Date:   9/1/2003 4:26:53 PM ( 21 y ago)
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Everyone should read this
Since I live in L.A., I see the "new tolerance" first hand. From having to "tolerate" illegal aliens and them literally invading our country and demanding that we become a bilingual society to homosexuals who insist that we give them a legal right and allow them to get married. It is a very frustrating time that we live in because of that. For standing up to what is right and bibilical, we are told that we are "racist" or "prejudice". Every christian should take a look at this book. It isn't written perfectly but it does bring out the fact that this new politally correct society is totally destroying our country and our basic values. We need to become a nation again under God. And now as I am writing this review, we are having difficulty electing a president one holding the "liberal tolerant" views and the other having more of the traditional moral standards. I'm praying that the right one is chosen for the sake of our country.

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Great book for teaching and living as God wants us too.
Most Christians acknowledge that the world does not tolerate Christians. This book is an excellent tool that can be used for teaching your family to live as God has commanded, even when the world around us denies us the right to live as Christians.
The "New Tolerance" is not true tolerance. It is acceptance and appreciation for whatever you want to believe, think and do. One cannot be a Christian and believe in the "new Tolerance" movement. One must uphold the truths written in the Bible and live as such.

This book offers hope of a brighter future, assistance in how to live in a world that does everything BUT tolerate Christians and guidance on how to teach your children to survive in this world.



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Fun to read, but Inaccurate
I really enjoy Josh McDowell's work. Not because it reinforces my opinions or because it helps me defend or find my faith, but because it is so entertaining. Unfortuately, that was not really the intent. This book, like most by the esteemed Mr. McDowell is more a joke to an educated reader than anything else. In it, he presents Postmodernism as the biggest threat to Christianity ever. Bigger than Satan, bigger than Rome. It is the biggest threat ever.
He further goes on to contend that tolerance is not really what most of us consider it to be. Rather, it is intolerant not to believe his faith, because it is so obviously (to him at least) correct, and not accepting it is wrong. If you can read that with an open mind, you can see why this book is so entertaining. Like most of McDowell's recent work, this is mainly a collaborative effort, and I ended up wondering if he didn't really just allow his name to be put on it for recognition's sake. It is totally plausible that it is ghostwritten. However, I think that these are actually McDowell's opinions, because the same rhetoric stands out from this as does from The Evidence that Demands a Verdict with regards to postmodernism. From his redefinition of words with common meaning to his logical fallacies that cause you sto slap your head in wonder and bewilderment, this book is a farce, but an entertaining one.

At this point, I would like to quote South Park. There is an episode where a nameless teacher with a hand puppet (you all know who he is) engages in some outrageous and completely inappropriate behavior in order to get himself fired. At the very end of the episode, where he has broken every law of decency known to man, he rages at the audience telling them that liking something is acceptance and that putting up with something even though you don't like it is tolerance. You tolerate things that you don't like because it isn't your right to make decisions for other people.

In that vein, I can't decide that you shouldn't buy this book. Point of fact, I wouldn't decide that if I could. That is the behavior of people who are afraid of ideas, which leads to facism and fundamentalism. I would like to point out the importance, though, of thinking for yourself. The only reason that I gave this book a two instead of a one was the inestimable entertainment value I got from watching Josh McDowell point fingers and scream like some psychotic Islamic fundamentalist/terrorist. Granted, that is some powerful imagery, but I think that the author would understand why I use it.

Read the book, buy it or don't, just keep an open mind.
Harkius

 

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