But, can anyone get lower than
WELS Pastor Scott Oelhafen preaching, I Am So Glad Jesus Rode a Hog - to celebrate the Harley Davidson franchise?
Steve Jobs is a nominal Lutheran. How about an Apple Sunday? That would be suitable for The CORE - they use Apples.
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California:
Re:The
youtube of the "mocking of the Means of
Grace" . The choice of Dr. Seuss characters complete with costumes may not be
be so far out considering the context of where synods are heading. Dr. Seuss
books may have more to do with the lowered literacy of recent generations in
general when phonics method of teaching reading was abandoned or diluted in
favor of "look say" method. The timing wasn't too far removed from the timing
of the
KJV having been dispatched to the waste
baskets.
Dr. Theodore
Geisel, the real
name of the author of the Dr. Seuss books, wrote the books in response to a
request of someone from a text book company. The request was that he write a
book (books) for early elementary grade reading, using no more than 348 words,
limited to 225 words per book. The Cat in the Hat was the first. That can be
documented on
Wikipedia and many other sources
with a simple
google search. The books were
instrumental in supporting the replacing of phonics with "look say" method of
teaching reading which contributed mightily to the dumbing down of a couple
generations. In later life, Dr.Geisel is reported to have said he regretted the
association of his work with the "look say" method of teaching
reading.
So it's not too much of a stretch that Dr. Seuss characters
would be featured by that pathetic display, when the
NNIV is being seriously considered as
acceptable. If it weren't for copyright obstacles, NNIV could be promoted
as the Dr.Seuss Bible for literacy challenged pew occupants.
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This style of writing also appeared to be in Dr. Geisel's nature. During WWII,
he was assigned to write training manuals for the US Army. He was re-assigned
when the manuals sounded too much like what we would call a "Dr. Suess" book
today.
Baazboy
