Heidelberger misrepresents and shows intolerance

Cory Heidelberger goes after Bob Ellis for defending the First Amendment with this:

I'm sorry: when the Christian Right will exalt as a role model a beauty queen who poses for topless photos (she says she was a minor when she did it—parents?—but some question that assertion), accepts breast implants paid for by the pageant to win a beauty contest, and violates her contract, I can't pass up the headline.

I guess as long as you stand up against Satan and those darn homina-homina-sexuals, all is forgiven. All hail Miss California, Carrie Prejean, icon of a movement that is all image and fading substance.

But hey: at least Bob Ellis took a break from reprinting Star Parker and the Christian Post so we can actually hear a Dakota Voice on this pressing issue. Hmmm, which fake bikini model gets to promote unhealthy body image as well as unhealthy politics? That's the pro-woman spirit we've come to expect from our fundamentalist friends.

Everyone please note: it's the Christian fundamentalists holding this topless model up as a role model, while the atheist dad in the room vows never to encourage his daughter to grow up and be like Carrie Prejean.

If Cory would have read the post on Dakota Voice that he linked to, he would not have used "role model" after understanding Ellis’s admission that Prejean is "not perfect" and had taken the time to think about this:

This whole sordid incident has (yet again) unmasked the bare truth of the intolerance of the "tolerance" lobby, revealing that the homosexual agenda is not about "tolerance" at all, but total total legitimization and celebration of their sexual practices.

If moral perfection is the standard which must be met before a person can speak the truth, then no one can speak the truth: not policemen, not judges, not lawyers, not clergy.

And not bloggers. Heidelberger has no clue about tolerance as he doesn’t understand "all is forgiven". The role model is not Carrie Prejan, but Jesus Christ. The Bible account of His treatment of the prostitute is the tolerance that is granted to all sinners, including those whose sexual immorality has included sex with the same sex.

Yes Carrie Prejan has more work to do in order to have a closer relationship with God, but don’t we all? He who has no sin, throw the first stone. For those who are brave enough to admit their sins, seek the grace of our Lord, which defines tolerance.

Comments

[Bob Ellis]

Thanks, Steve.

I wish she had shown better judgment when she was younger...but then, based on what I've seen so far I've done a LOT worse than she when I was younger.

I wish she showed better judgment about some things today...but then, I wish I did, too.

"Not judging" others doesn't mean everyone gets a non-critical free pass for bad behavior; Biblical nonjudgmentalism means that we speak, affirm and reiterate the standard when we see it violated--whether WE violate it or whether someone else does.

Thanks for adding much-needed context to Cory's teenage spin on this issue.

[caheidelberger]

Read the whole thing the first time and wasn't fooled. Sorry, guys: you're still exalting for your political purposes a woman who is a terrible role model for our daughters. Plastic, fakery... yup, still the perfect spokesperson for your pernicious lies.

[Steve Sibson]

Cory,

You were fooled by the lies of humanism before you read the post. And you continue to show intolerance toward the Truth.