Comments on: Cincinnati Area Pastors Urge Boycott of Thomas Nelson Publishers Over David Barton’s Book, The Jefferson Lies

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:14:32 +0000

cont’d…then they will force him to retract his judgmental assertion.

By: Larry Arnall

Larry Arnall — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:14:32 +0000

I think it is a sad day when the so-called Christian community resorts to what appears to me to be nothing less than blackmail and fleshly political manipulation and pressure to try to silence the message of a fellow believer who has shown himself in multiple previous instances to be accurate in his documentation, assertions and opinions regarding our nation’s history and that of its founders. If the critics of “The Jefferson Lies” have indisputable, factual historical documentation to back up their claims of Mr. Barton’s “inaccuracies” (whereby they have effectively coerced Thomas Nelson to give in and cowtow to their political noise, by pulling the plug on Mr. Barton’s book) rather than just mere vague and general assertions, then please let them gather it, put it all into some kind of organized written or electonic format with footnotes, cross-references and bibliography (or a readily available website with embedded links to other reliable websites to back up their assertions with objective sources) available for all to read and examine for themselves (as Mr. Barton has done with his book, as well in his previous releases), and allow the readers to make up their own minds by comparing what Mr. Barton has written and documented, compared to their “scholarly research.” My guess is that not one of the critics will be willing or even capable of doing so, lest they be exposed as having done to this author what they themselves have accused him of, due to their own biases and unwillingness to submit their hearts and minds to the absolute Truth of God’s Word, and the reality of history, no matter how hard or difficult either might be on their flesh. I kindly challenge the retractors and critics to please fulfill the above-stated request, and then perhaps all critically- and objective-minded Christians (which is what Paul and all the other Apostles in the Scriptures have commanded all believers to be) will be convinced of the rightness of their position, and not forced to accept it because of their ability to silence those with whom they disagree.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:14:32 +0000

Oh, but rest assured he will protest this. He just get on his radio program and say insipidly that they are not real Christians(at least to his myopic worldview).

By: TXHistoryProf

TXHistoryProf — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:14:32 +0000

Zoe,

Many in the Religious Right ignore fact to follow a book written by humans over 2000 years ago in a time where males ruled, women were “seen and not heard in the church” and minorities were not seen as human but as property and spoils of war. I applaud these pastors for showing the hypocrisy of Mr. Barton. Jefferson was a deist who refused to believe the Trinity was true that Jesus was God in three persons. You cannot be a Christian and refuse to believe that Jesus died for sinners and rose again on the third day. It defies the very doctrinal definition of the term “Christian”.

Mark

By: TxHistoryProf

TxHistoryProf — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:14:32 +0000

Larry,

While on your “Visonquest”, I challenge you to read the following 23 page careful point by point analysis at http://www.jeffersonhour.com/Barton%20Review.html . Most won’t read all 23 pages let alone form a coherent analysis of what they have read. Let me know what you think. Many other “doubting Thomases” formerly “in the tank” for Barton saw the law after reading Dr.s Throckmorton and Coulter’s response along with that of link I gave above ,

Mark