Brit Hume playing the persecuted victim card
Brit Hume, the Fox News commentator, went on national TV this week and publicly criticized another person’s faith as inadequate.
Facing a backlash for those remarks, Hume is now casting himself as the victim of religious intolerance.
Got that? The victim of religious bigotry and intolerance is the man who publicly condemned another’s faith as inadequate.
To review briefly, here’s Hume’s original statement on Fox News Sunday:
“… the Tiger Woods that emerges once the news value dies out of this scandal — the extent to which he can recover — seems to me to depend on his faith. He’s said to be a Buddhist; I don’t think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So my message to Tiger would be: ‘Tiger, turn to the Christian faith, and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.’”
According to Hume and others, he has become the victim of anti-Christian bigotry for those remarks. “It is certainly true in secular America today that the most controversial two words you can ever utter in a public space are ‘Jesus Christ,’” Hume said in a later interview about the uproar.
That’s absurd. It’s not about Christianity. Among other things, it’s about poor manners. Like a lot of Americans, I was raised to respect religious belief, and I think it’s rude and crass to drag another person’s private faith into the public square for judgment and belittlement, as Hume did to Woods.
Reportedly, Hume’s longtime Christian faith deepened after the tragic suicide of his son 11 years ago. I get that and accept that, and I’m glad that Hume found solace at what must have been a very difficult time. If Hume had reached out privately to Woods to share that experience, I’d have no problem with it whatsoever, and I doubt many others would either.
In fact, if Hume had merely said on air that his own Christian faith had helped him through hard times and that Woods might benefit from it too, I’d find it hard to object much. (Such a statement would have seemed odd and out of place from a political commentator on a news show, but that’s another issue.)
However, that’s not what Hume did. He said Woods is a Buddhist and suggested that Buddhism is an inferior religion.
Thanks to an earlier post on this subject, I’m now among those being accused of being anti-Christian and intolerant. Well, let’s try a little experiment, shall we? Let’s imagine that a prominent newscaster had said the following about Hume at a difficult time in his life:
“Brit’s said to be a Christian — I don’t think that faith offers the kind of solace that is offered by the Buddhist faith — so my message to Brit would be, turn to the Buddhist faith and you can make a total recovery.”
Personally, I would find that just as objectionable as what Hume said about Woods. A person’s religion is not a topic for public judgment. But I guarantee that most of those who today rush to defend Hume’s comments in the name of tolerance would be singing quite a different tune. They would not be celebrating the airing of religious issues, they would be complaining about a lack of basic respect for faith.
And in that case, they’d be right.
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iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:23 am
Please don’t patronize me. Depending on your subject matter expertise it could be me reviewing your work.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:25 am
And yes, while a reviewer isnt’ supposed to know who the PI is and vice versa that doesn’t mean I always get cordial responses to my comments and suggestions. Sometimes a PI’s response is quite nasty.
Courtney
January 8th, 2010
12:27 am
Liberals are too DUMB to see how DUMB they are. Jay can watch MSNBC all night and not have a problem but watch Fox for 10 seconds and have a heart attack. I watch neither but am smart enough to recognize what they are about. RATINGS
One Voice
January 8th, 2010
12:30 am
Tell you what, I won’t patronize you and you don’t need to try to give me advice. Deal?
So you’re saying you’re going to look for the research that’s submitted by “One Voice”? Makes perfect sense.
ken
January 8th, 2010
12:30 am
Got Church
RW-(the original)
January 8th, 2010
12:31 am
You two were always so much alike.
But wouldn’t that by definition mean we would have held much the same position? OV, you’re really rusty dude. Are you still posting from the UGA servers? Those nearly got you in trouble once before you know.
Ridgerunner
January 8th, 2010
12:34 am
Doggone/GA: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but the way thereof leads to death.” I wish you well.
iRun: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. You need a substitute. God provided one. Again ………… your choice. I also wish you well.
Now ……….. on another subject : Ooo Rah !
Headline: “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is up with his first ads for his 2010 Senate reelection campaign, and they portray the 2008 Republican presidential nominee as a crucial impediment to President Obama’s “extreme left-wing crusade to bankrupt America.”
“I stand in his way every day,” McCain says in one of the ads. “If I get a bruise or two knocking some sense into heads in Washington, so be it.”
Come on conservative America …………….. let’s help “stand in Obama’s way” !
Taps !!!
