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bethje had ordered some free items from Family Radio, a Christian radio station on the far right side of the dial (and, in many ways, of the political spectrum as well). I've actually read one of the books, Wheat and Tares, which was written by the radio station's owner and president, Harold Camping. This guy hosts the Open Forum call-in show on the station, and apparently received a fair amount of flak when he predicted the world would end in 1994. Now he's giving the year of Christ's return as 2011, but being somewhat more careful to admit he could be wrong. Considering his age, there's a good chance he won't have to answer for himself if the end DOESN'T come then, though. Anyway, on his show, he's always telling people who try to argue with him that they need to back up what they're saying with Bible quotes. When someone DOES supply a Bible quote that seems to contradict Camping's teachings, he tells them that they're not looking at the whole Bible.
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Another one of the items I received was a booklet entitled Leading Little Ones to God, which was written not by Camping, but by Marian M. Schoolland.
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And, on a completely unrelated note, happy birthday to John Linnell of They Might Be Giants.
bethje had ordered some free items from Family Radio, a Christian radio station on the far right side of the dial (and, in many ways, of the political spectrum as well). I've actually read one of the books, Wheat and Tares, which was written by the radio station's owner and president, Harold Camping. This guy hosts the Open Forum call-in show on the station, and apparently received a fair amount of flak when he predicted the world would end in 1994. Now he's giving the year of Christ's return as 2011, but being somewhat more careful to admit he could be wrong. Considering his age, there's a good chance he won't have to answer for himself if the end DOESN'T come then, though. Anyway, on his show, he's always telling people who try to argue with him that they need to back up what they're saying with Bible quotes. When someone DOES supply a Bible quote that seems to contradict Camping's teachings, he tells them that they're not looking at the whole Bible.( Read more... )
Another one of the items I received was a booklet entitled Leading Little Ones to God, which was written not by Camping, but by Marian M. Schoolland.
( Read more... )
And, on a completely unrelated note, happy birthday to John Linnell of They Might Be Giants.
