UWEC Guest Speaker Beyond Questionable
Written By: Dan Stanley | Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
We believe in freedom of speech and assembly in America. So we allow speech and ga therings that include everything from the bizarre to what is repulsive. When a church in Topeka, Kansas protests the funeral services of military men and women, we have several adjectives come to mind - bizarre, uncomely, misplaced, kooks or off balance. When the KKK puts on a demonstration or speech, we think of racism and lynching. When Michael Moore speaks, we cringe due to his stupidity. Maybe Bill O'Reilly is right. He is a loon. So likewise when Dan Barker speaks at our local University, I personally think of a man who fits the character of the aforementioned names, albeit in a different vein. Religiously speaking, he is a man who is intent on doing harm in the name good.
It was my lot in life to meet up with Barker's book - "Losing Faith in Faith" - and material about five years ago. It was shortly after he had come to the University at that time as a guest speaker also. As a result, we prepared and did a public rebuttal of his claims and teachings. He was asked to participate, but didn't. In fairness, he had a short notice and truly may have been booked. The result of the preparation and presentation that I personally did that evening in the Schofield Auditorium in UWEC was to conclude and reveal that Dan Barker is not what he appears to be. How so?
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