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
12:38 am
One Voice
**those of us who actually have an education can make fun of them for being Neanderthals**
LOL!! Educated in some things, completely ignorant in others. But that is usually the case. The more a person thinks he knows, the bigger fool he usually makes of himself.
And you act like all educated people are agnostics, just not displaying the character to understand what religion even is. You apparently have your own gods and unlike most truly religious people, you haven;’t learned that your sermon quickly grows old.
One Voice
January 8th, 2010
12:39 am
Ah yes, I had forgotten about that episode when you and Andy tried to become the super sleuth special top secret investigators. What was the acronym the perp used again? I’m cracking up realizing that you still think that was me. I only did my undergrad at UGA and haven’t been there for 15 years. Once again RW swings and misses.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:39 am
OV, that’s still patronizing. You know I was making a point. You told me not to worry my ‘little head’ when, in reality, I could be one of the three or five or whoever people who judges your research, because I am also a scientist and a reviewer in my subject matter.
My reason for continuing to probe at you is because I think you have the wrong guy. I don’t think you mean to be so bombastic towards RW. I lurk on this blog and he doesn’t fit your descriptions.
One Voice
January 8th, 2010
12:42 am
Sorry, Nothing. I don’t engage Neanderthals in debate.
Dee Dee
January 8th, 2010
12:43 am
I once thought that Hume was a competent journalist. I was wrong. He’s just another right-wing jerk. Excellent piece, Jay. Peace and blessings to you.
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
12:45 am
One Voice
** I only did my undergrad at UGA**
Bragging about degrees. LOL!! What? Are you a senior in high school?
Why is it that only liberals want to brag about their degrees? I’ll bet that’s the last thing you ever accomplished. Or let me guess: you had a paper published. LOL!! you and 700 billion other dweebs. LOL!
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
12:46 am
One Voice
Who wants to debate?
I just like making fun of you.
it’s so easy.
And fun.
RW-(the original)
January 8th, 2010
12:49 am
iRun,
To be slightly fair to OV we have a history. I really don’t think I’ve been any different but he’s irrationally hated me for years.
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
12:49 am
So what did happen to that public option? Wasn’t there a complete moron that used to come here that called himself Public Option Done Deal? LOL!!
Could anyone really be that stupid?
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:49 am
Is it really fun? It’s nearly 1am and your idea of fun is making fun of an anonymous person?
One Voice
January 8th, 2010
12:51 am
irun,
One of those things (me patronizing you) has absolutely no relevance to the other (you reviewing research). Now I see why you may get some unpleasant responses from PIs. You have to connect the dots, or not if they’re not there.
As far as RW, I’m quite sure I have the right guy. He’s about 55 now, hails from around Lilburn, and is a telemarketer (alright, “communications” but I kid him like that). I was arguing with him many years ago when Lukovitch still had his madhouse blog up and his tool was still functional (according to his wife). I’m starting to think you may have a track record of accuracy that’s on par with RW’s. (That’s not good.)
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
12:53 am
iRun
Yep. It’s sort of like a video game. There’s this really arrogant jerk that is speaking down to almost everyone and doing what so many (let’s say) “lacking” people do on political blogs. So I hit the red button and zap him a few times. The only thing that is missing is the slot for the quarter.
So yes. It’s fun.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:53 am
Excuse me, OV, but the term “little head” is a well known perjorative. As you know, it implies a lack of intelligence. And as you also know, if I am indeed a scientest who participates in the review process then I am certainly not lacking in intelligence. Those dots are VERY easy to connect.
RW-(the original)
January 8th, 2010
12:54 am
What’s the world coming to when our stalkers are so incredibly misinformed.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:55 am
Well, then slow down and gather your thoughts a little more because in your zeal to zing you’re losing some zap. A bit shotgun there.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:56 am
RW – who is he talking about? I don’t lurk often enough and certainly with not enough legacy to recall. But in at least the last year the description OV provides does not sound like you.
One Voice
January 8th, 2010
12:56 am
Hate? RW, that’s much too harsh. I’ve had many hours of amusement reading your obfuscations and rationalizations. Only Andy and Buy Danish were as funny.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
12:58 am
Perhaps OV means the non-original RW? I imagine there’s a reason RW is RW-(the original).
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
1:01 am
IRun
it’s not necessarily targeted. I always do get a kick out of grown people who brag about their degrees. I have three of them and I have no idea where they are. I think they are still at my Mom’s.
