Life and Liberty at FBC Spartanburg

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

[Stephen Fox]

Almost all of the presenters are faves of Fox News with Todd Starnes frequently in a "fair and Balanced" LOL audience to give a fundy SBC spin on matters.

Eric Metaxas campaigned for Rick Santorum int the S.C. Primary of 1012.

FBC Sburg is infested with right wing strategists or has been over the years from my friend www.ginnybrant.com ; daughter of Nixon's sotuhern Strategist Harry Dent, to David Barton himself. Sam Currin the old Helms operative of the fights against the BJC on Pressler's behalf couldn't have in his wildest dreams concocted a more political event fo rthe Tea Party in the guise of "apologetics."

And just what kind of apologetics are we talking about. From Molly Worthen to Randall Balmer they have in the last 5 months been shown to be most suspect to put it mildly; from the "charlatan" Francis Scaheffer, to the "cabal of ginned up "abortion politics Balmer's reveals used against Jimmy Carter in 79 while a cagey Billy Graham looked the other way!--See a similarity to Pontius IPilate? Marshall Frady saw it more like Billy Budd.

So Sandy can be one of the longest necked ostriches of all time if he wants to be; I can't stop him.

Keith E if you want to drive me up, maybe we can work a deal where I go on Friday to hear Metaxas and you take in the Saturday events. Maybe Johnny Pierce wil let us do a report for Baps Today!!

[Stephen Fox]

See my comment on this excellent piece from Rd.org

http://religiondispatches.org/are-south ... migration/

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

[Stephen Fox]

http://religiondispatches.org/christian ... unterfeit/

[Sandy]

[Stephen Fox]

I know I live in Alabama and Spartanburg is in South Carolina.

I had some one on one conversations with Lowell Barron of the linked article and he is not Jesus Christ. In fact former Auburn President Muse, good friend of Wayne Flynt who I understand to be Bruce Gourley's major proff for his PHD, has reservations about Barron to put it mildly. Muse and I talked about it on one occasion at Samford.

That said, this provocative article calls for attention with such an august right wing tea party as is meeting at FBC Spartanburg in September:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1190 ... se-alabama

[Stephen Fox]

Sara Posner who writes about the religious right recently had a piece about the pilgrimage of a Christian Coalition Southern Baptist at Religiondispatches.org. I sent her an email hoping she would cover the conference last weekend at Trey Gowdy and Billy Graham's FBC Sburg. I was hoping to go but had difficulties West of Cedartown, Georgia. I am looking for reports from the weekend sponsored by FBC Spartanburg, North Greenville College (think Shorter of Rome Ga in Upstate SC),Chic Fil A and the Chuck Colson Center and one suspects the Tea Party of SC and maybe even the Koch Brothers.

Pay Day Loan schemes have an origin in Spartanburg. Would be interesting to see if that was on the agenda or immigration reeform.

[Stephen Fox]

http://ratiochristi.org/news-events/eve ... -2014/2733

Or Better, Here

http://religiondispatches.org/a-former- ... qus_thread

[Stephen Fox]

The 42 or so comments that follow are interesting:

http://www.goupstate.com/article/201409 ... ?p=1&tc=pg

[Stephen Fox]

If the Life and Liberty Values has their way I would be surprised if they didn't follow the Koch Brothers template in Colorado.

Who on staff at FBC Sburg is encouraging their bright youngsters to engage Giberson and Stephens The Anointed?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/us/in ... ngine&_r=0

[Stephen Fox]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=381558041997764

[Stephen Fox]

SBC Prez Merritt son Jonathan, and ABPnews.com take exception to the Frank Graham and Todd Starnes connection

http://truthforanewgeneration.com/

Billy Graham not so innocuous

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... ce/398924/

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archive ... rsation-2/