaChoedak, commented on this video and said,”Not bad.”  I take that as a compliment.  Here is an overview video I made to teach the core teachings of the Buddha.  When you see Buddhism practiced in temples, you likely won’t recognize many signs of these teachings.  This is why many people say that Buddhism, as it was initially taught, is not a religion, but a philosophy.  As Buddhism spread, its philosophy mingled with the folk religions of the regions it encountered, and thus what we see now is largely not a faithful adherence to the Buddha’s teachings.  I’ll make a video in the near future that will illustrates the different branches of Buddhism.

Throughout this video I suggest some talking points with Buddhist for beginning to interject the teachings of the Bible in relationship to Buddhism.    It’d be great to read your thoughts on those discussion questions in the comment sections of this post.

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