And since college, my life has been a process of hiring college grads and retraining the bucket of absolute crap that professors feed them for four years. So this jerk bragging about degrees and publishing papers hit me with a pretty big guffaw.
RW-(the original)
January 8th, 2010
1:02 am
iRun,
We had a little more leeway at the luckovich blog to go toe to toe so I’m sure I got some shots in that I wouldn’t be allowed to here, but I’ve always been a fairly decent albeit partisan poster. OV is one of those that’s had to change names many times to try to hide his past and that really says enough.
I haven’t a clue what brought him out of hiding but he clearly has no respect for Jay B either so I’m guessing his run will be short lived.
Nothing Is Free
January 8th, 2010
1:05 am
Congrats Bama SoCo and ABM, wherever you are.
iRun
January 8th, 2010
1:07 am
Well, to all of you, try to play nice. I think I can finally go to bed. People have seemed to stop driving on my icy street and threatening my retaining wall. I’ve got to get up at 5:30, though I won’t lay out 6 miles of sidewalk until after lunch. Don’t want to crack open my “little head”…I’ve got two reviews to complete by COB.
RW-(the original)
January 8th, 2010
1:15 am
Perhaps OV means the non-original RW? I imagine there’s a reason RW is RW-(the original).
Not a chance. The name RW-(the original) evolved out of the first days of the AJC blog world. I went as RW but since there was no registration I soon found another RW posting and it was obvious it wasn’t a coincidence, they were trying to fool people into thinking they were me and making incredibly nasty posts. I decided that RW-(the original) would look obnoxious enough that most people wouldn’t jack it and for years it’s pretty much worked. It gets mocked but seldom jacked.
One Voice
January 8th, 2010
1:16 am
Alright, last one before I turn in:
iRun: Okay, you’re smart (mm hmm..). But you’re missing far too much here to impress me.
Neanderthal: Three degrees? Elementary school, middle school, and a GED don’t count. If they’re at your mom’s, why don’t you go upstairs and get them? And I was talking about UGA because RW was accusing me (for going on 4 years) of an incident that came out of UGA but cannot match up chronologically with my time there. But it would be too much to expect you to comment on something you actually had knowledge of. I know the job market out there is rough, but I feel sorry for those college grads who have to come to you at Applebee’s looking for work.
No RW, I won’t be back for a while. It’s back to work. Too busy to waste time here. Just needed a laugh tonight.
Signing off.
RW-(the original)
January 8th, 2010
1:23 am
One Cicada,
I’d like to say I look forward to your return in 15 to 20 years, but I know it’ll be months instead. In the meantime enjoy your obscurity.
4aRepublic
January 8th, 2010
1:50 am
Jay, don’t quit your day job at the convenience store. This fish wrapper (would say toilet paper, but Charmin is on sale) is soon to be gone. You and Cynthia have a great day. You Libtards.
Rightwing Troll
January 8th, 2010
5:25 am
Whoa!!!
It’s like Christians gone Wild in here!!!
Hey you!… lift up your…
cross…
and show us your …
faith!!!
At least Hume has a legitimate faith to feel he’s superior for… Unlike Pillbo Limbaugh and the rest of the De Facto leaders of the Nut Sack Party…
Has Andy called anybody a POS or told anybody to GFY in this thread? These religious discussions really get him worked up…
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Rightwing Troll
January 8th, 2010
5:43 am
Mike opines:
“Hey, I am sure that prostitutes get paid handsomely too. Doesn’t mean I want to do it.”
Then why do you keep driving around the block here???
Oh… I get it, you have her in your car because you’re trying to save her eternal soul…
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Gerald West
January 8th, 2010
5:56 am
Fox News is the propaganda machine of the far-righters who have seized control of the Republican Party. Hume is one of the demogogues hired to keep the ignorant masses of rural America in a frenzy.
Best to ignore them all!
Rightwing Troll
January 8th, 2010
5:58 am
From Bob Barr no less:
(off topic…)
”
Yes — the not-so-bright, would-be terrorist from Nigeria got though international and domestic security mechanisms supposed to have stopped him long before the jerk lit his underwear afire before landing in Detroit. And yes — the incident happened during the administration of President Barack Obama. But the sniping at the president by Republicans, including former Vice President Cheney, and by conservative radio and TV commentators, borders on — if not passing into — asinine.
