Blame the Bloggers!
Feb 09 by Ingrid Schlueter
Shane Claiborne has learned well from his fellow emergent leaders that the fastest way to discredit opposition is to call them, “angry bloggers”. Rick Warren has also been doing that for years. When Warren wandered into a diplomatic mine field with his trip to terror-sponsoring Syria, he blamed the justified outcry on those nasty bloggers. It’s the last refuge of a theological scoundrel these days—blame the bloggers. You can read Shane Claiborne’s angry response to the cancellation of his Cedarville University event here on the BLOG of political and spiritual left-winger, Jim Wallis. (Wallis is fond of saying that God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Yeah, Jim, but you know for sure that He is a liberal, right?) If bloggers are so bad, Shane, I’m not sure why you decided to utilize one to respond to your critics.
Shane claims that he wants to go one on one with his critics. I haven’t gotten a phone call yet. Shane surely knows I host a syndicated radio show on 87 Christian outlets around the country and have interviewed men like Doug Pagitt and Dave Fleming in the past. I’d like to ask him some serious theological questions myself, particularly regarding his upcoming gig at Willow Creek with Brian there-is-no-hell McLaren. Lots and lots of questions, Shane.
Shane claims that fortunately, we angry bloggers don’t represent the majority of Christians. I would remind Shane that by his own claims he is in the midst of a revolution to change the majority of Christians and their thinking to his own brand of Christianity. The hearts and minds of the majority of evangelicals are up for grabs due to generations who grew up without being taught the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. Shane and company are vying for the hearts of the masses with their repackaged theological liberalism. We are contending for the Gospel of Jesus Christ as we hold up Holy Scripture and warn of the false gospel that is making its way onto college campuses and into the evangelical mainstream. We stand by our positions in upholding the unfailing and inerrant Word, and by God’s grace, will continue to warn of the “shift” that Shane and McLaren and all the rest are so excited about.
Ken Silva at Apprising Ministries has posted on Shane’s comments here with the post, Shane Claiborne, Meet the Facts.
