1| Ark Encounter and Biblical Literalism |The Atlantic
***(not so) Breaking News #1: believing in the historical reality of Noah and the flood will make people laugh at you.
(not so) Breaking News #2: Jesus believed in the historical reality of Noah and the flood. He said, “For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:38-39).
2| The rise of irreligion is the GOP’s real demographic crisis |Salon
***Not sure what periodicals the author reads, in order for him to write “yet receiving almost no attention whatsoever” because from where many of us sit, this “changing religious demographic” gets talked about constantly.
In the past several years, many trees have been felled and pixels electrocuted in the service of discussion about the impact of Hispanics on the American electorate. No one knows for sure which way they’ll vote in the future but everyone is interested in discussing it. Curiously, though, an even larger political shift is taking place yet receiving almost no attention whatsoever from political reporters — the emergence of post-Christian America.
3| In Europe and Canada, ’Hate Speech’ Laws Threaten Gospel Proclamation, by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Americans generally relish the First Amendment’s guarantees of free speech and religious freedom, but the survival of liberty requires vigilance, says Travis Weber, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council.
“While free speech law in the United States is relatively stronger than that of Canada or Western Europe, we can’t relax our vigilance,” he said. “Law is perpetually only several steps behind culture, and as our prevailing cultural norms increasingly demand only ‘correct speech’ be permitted, the law won’t be far behind. This should concern Christians who wish to speak freely on a number of issues—including the threat of radical Islam, and our beliefs regarding sexuality.”
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