CRN.Info and Analysis

Joe Martino here following up on Nathan’s latest post regarding the ODM poster scandal at the blog that talks about setting the world on fire. I tell you men and women you may actually find hope that the ODM’s are considering what is going on and may actually be realizing the sin in their ways. Ken Silva, a leading fundamentalist and watch blog aficionado who pioneered the ODM “ministry” recently posted these verses in regards to the very graceful and kind response posters created by an anonymous blogger called Grace. Ken quoted Proverbs 14:12 which says:

“There is a way that seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.”

Pastor Silva went on to quote the Apostle Paul in his letter to Timothy,

“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”

Perhaps the ODM movement is considering the fact that they hurting the beloved bride of Christ. Men and women I ask you to pray for these people right now. May they actually see the words they use to justify their hatred and anger disguised as pious religiosity.

A second blog about the response to the posters created by Pyromaniacs has been posted at C?N.  Ken Silva uses the exact same personalities as the target of his blog.  He says that the emergent church has been whining over these posters and cites this example from Mike Clawson

recently Phil Johnson of Pyromaniacs posted a series of Motivational style posters rather mean spiritedly mocking the emerging church and some of the words we often use… most of these posters [are] rather sad (in a “I can’t believe how badly he’s misrepresenting us” kind of way), and some even offensive.

How exactly is that whining?  So, if the emerging church responding to unfair, ignorant and mean spirited posters is considered “whining”, I wonder what you would call fundamentalists writing articles every day about the emerging church taking over their turf.  Extreme bellyaching?

In answer to a request to document the different logical fallacies we most often confront, I have added a new section to the blog in the upper right column, entitled The Use of Logic.  Over time, I will gradually add to this page a small library of argument types which can be linked to within your comments as you see such things exhibited.

The first fallacy I’ve documented is probably the one we see most often, the straw man.  Because practice builds skill in recognition, I would suggest that you read it so that you understand the theory and then bop on over to Slice, AM or C?N so that you can practice your skills at recognizing straw man arguments in action!

The last few weeks I’ve been trying to develop a devotion blog based in the Old Testament. Its done now and I’ve started filling it with content. I’d appreciate it if you checked it out. Or you can always click on my supercool logo.

Also, I’m looking for similarly themed blogs to add to my blogroll, so if you know of any drop a line.
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At this point I am almost 50% sure that C?N is actually a parody site as this article quotes Proverbs 6:

16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:

19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

Either that or this from MMI is relevant here.