I cannot help but wonder if the highly influential conservative blogger and CNN contributor Erick Erickson wants to stone Tom Brady to death. I say this not because I think Erickson lost money on the Patriots heartbreaking Super Bowl loss but because of what Erickson says the Bible commands of us — and because of what Tom Brady did.
Not only did Tom Brady repeatedly touch a pigskin on Sunday, but Brady and all the athletes, announcers, and technicians worked on the Sabbath. And the Bible makes the penalty for working on the Sabbath pretty clear: Transgressors should be put to death. As a Reform Zen-Quaker myself, I personally see no problem with working on the Sabbath or touching pigskins. But Erickson is apparently a big fan of the Old Testament and its prohibitions.
Erickson posted a commentary over the weekend, colorfully titled: The Perversion of the Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ by the Sinner Barack H. Obama. He was furious that President Obama had the hubris to quote from the New Testament while attending a prayer breakfast. READ MORE