The criticism has included such childishness as blasting Obama for waiting a few days before making a national speech on the incident. For heaven’s sake, the president was briefed on the incident from the moment it occured; he made statements almost immediately indicating his concern and that he was being regularly briefed; he took time to gather the facts and meet with his national security team; and then he appeared publicly to give a rational, measured, but hard-hitting response. And for this, a former vice president criticizes him.
Partisanship truly has pervasively infected our political system when a reasonable, measured, factual, timely and substantive response by a president to a single security incident — the roots of which clearly indicate long-simmering problems that predated his tenure in office — is publicly blasted as irresponsible. In point of fact, those levelling such counterproductive attacks are the ones engaging in irresponsible behavior.”
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Rightwing Troll
January 8th, 2010
6:02 am
“Hume is one of the demogogues hired to keep the ignorant masses of rural America in a frenzy.”
I was looking at one of those people yesterday. Big fat white guy driving a beat up minivan plastered with anti abortion and McCain/Palin stickers, he had written fairtax.org across his back window with white shoe polish (like he actually pays taxes… but that’s another story altogether…)…
Yep, that’s “the Base”… (or Al Queda in arabic)…
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I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 8th, 2010
6:15 am
For decades, economists thought they had the financial markets all figured out, with all the necessary systems in place to ensure that a major banking collapse could never recur. And since it could never happen again, they stopped looking for it and guarding against it. They were right, up until the day that they were wrong.-Bookman
We did, until the tax raising socialist reared it’s ugly head.
But don’t worry, we’ll get rid of them soon enough.
And then we’ll let the good times roll!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 8th, 2010
6:31 am
Meanwhile, in 2000, 6 percent of Americans self-identified as “very conservative” while 32 percent said they were simply “conservative.” By the end of 2009, 9 percent said they were “very conservative,” but the percentage who said they were “conservative” fell by a point to 31 percent. The percentage self-identifying as “moderate” fell from 40 percent to 36 percent. In the last decade, Americans not only moved to the right, but deeply to the right. -AmSpec
It cracks me up, after all of the goon work by the left wing hack media to demonize Conservatism, most Americans still consider themselves Conservative.
But even the pinkos won’t call themselves liberals, it’s just too…..ew.
And what about the sham sales job all the suckers fell for with our so called president?
larry
January 8th, 2010
6:32 am
And then we’ll let the good times roll!
You mean the past eight years were good times? 5.6 trillion in debt and a housing bubble that almost wiped out the countries financial system , those good times ?
Vinny
January 8th, 2010
6:48 am
It’s drivel like Bookman’s that continues to drive this fish-wrapper of a paper more and more into obscurity.
Jay, why not write about something that really matters, like why Obozo is prosecuting prisoners of war in a court of law as if they were common criminals?
Joel Edge
January 8th, 2010
6:50 am
Just a quick one. As far as I can tell, Brit Hume didn’t criticize Buddhism. He just made a valid comparison. And gave a little advice. He basically made a judgement.
bobfromacworth
January 8th, 2010
6:50 am
Jay you must really be hard up for news today….. Is this the best you got? Man if I could get paid for stuff like this drivel!
hryder
January 8th, 2010
6:51 am
This is political correctness running amok. By the way, Islam as understood by its extreme advocates has no tolerance and no place in what most people label a free society.
DoggoneGA
January 8th, 2010
7:07 am
“By the way, Islam as understood by its extreme advocates has no tolerance and no place in what most people label a free society.”
That is not limited to Islam, or even religion in general…that’s true of ANY extremist view
Call It Like It Is
January 8th, 2010
7:27 am
Typical liberal response.
Enough Said!!
Rightwing Troll
January 8th, 2010
7:29 am
“And then we’ll let the good times roll!
You mean the past eight years were good times? 5.6 trillion in debt and a housing bubble that almost wiped out the countries financial system , those good times ?”
That’s what’s so scary bout these folks. They actually look back on all that and think it was somehow … good.
Taxpayer
January 8th, 2010
7:29 am
Things are lookin’ a little snow covered up my way this AM. Not much though. A half inch maybe just from lookin’ out the window.
Scooter
January 8th, 2010
7:30 am
I agree with you Jay. I was also offended. It seems to me that Hume was basically saying that what Tiger did would be ok if he was a Christian. Ridiculous!
stands for decibels
January 8th, 2010
7:32 am
“It might help to know that mike is an ex-AJC employee that haunts these blogs with an ax to grind”
That is hilarious. And it explains a lot.
