Comments on: David Barton

By: Joshua Neace

Joshua Neace — Tue, 03 May 2011 05:09:43 +0000

I called out his “history” before.

I’m a college student as a history major.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:29:28 +0000

I remember watching one video of his in Fundie high school, and he claimed that sometime in America’s early history, someone denied the divinity of Jesus, apparently in a court of law, and the prosecutor instantly charged him with something comparable to blasphemy. I remember having a “Wait a Minute!?. . . . .” moment from the b.s. detector in my mind. This was presented in an America-was-all-so-godly-back-then fashion.

He also made a claim that American high school academic performance dropped right after the removal of public school prayer, but steadily rose again, when Christian school enrollment increased, I think he claimed, around the late ’70s. Even in the Bible Belt, parochial school enrollment does not rival public school enrollment numbers.

My teacher remarked, after the video, “Look how far we’ve fallen . . .” and I responded “Okay, what if he’s Jewish?” Burton seemed to claim that public life needed not one square yard of secular neutrality for practical reasons. He is totally out there.

By: RobM

RobM — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:16:29 +0000

Ha! You didn’t miss much.

By: Spud

Spud — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:12:15 +0000

This video no longer works due to being shut down by “copyright infringement” claims.

By: Jonsgrl

Jonsgrl — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:36:49 +0000

PCC passed out honorary doctorate degrees like friggin CANDY!!! LMAO!!! I’d forgotten about that. Thanks for the laugh=D

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:00:47 +0000

As someone who studies history as a hobby, I cringe every time some well-meaning person gives me some of Barton’s or another of his kind’s materials and asks me what I think. Fundies who blast the revisionists writing endlessly about slavery and the oppression of women (and I tend to agree with them) lose their credibility when their response is to produce a history that is just as revisionistic and just as inaccurate as the new liberal history.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:38:05 +0000

Just saw on Olbermann that Barton was on the first “episode” of “Beck U”. Same old BS. “Declaration of Independence is just a listing of sermons, etc”.

By: Mark Rosedale

Mark Rosedale — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:19:24 +0000

@Jacob,

There is some odd unifying property in IFB when it comes to politics. You can ignore all other religious convictions and completely forget the doctrine of separation if the person agrees with you politically. In fact, regardless of the persons religious persuasions if you fall into the conservative camp you’re likely going to heaven…or at least fine better favor with God. But if you disagree with an IFB person politically, even if you’re a member of the church, you’re likely going to hell.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:20:54 +0000

Very familiar with David Barton, but from the charismatic camp.

Frankly, I am a bit surprised that the IFB camp hasn’t officially disowned him due to (among other things) also holding a degree from Oral Roberts University and his being a regular guest on televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s programs.

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:07:06 +0000

aaand First Baptist Atlanta hits yet another home run with their 4th of July speaker…last year it was Newt Gingrich. What a slippery slope.