Christianity

Who am I?

Tony Thompson, ,
  • I was an atheist who became a born-again Christian at 17
  • I am an evangelical minister and partner of Ray Comfort (no, not *that* kind of partner)
  • I starred in the 2008 movie Fireproof
  • I starred in the Left Behind film series
  • I have more than 1.9 million ‘likes’ on Facebook and more than 45K followers on Twitter
  • My wife’s name is Chelsea Noble
  • I starred in an old sitcom you probably won’t remember by the name of ‘Growing Pains’
  • I have a new movie billed as family friendly fare that seeks to put the “Christ” back in Christmas
  • Best of all, that new family friend fare movie?  It now has the honor of being the worst reviewed movie on IMDB’s ‘Bottom 100’ list of movies

If you guessed this guy:

Kirk Cameron, former child actor, former atheist, now evangelical Christian and creator of really crappy movies

go to the head of the class.

Oh and that movie that’s #1 of the Bottom 100? It’s Cameron’s ‘Saving Christmas” (as if Christmas needed saving, or was ever about Jesus Christ).

It is being called “The Room of Christmas movies”. “Jezebel” says it is “another reason to kill Christmas.” And the “Chicago Sun-Times” says “this may be one of the least artful holiday films ever made. Even devout born-again Christians will find this hard to stomach.”

Despite the harsh reviews, Cameron attempted to save his own movie by begging peopleon Facebook to upvote the disaster on Rotten Tomatoes. he said it worked temporarily with the score rising to 94%, but soon the plan backfired and the rest of the Internet dragged it back down adding a whole new onslaught of hilariously bad reviews to rub it in.

Looks like someone needs to save Kirk Cameron from making horrible movies.

Here’s the trailer:

Who am I?
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I'm worthy of death

Tony Thompson, , , 3 Comments

At least I am according to Gordon Klingenschmitt.  Last month, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a photography studio’s refusal to photograph a same-sex wedding was unconstitutional.  In response, Klingenschmitt  (aka “Mr. Chaps”) said that Romans 1:32* should be printed out by Christian business owners on the back of their business cards. Oh, and those pesky gay people wanting photos from said Christian business? They should have Romans 1:32 printed on the back of all their photos. What a swell guy Mr. Chaps is, to advocate for killing people bc their sexuality differs from his. Nevermind that my being gay doesn’t affect him in any way, shape, or form.  Like many bigots he uses the Bible as a tool to justify his desire to oppress LGBT people.  He, like so many bigoted Christians, are never consistent. On the one hand, they’d have us believe that the Bible is so important and that following the tenets therein is of utmost importance.  I wonder if he follows all the other Biblical commandments, or if he is just cherry picking which rules to follow.  Nah, he’d never do that.

* Romans 1:32–

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Why anyone would want to worship or follow a deity that calls for the death of people for their sexuality is beyond me. Being gay harms no one. This is one of the problems with divine morality. It’s a form of morality that is divorced from human interactions. Instead of deciding on how moral an action is based on the potential harm done to others, divinely inspired morality is just irrational rules from on high.

I'm worthy of death

I’m worthy of death

Tony Thompson, , , 3 Comments

At least I am according to Gordon Klingenschmitt.  Last month, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a photography studio’s refusal to photograph a same-sex wedding was unconstitutional.  In response, Klingenschmitt  (aka “Mr. Chaps”) said that Romans 1:32* should be printed out by Christian business owners on the back of their business cards. Oh, and those pesky gay people wanting photos from said Christian business? They should have Romans 1:32 printed on the back of all their photos. What a swell guy Mr. Chaps is, to advocate for killing people bc their sexuality differs from his. Nevermind that my being gay doesn’t affect him in any way, shape, or form.  Like many bigots he uses the Bible as a tool to justify his desire to oppress LGBT people.  He, like so many bigoted Christians, are never consistent. On the one hand, they’d have us believe that the Bible is so important and that following the tenets therein is of utmost importance.  I wonder if he follows all the other Biblical commandments, or if he is just cherry picking which rules to follow.  Nah, he’d never do that.

* Romans 1:32–

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Why anyone would want to worship or follow a deity that calls for the death of people for their sexuality is beyond me. Being gay harms no one. This is one of the problems with divine morality. It’s a form of morality that is divorced from human interactions. Instead of deciding on how moral an action is based on the potential harm done to others, divinely inspired morality is just irrational rules from on high.

I’m worthy of death