The World Is At War Over Who Has The Most Powerful Invisible Friend

 

There is a hilarious website created by a guy named Chris Harper, about a fictional church called The Landover Baptist Church, at www.landoverbaptist.org. He makes the above statement in reference to the conflict between the “Christian” West and Islam, basically the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

There is often a lot of truth in humor and Mr. Harper makes a lot of good points. I particularly like the one about “the Invisible friend”. You can call it your “imaginary friend” or your “imaginary playmate”, but in essence, many wars are fought over religion and those that are not are often perceived as such, i.e., the “Christian” West vs. Islam.

 

This is a funny thing for a Deist to say, God is your invisible playmate. Didn’t I say I believed in God, but not religion? Not exactly.

 

As a Deist, I have concluded that there is a God/Intelligent Design, but I do not presume to have any exclusive communications with Him/Her/It and/or Them. I have come to this conclusion simply by observing nature and the universe. To me, it’s reasonable.

 

I say I have “concluded” that there is a God because to say I believe in God implies religious faith, which I do not have. I do not believe in any religion. I see no evidence that “God” or whoever is using any group as the exclusive way to salvation, there is no proof the Bible is from “God”, or that Jesus in fact ever lived. There is far more reliable historical evidence that Mohammed actually lived and that the accounts of his life are fairly accurate, but that doesn’t make me a Muslim

 

So no, I don’t “believe”, in a fervent religious way. I have concluded. I have also concluded that Honda’s are great cars, I also can say I believe Honda’s are great cars. You would say “what’s the difference”. Well, I don’t worship at the alter of the Almighty Accord, I don’t hate Toyota owners, I don’t kill or shun any of my family members if they buy a Chevy and I am not planning on crashing a plane into the Chrysler Building.

 

That being said, I have concluded that there is a God from lots of things I observe in nature. But I have not seen He/She/It or Them. So, by definition, I too have an invisible friend. Even though I have not seen Him, heard from Him, received any revelations from Him, I just have concluded He exists. Even as I type them, these words sound a bit naïve . But, I can’t let go of the God thing.

 

Incidentally, forgive me for being sexist by referring to God as ”He”, in the masculine. It’s that leftover Neanderthal gene. I can’t help it. Actually it’s a bit of laziness. Of the words, He/She/It or Them, He and It have only two letters and thus are easier to type. “It” seems a bit..oh, insulting or demeaning. I’m just playing it safe.

 

Hey, if the Christians are right, picture me, dead and standing in Heaven before the God of the Bible:

 

“So, Mr. Smarty Pants Blogger…you referred to me as IT?????”

 

“Well…sir…since we hadn’t actually met, I fell like I kinda have an excuse. By the way let me say how stunningly masculine you look on that Golden throne, with that cool beard!! Do you work out?”

 

On second thought, if the Christians are right, I would be standing before Satan, in Hell.

 

“So” his evil voice booms in a mocking tone “You called God “It”? HHHAAAAAAAAAA……(evil, echoing laugh)

 

But I would have to ask, “So, Lucifer if you are the most wicked creature and the exact opposite of God, why do get to have an eternity of fun, torturing guys like me? The message here is that crime does pay”

 

I have never been one for diplomacy, even when talking to the King of the Damned and facing eternal torment.

 

But the point here is God is invisible. Oh, all the Holy Books speak of their particular God(s) as appearing to, talking to, having sex with (yes, that’s true) humans. Only, I have never seen him. If I step in a pile of dog shit, I can say, without fear of contradiction that, at some point in the past, a dog was here. I don’t see the Dog, but as I am picking his shit out of the tread of my running shoes, I have no doubt that he was indeed here, at some point.

 

But I still haven’t seen him. And I want to. Religious people are desperate for even the slightest tangible, physical evidence of God.

 

For example, from Reuters, December 19, 1996:

 

“Hundreds flock to Virgin apparition on office tower”

 

CLEARWATER, Florida (Reuter) — Hundreds of people converged on Clearwater Wednesday to see what they believe is a vision of the Virgin Mary on an office building.

 

“God is giving us a sign,” said Sister Martin, a nun of the Order of Saint Anne in Bangalore, India.

The image, two floors high, first emerged last Thursday on the tinted windows of a finance company office. It glows and shimmers, turning from green to blue, to red, and there is a distinct outline of a head, a hooded robe and most of a torso.

 

Skeptics say it is caused by the sun reflecting off water left by sprinklers. But others believe it is a true miracle.

 

“God is telling us it is time to change our ways,” said Sister Christian of the same order. “(It) looks exactly like all the paintings of the Blessed Mother

 

And we also have this from CBS News, April 20, 2005:

 

“Faithful See Image of Virgin Mary”

 

Stain On Wall Of Chicago Underpass Believed To Be Image Of Mary

 

CHICAGO, April 20, 2005

 

A steady stream of the faithful and the curious, many carrying flowers and candles, have flocked to an expressway underpass for a view of a yellow and white stain on a concrete wall that some believe is an image of the Virgin Mary.

Police have patrolled the emergency turnoff area under the Kennedy Expressway since Monday as hundreds of people have walked down to see the image and the growing memorial of flowers and candles that surround it.

Beside the image is an artist’s rendering of the Virgin Mary embracing Pope John Paul II in a pose some see echoed in the stain.

“We believe it’s a miracle,” said Elbia Tello, 42. “We have faith, and we can see her face.”

 

Pathetic, really. These people want to believe so bad that they venerate stains on concrete and windows. What’s really pathetic is that God never gives us what we need, physical, undeniable evidence of his existence.

