http://fahmu.net/isms Blogging about the isms out there, and what they are blogging about. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:41:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Updated the template, hopefully will update the content at some point. http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/10/25/form-over-something/ C. S. Hayden writes about inflation in Zimbabwe“Having been indoctrinated into lies told by Western university-trained economists, the gullible people in nations such as Zimbabwe are deceived into thinking that the class of greedy businessmen, not monetary inflation, is the cause of rising prices. The people thus turn for solutions ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/07/10/the-tender-mercies-of-the-wicked-are-cruel/ Frank of talk2action.org laments that a certain author "seems to have fallen into the familiar claim that anything but the self-proclaimed orthodox are insufficiently faithful."Well, isn't that the point of orthodoxy?  As the Apostle Paul writes in 1Cor. 1:10:  Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/06/25/the-war-moderation-and-mainstream-religion/ The latest concern over on talk2action is the apparent “infiltration of federal government by Christian fundamentalist ”sleeper cells,“” which has come to light in the aftermath of the resignation of one M. Goodling. They're letting Christians be in government? Oh noes!! Obviously we are poised on the very brink, the ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/04/11/christian-bureaucrats-oh-my/ Over at Talk2Action there's a note about the upcoming campaign for Blogs Against Theocracy, which is going to be this Resurrection Sunday weekend. What has these folks worried? Another author is concerned that “Dark clouds are gathering over the political landscape of this country.” in the form ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/04/05/wtw-blogs-against-theocracy/ Libertarianism is often associated with freedom, conservativism, etc. But is liberty an appropriate end in itself?“Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort!”(Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood, or Death!) — French Revolutionary SloganThe platform of the Libertarian National Committee begins as follows:As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/04/05/libertarianism/ Over at Talk2Action they are also concerned about federal funding for crisis pregnancy centers. According to the 2006 White House “Faith Based Community Initiatives” catalog, there's a total of US$163 million in funding for “abstinence” programs, some of which goes to CPCs. (Yes, this is the same president who ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/03/20/federal-funding-for-cpcs/ Edit: Thanks to the commenter Stephen below for pointing out an error which I have corrected. More discussion below.Over at Talk2Action there have been a series of articles on Zionism among Christians in the US, touching on what they refer to as anti-Semitism because, in the premillenial dispensational worldview, 2/3rds ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/03/19/zionism-and-comforting-israel/ The United Pentecostal Church has out a set of “60 questions on the Godhead”, with answers, which attempt to refute orthodox Trinitarian Christianity. I didn't realize how prevalent anti-trinitarianism really was in the church today, but apparently it is very popular. Just as one data point, a preacher named ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/03/18/unitarianism-60-questions/ In Home Schooling Movement, a PBS program of January 10th, 2007, Robert Reich (billed as a “home schooling expert”) says: “If parents can control every aspect of the kids' education, shield them from exposure to things that the parents deem sinful or objectionable, screen in only things which accord with their ... http://fahmu.net/isms/2007/03/18/statism-and-%e2%80%9csocialization%e2%80%9d/