Ann Coulter, a Calvinist?

[HamletsChoice]

I am currently reading Ann Coulter's book "Godless" after listening to her on TV and admiring her for several years. I've always found myself agreeing with her views (worldview?) more than any other conservative talk show host on TV and almost to the same extent as I do my own pastor's sermons.

After reading only a few pages of "Godless" I sensed a very heavy calvinist (biblical) worldview coming through her writing which quite frankly I previously perceived while listening to her on TV. I did a quick search on the internet and sure enough I found her name on a list of former Roman Catholics from Wikipedia listing her as a Calvinist and according to Time Magazine attending a PCA church in NY, Reedemer Presbyterian Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ex-Roman_Catholics

I did some more research and discovered she, for obvious reasons, does not want to disclose what church she attends or her denomination so she is not a member of Redeemer and it also appears she tries not to make "official public appearances" at the church but rather attends incognito to some degree. But I did read that she invites and brings many "public figures" to Redeemer.

My admiration and respect for Ann Coulter above all other public figures in America today makes me curious as to why there are no men leaders in America of the same caliber and stripe. Is it to embarrass us to action? I wonder...

 

[cubanito]

My Church, Immanuel Pres, helped get Redeemer started way back before I joined. Now that Immanuel is in trouble, Reddemer has been invited to basically take over and revive Immanuel.

I share your respect for Coulter, who is so often misquoted and villified.

JR

 

[arunma]

I share your respect for Coulter, who is so often misquoted and villified.

Oh dear...how could you do this to me JR? Can't you instead find some Republican polemicists who aren't seduced by the dark side?

 

[calmcoolandelected]

I am currently reading Ann Coulter's book "Godless" after listening to her on TV and admiring her for several years. I've always found myself agreeing with her views (worldview?) more than any other conservative talk show host on TV and almost to the same extent as I do my own pastor's sermons.

After reading only a few pages of "Godless" I sensed a very heavy calvinist (biblical) worldview coming through her writing which quite frankly I previously perceived while listening to her on TV. I did a quick search on the internet and sure enough I found her name on a list of former Roman Catholics from Wikipedia listing her as a Calvinist and according to Time Magazine attending a PCA church in NY, Reedemer Presbyterian Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ex-Roman_Catholics

I did some more research and discovered she, for obvious reasons, does not want to disclose what church she attends or her denomination so she is not a member of Redeemer and it also appears she tries not to make "official public appearances" at the church but rather attends incognito to some degree. But I did read that she invites and brings many "public figures" to Redeemer.

My admiration and respect for Ann Coulter above all other public figures in America today makes me curious as to why there are no men leaders in America of the same caliber and stripe. Is it to embarrass us to action? I wonder...

I had heard once before that Ann attended a PCA church but could never confirm that. We love Ann here...

About your comment on men in leadership.... here's my .02....FWIW....

There are some great leaders in the Reformed movement! I can look at my bookshelf and many of them are there. I just don't see them "actively" in politics. I say "actively" because I do think they are active in their pulpits and classrooms, diligently training up the next generation.

Since I have known Christ as my Savior, Evanjellycalism has ruled and the feminization of the church occured (among other things). Unfortunately, I believe some of those "movements" crept into Reformed churches. I know from experience in our own church, many have come from radically different backgrounds and most are much younger than my husband and I. They really do have a different point of view than we do. It takes time to mentor and train so in the meantime, we have to live with the fruit we have sown.

Hope that made sense, CC&E

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

My admiration and respect for Ann Coulter above all other public figures in America today makes me curious as to why there are no men leaders in America of the same caliber and stripe. Is it to embarrass us to action? I wonder...

There'd be a lot more (at least in the political realm) if the Establishment allowed it. You'll have to look outside the Republican and Democratic parties if you want principle. (There are exceptions, e.g. Ron Paul, who you probably don't know is running for president).

If she is Reformed, cool. I kinda like her. Some of her political views annoy me, but there's clearly evidence in her books that she's thinking more deeply than most self-titled conservatives in the public limelight.

 

[cubanito]

Oh dear...how could you do this to me JR? Can't you instead find some Republican polemicists who aren't seduced by the dark side?

I refer to Ann Coulter as "my girlfriend", with the hearty approval of my wife. However, in part from time constraints, I've yet to read one of her books. In what little TV I've watched, I've agreed w everything she says, including how certain 911 widows have profited handsomlely from their husband's deaths; and her defenses of Prez Nixon.

Count me w the Sith, Arumna.

JR

 

[bradfordl]

Oh dear...how could you do this to me JR? Can't you instead find some Republican polemicists who aren't seduced by the dark side?

Dark side? C'mon Arunma.... I'm no repub devotee, I agree with Paleo that both parties are mostly devoid of principle, but if one had to choose between the 2 as a christian, the party of corporate welfare would get my vote far above the party of infanticide and parenting by government.

I like Ann simply for the fact that she so incenses the loopy left. At my moonbat sister's house I once heard a covey of them squawk for hours about her. At least they weren't out dragging derelicts to the polls.