(I really had no idea.)
As far as I can tell, Brit Hume didn’t criticize Buddhism. He just made a valid comparison. And gave a little advice. He basically made a judgement.
Oh, dear no, he didn’t “criticize” the religion, why he merely claimed that Buddhism didn’t offer what Saint Brit considers a path to salvation, which is essentially a polite way of saying “Tiger, yer gone to HAY-ELL!!”
Nope, no criticism there.
Outhouse Go-Kart
January 8th, 2010
7:37 am
Perhaps a blog about the snow/ice “storm” wouldve been more interesting.
I congratulate Tiger on his “bedding down” of all those women. And now of course all of them begin crying, whining about “I loved him and we were gonna get married….” and all the other non-sense.
Just a load of BS. These bitches are just upset cuz not only was Tiger fooling around on his wife but also his mistress’. LMAO…
GO GET’me TIGER…!!!
I LOVE IT!
Mrs. Godzilla
January 8th, 2010
7:37 am
Brit Hume?
Victim my a$$. He’s a pompous gasbag.
Scooter
January 8th, 2010
7:43 am
Victim my a$$. He’s a pompous gasbag.
I believe you hit the nail on the head with that one Mrs. G !
Mrs. Godzilla
January 8th, 2010
7:45 am
Scooter – thanks.
Outhouse Go-Kart
January 8th, 2010
7:50 am
All these raspberries in the a.m. LOL. Never seen a group get so upset about a news organization ie FOX News.
A bit threatening?
Mrs. Godzilla
January 8th, 2010
7:55 am
Turd,
Nope.
You’ve never seen a group so upset about a news organization?
Try posting some sense from TPM or DK or NYT or Boston Globe or the CBO and watch your crew do sychronized panty wad up. That’s LOL!
Hoax and Chains
January 8th, 2010
7:56 am
Outhouse…. They’re scared sh**less.
They already understand how badly they’re screwed the pooch. If you think it’s bad now just wait another few months.
Dems will be eviscerated in 2010.
Mrs. Godzilla
January 8th, 2010
7:56 am
123 wad
123 tug out
123 wad
123 tug out
spin spin spin
repeat
Mrs. Godzilla
January 8th, 2010
7:57 am
Hoax and Chains
In your prozac inhanced dreams…..LOL
Mrs. Godzilla
January 8th, 2010
7:58 am
Hoax and Dreams another name same old crap.
Swede Atlanta
January 8th, 2010
8:01 am
Two points:
1. Hume’s comment might have been appropriate if it had been made in the context of a personal commentary. If he had said, “I don’t know much about Buddhism but for me personally I have found…….” that would have been acceptable.
But his statements were made as if they were fact…”only Christianity” which leads me to point 2.
2. Hume’s lack of knowledge
Hume made these statements I’m sure out of a strong sense of personal connecting with his faith. I respect that. But he stated this as if “only Christianity offered….”. He made this statement as if it were a fact. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m not going to waste space here but Judaism and many other faiths with which I have some familiarity embrace the notion of forgiveness.
Now I don’t doubt that the pastor of his church tells him all the time that the only way to forgiveness and salvation is through Jesus. But that is the belief of his church.
It doesn’t make it true – that were Tiger to convert he would indeed be forgiven because religion and belief is just that, belief and faith. It cannot be proven by any acceptable standard. And Christianity is not the only faith to offer forgivness and a path to “salvation”, nirvana, whatever you want to call that human state.
bobby coleman
January 8th, 2010
8:14 am
simple: hume is a journalist he knows better.
you report the news, not become part of it.
his ego got in the way, i nice fine and suspenson ought to make that go away
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 8th, 2010
8:14 am
“President Obama is leading an extreme left-wing crusade to bankrupt America,” McCain says in one of the radio ads his campaign is airing.
In all honesty, I don’t think McBushie would have done any better.
We need change on both sides of the “aisle.”
Fiscal responsibility will soon govern, it’s just a matter of who will pick up the mantle as to who will be doing the governing.
Socialism is so……….yesterday.
Jack
January 8th, 2010
8:20 am
Ahhh, us poor white rich American Christians. When will we ever get to rule the most powerful countries, run the the richest banks, own the largest corporations, become the Pope or a successful televangelist, sit on the highest courts, etc. It’s not fair……I think I want a Tea Party!