Funny, I wrote it was my "sister's house" when in fact it is mine that she has not paid the rent on for a year. Typical of the left... bemoan the fiscal conservatism of the right while living as parasites off the very thing they loathe. She's a huge Dem party supporter and activist, of course.

 

[Zorobabel]

I'm not big fan of Ann Coulter mainly because she has stated that she believes in forced conversions to Christianity and the spread of Christianity through violence, which, if I understand the New Testament correctly, is in fact antichrist.

 

[HamletsChoice]

I'm not big fan of Ann Coulter mainly because she has stated that she believes in forced conversions to Christianity and the spread of Christianity through violence, which, if I understand the New Testament correctly, is in fact antichrist.

No, that is exactly what Jesus preached and we also hate little children and love to pull off the wings of butterflies.

 

[HamletsChoice]

I think most of you are missing the greater picture in that Ann Coulter will say whatever she wants to gain attention because she gets off on it.

Yeah, you can really tell she doesn't have the moral integretity of Bill Clinton and Dan Rather. I mean it's night and day!

 

[arunma]

No, that is exactly what Jesus preached and we also hate little children and love to pull off the wings of butterflies.

No need to get angry, Hamlet. But he is right, Ann Coulter has suggested forcibly converting Muslims to Christianity. She said this a couple years ago during a speech she gave at St. Olaf College (I have a friend who goes there, which is how I know this). Apparently she also threatened to report a certain student in the audience to Homeland Security, because he looked Middle Eastern. Do you believe that I am misquoting Ann Coulter?

Yeah, you can really tell she doesn't have the moral integretity of Bill Clinton and Dan Rather. I mean it's night and day!

As Bill O'Reilly would say, you can't excuse bad behavior by pointing to worse behavior. The fact remains that Ann Coulter doesn't conduct herself with basic civility, to say nothing of Christian love.

 

[HamletsChoice]

No need to get angry, Hamlet. But he is right, Ann Coulter has suggested forcibly converting Muslims to Christianity. She said this a couple years ago during a speech she gave at St. Olaf College (I have a friend who goes there, which is how I know this). Apparently she also threatened to report a certain student in the audience to Homeland Security, because he looked Middle Eastern. Do you believe that I am misquoting Ann Coulter?

Not getting angry arunma, just answering folly with folly. But if you're really honestly being serious (and it seems as if you are) than yes, I know you are misquoting her:

She elaborated on her comment by saying to Hannity on Hannity & Colmes (10/11/01):


COULTER

“I was actually talking about something within the past 1,000 years, which is what this country did after the Korean War and after World War II, in both instances. We brought in, and specifically at General Douglas McArthur’s request, thousands of Christian missionaries, thousand of Bibles. And Korea, it was a fabulous success, as you can see.”​

And just to be clear arunma, I think missionaries to Islam is a great idea and is precisely God's will, don't you? I know they hate the idea too right now, but they will be eternally grateful later!

As Bill O'Reilly would say, you can't excuse bad behavior by pointing to worse behavior. The fact remains that Ann Coulter doesn't conduct herself with basic civility, to say nothing of Christian love.

Again, just answering folly with folly...you know the old proverb; "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."

I assume you mean Ann should act more like Jesus and be a "WWJD'er," right?

I think you might have said the same thing about Jesus' "basic lack of civility" and "lack of Christian love" had you heard Him live too. Consider His comments and actions:

MAT 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

MAT 3:7 ...he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

JOH 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do....

MAT 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

Oh God, where are the men?


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[HamletsChoice]

Anyone else hear or see Calvinism in Ann's talks and/or writings?

 

[Ceridwen]

Ann Coulter is an entertainer, not a serious political commentator. She doesn't even believe the stuff she says. Her writings should come with a warning label used by psycics and astologers: "For entertainment purposes only." She writes in order to be flamboyant and shocking. It is silly to imagine that the persona she presents in her public works is real.

 

[Imblessed]

It is interesting that Ann Coulter is Reformed.

I enjoy reading her articles in our paper when they come out, but she's a bit too 'right' for my tastes. I find myself agreeing with much that she writes, but wishing she could be just a weee bit less......aggressive, I guess. Or maybe harsh would be a better word....

of course, if she was less aggressive in her writings, she wouldn't be read nearly as much, and hopefully some of what she writes will cause people to stop and think.

 

[cubanito]

"Serious political commentators"

'nuff said

JR

 

[bradfordl]

serious political commentator

Such an animal exists?

 

[GrinningDwarf]

Ann Coulter is an entertainer, not a serious political commentator.

The terms are interchangable with most of them!

She doesn't even believe the stuff she says.

How do you know this?

Her writings should come with a warning label used by psycics and astologers: "For entertainment purposes only."

Except that she was dead right about the McCarthy era, in that McCarthy's claims for the most part were correct, that there really were Communists infiltrating the government. Maybe you should read a little more widely on that topic.

 

[Elect]

I knew that there was something about her that I liked. Hehehee!

 

[Eryk]

..and according to Time Magazine attending a PCA church in NY, Reedemer Presbyterian Church

It came out last year that no one at this church knew Coulter. She then explained in a radio interview why she does not go to church: salvation is by grace, not works, so we don't have to go to church. Her understanding of grace is antinomian, to say the least.

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