Check this out.
http://www.redstateupdate.com/video/red-state-update-prays-for
DAVID---AJC Truth Detector
January 8th, 2010
8:26 am
ONCE AGAIN……JAY…..YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IN HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT….HUME…….was being “tongue in cheek”……suggesting TIGER convert to CHRISTIANITY…….& ask GOD for forgiveness.
Paul
January 8th, 2010
8:31 am
G’morning. Nice day to be working at home, Doggone/GA. Glad you’re off the roadways.
Just went to drudgereport dot com. Looked at the pic of Janet Napolitano of Homeland Security and the body scan pic. Good for her – setting the example, leading the way, doing herself what she asks us to do. If she’s willing to have her pic plastered all over, why shouldn’t we? Almost makes up for thinking the system worked -
Del
January 8th, 2010
8:35 am
The roads are really iced over…stay home stay warm it’s Friday take a long weekend.
DT
January 8th, 2010
8:36 am
you reverse the order of the quote and say Buddhism will save him, I fiind it as unoffensive as the original way of the quote. So Brit Hume says he thinks his religion will help Woods more than Buddhism…so what? Anyone getting their shorts in a wad over this needs to worry about other things in life (like driving on icy roads, far more important subject).
hatin' on the stupid
January 8th, 2010
8:57 am
“Jesus asks of you to carry forth his Word of love and forgiveness to all who will hear it.”
Ah, so that’s what we see practiced by the wack-wing denouncers of Obama: love and forgiveness.
Steve
January 8th, 2010
9:26 am
As 85,000 more people lost their job this month Bookman is worried about Britt Hume insulting the large Buddhist portion of the population.
Can anyone figure out why the liberals are so bad at governing. Not that the conservatives are any better.
Greg
January 8th, 2010
9:38 am
Brit Hume is not complaining, Jay. He is simply stating a fact. No words will get you in more trouble among the politically correct crowd in the USA than telling people what Jesus Himself clearly stated – “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life – no man comes to the Father except through Me”. The question people should be asking is not whether or not this is intrusive or narrow or tolerant of others beliefs – people should be asking, “Is this true?”
DAVID---AJC Truth Detector
January 8th, 2010
9:48 am
JAY……..How many Christians could you count at the Atlanta-Obama-Journal….Probably..less than a handful…….& they are in the closet……If they came outof the closet…they would be laughed at……
DAVID---AJC Truth Detector
January 8th, 2010
9:49 am
WHY IN THE WORLD is JAY attacking BRIT HUMES……..Good Looooooooooooord
DAVID---AJC Truth Detector
January 8th, 2010
9:51 am
IS IT ANY WONDER WHY THE Atlanta-Obama-Journal has lost 500K paid readers over the last decade.
Truth Conquers
January 8th, 2010
9:52 am
Hey Jay.
Please know that there is one person on this blog who sees your point and the validity in your argument.
These bumpkins are just too steeped in their “religion” to be objective and fair. They think it makes them a “good Christian” to be intellectually dishonest and deflect the argument. Little do they realize, if God is truly a fair and true God, He will PUNISH them for those very deeds, because they are not in fact loving their neighbor as they should; they are placing themselves above.
“The last shall become first, and the first shall become last”. Remember that O devout and perfect ones.
lovelyliz
January 8th, 2010
10:01 am
The problem with too many of the evangelical right, including ther folks over at Fox News, is that they don’t seem to practice Christianity as a whole. No, they prefer to follow the neo-con, GOP, uber-capitalist version of Jesus Christ and the teachigs that fit with this philosphy only. You know the Jesus Christ that doesn’t mind being used for financial and political gain.
jconservative
January 8th, 2010
10:06 am
Re the economic problems we face as a country.
We solve nothing by making up reasons why we are now up the creek without a paddle. The reasons are in any history book dealing with
the Executive & Legislative branches of government.
When Reagan took office he sent a budget to congress that called for tax cuts. After extensive hearings, all on C-SPAN, congress passed the budget with the tax cuts & Reagan signed it. But nobody cut spending.
So we have our income cut but our expenses increasing.
29 years later we are still doing what we did in 1981, cutting taxes and increasing spending. Obama has cut taxes and increased spending.
So did Bush 43. Bush 41 & Clinton did have tax increases but not enough, except for 2 years under Clinton, to offset the increases in spending. The Reagan model still governs. And until we get away from that model we will not solve this country’s economic problems.
Historical note: national debt 1981 – $950 billion. National debt 2010 – $12 trillion. I am saying this is the result of cutting taxes and increasing spending.
chuck allison
January 8th, 2010
10:06 am
Hume is right and Bookman is wrong. It is good to see someone like Hume finally telling the truth. If all Christians would do so without trying to be PC, this would be a much better world.
Jack
January 8th, 2010
10:18 am
If Bookman couldn’t flog Bush or those that support him, he’d have nothing to write about.
hatin' on the stupid
January 8th, 2010
10:27 am
Jesus said something else: “Blessed be the children.” Could that have been because their view of the world was new, before growing into an opinionated, negative view of things, what Buddists call aversions. Stand back for a moment and imagine what children must wonder looking at the political “dialog” in this country. Blessed are the children indeed.
Pat
January 8th, 2010
11:02 am
I’m so weary of FOX, Palin and Co. unleashing endless character assassinations, distortions and outright whoppers upon “liberals”, then bleating and whining that they are victims of persecution when anyone points out the hypocrisy.
Talk about glass houses and stones.
hatin' on the stupid
January 8th, 2010
11:11 am
Well spoke, Pat.
Sam
January 8th, 2010
11:13 am
brit hume is a DB..who cares what he has to say any way? it is funny that he throws this crap out there and then becomes the victim..pretty typical stuff from that crowd.
Larry
January 8th, 2010
9:24 pm
I luv it when you left wingers talk about how christians should act, you just keep acting how the world tells you to act, pleasssssse quit telling us how we should act.
BEB
January 9th, 2010
1:41 pm
Great….another a**hole journalist chiming in….this guy from Atlanta is just another horse’s a**
BEB
January 9th, 2010
1:43 pm
Pat ….and we are so tired of that fatas* on the Ed Show…he is as pompous as they get…
GranDegajeur
January 9th, 2010
5:17 pm
Is it now rude to compare one belief system with another? Did Mr Hume accurately portray the tenets of Christianity and Buddhism? Did he say anything critical or insulting about Buddhism except that it was different from Christianity? If all belief systems were the same, would we have different belief systems? If we aren’t free to discuss the factual differences between belief systems, religious, political, or whatever without fear of being branded bigots and rude, are we truly free? Don’t we all grow by hearing from the “other side” about the aspects of our belief systems that we perhaps haven’t examined. Do we want to grow? Seems to me we value the comfort of unchallenged beliefs over eventual change that comes from a fair and free exchange of ideas. Just my view.
nogo
January 9th, 2010
6:42 pm
So a man stating his beliefs is something you can’t handle???? tolerate others beliefs???/ Sure keep telling yourself that. As long as they fit into your politically correct wet brain. Ask a Buddhist if it was factual.Hume felt free to say it. People have the right to be Christians and feel their faith offers forgiveness. So when you sit down tonight with all your tolerance . Please place that somewhere safe.
So scary Brit Hume thought the forgiveness angle of Christianity would be of more comfort to Tiger than the karma of Buddhism. Opinion take it or leave it. The mere fact you were offended shows me just how tolerant you aren’t Now lets all discuss Al Sharpton advising us Tiger is is a racist because he didn’t have any black woman on the list. i think you just might agree with him. political correctness and all.
Thom
January 9th, 2010
10:28 pm
It is PC nowadays to attack Christians. I think it is a matter of personal integrity or the lack of it. I doubt Brit Hume is bothered much by the attacks against him. When one reads what he actually said and then see how those dismissing him are phrasing it, one can see who is wrong. Smile on, Brit Hume! Hopefully the others can come to a time in their life when they can see why you can smile and are able to do the same instead of feeling a need to twist and attack.
DB
January 11th, 2010
1:46 pm
It’s a shame that those who preach tolerance are the least tolerant of others views. Last time I checked, this was the United States of America. I believe people have free speech in this country, so leave Brit alone.
ODD OWL
January 12th, 2010
3:24 am
Brit Hume is a hypocrite without credibility. Hume is a far right neo-con who played the role of a crutch that helped prop up the Bush/Cheney Regime. The people who helped Bush and Cheney screw up our Country should be forced to accept some of the blame for their crimes. ABC had very good reasons to fire his arse.
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