 

Where is God? Does this not prove that should God appear to the human race and speak a few words, he could stop a lot of suffering and answer a lot of burning questions that would put the question of his existence to rest?  If he appeared every generation or so, life here on earth would be vastly different.

 

“Sure I believe in God! I saw him in 1958 and than in 1995. Everyone believes in God”

 

Still haven’t seen Him. It does not prove or disprove his existance. Like I said, as a Deist I have concluded that there is a God. but I do not presume to have any exclusive communications with Him/Her/It and/or Them. I have come to this conclusion simply by observing nature and the universe. To me, it’s just reasonable.

 

Not everyone shares my view, and I really don’t give a shit. I don’t claim to have the answers, just questions. I yearn to know what God really is and what he wants from us, like most people.

 

Apparently, the entity that has all the answer and who could easily settle all this controversy, isn’t talking.

 

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Pedophilia

 

 

I have avoided this subject on this Blog. As I say, this is not a Blog about the Jo Ho’s, but since they are my experience, I write about them more than other religions.

 

It is an important subject, but there are many websites devoted to reporting on Jo Ho sexual abuse, the way The Watchtower Society mishandles such cases and the many lawsuits against The Witnesses as a result.

 

One of the best sites is http://www.silentlambs.com/. The site was established by Ex-Jo Ho Elder, William H. Bowen. He had seen Elders that were child molesters go unpunished and in fact be protected by The Watchtower Society. Another contributor to the efforts of the Silent Lambs is Barbara Anderson. While working as a volunteer researcher at the international headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the early 1990s, an official asked her to look into the handling of sexual abuse cases. She found hundreds of allegations that had been kept secret, and when she made those findings public, she was ousted from the denomination.

 

If you want to learn more about pedophilia, go to this site or simply Google it. There is a lot of info.

 

To me, it’s more about hypocrisy than anything else. As a Jehovah’s Witness for 50 years, we were constantly told the following, from The Watchtower 9/1/98, page 18:

 

“Because Jehovah’s servants follow divine, not human, standards, his organization is theocratic, clean, and wholesome.”

 

But look what they publish when the reports of the sexual abuse of children by Catholic Priests begin to make headlines:

 

Awake!, 4/8/93, page 31:

 

“DURING the past decade, some 400 Roman Catholic priests have been reported to church or civil authorities for sexual abuse of children,” according to U.S.News & World Report. Recently, a national gathering of survivors of such abuse was held near Chicago, Illinois. Many spoke openly of how they had been victimized by pedophile priests.”

 

“But NCR (National Catholic Reporter) notes that speakers sounded another theme repeatedly throughout the conference: “The first abuse is sexual; the second and more painful is psychological.” This second abuse occurs when the church refuses to listen to victims of abuse, fails to take their accusations seriously, and moves only to protect the offending priests. “Fairly or unfairly,” NCR reports, “they portrayed Catholic clergy as belonging to an unhealthy and misguided group more bent on preserving privilege and power than in serving lay needs.” Several speakers made ominous comparisons to the Reformation, which split the church wide open in the 16th century.”

 

About this time, Barbara Anderson, at the Watchtower Society’s headquarters, was looking into incidents and reports of handling of sexual abuse cases. She found hundreds of allegations that had been kept secret. So all the while the Jo Ho’s were bashing the Catholic Church, they were keeping their own little dirty secrets.

 

In fact The Watchtower Society has paid out millions in court settlements to abuse victims. The question is why does The Watchtower Society have to pay? If some guy, say an Elder in say Texas, abuses a child, or rapes a young girl, why is it the Watchtower Society’s fault?.

 

Basically because of the way they instructed the Elders in all the Congregations to handle such abuse. Their instructions were to basically cover it up. They were not to report it to the authorities and if any of the alleged victims went public, the congregations would disfellowship or excommunicate them.

 

They lost the cases and were forced to pay settlements because the court found them legally liable.

 

What happened to “Because Jehovah’s servants follow divine, not human, standards, his organization is theocratic, clean, and wholesome.”?

 

That was just plain bullshit.

 

My point is, Jehovah’s Witnesses, while claiming to be “God’s Organization”, saying they were “theocratic, clean, and wholesome” and bashing the Catholic Church, were guilty of the very same things.

 

The simple truth is that there is a controlling group in New York, “The Governing Body” that does not give a handful of monkey shit about the membership. They lie in court, they cover up and it often catches up with them, as in the case of the millions in settlements they have paid and no doubt will pay.

 

In my 50 years as a Jo Ho, I have personally known of four Jehovah’s Witnesses, all male, included one who has served for years at the headquarters in New York called Bethel who molested children, both male and female and who, to my knowledge are still Jo Ho’s in good standing. Two of these guys were convicted and did time and were never disfellowshipped or excommunicated.

 

Oh, but several of the victims were, along with their parents. Why? Because they reported the incidents to the authorities.

 

So, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to be hypocritical bullshitters.

 

 

 

The Entire Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bonham, Texas, Quits…..

 

…and gets to keep the Kingdom Hall. This is some funny shit.

 

This happened in the 1980’s but it has a lot of relevance today.

 

It seems that the members of the Bonham, Texas Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses decide to quit the Watchtower Society. The Elder who led the successful secession was apparently the previous Presiding Overseer, Wendell Baker who also employed many of the local JWs with his business.  As Presiding Overseer he had had a list of addresses of all the local JWs and so before bringing the decision to secede to a vote he sent mail to others informing them about the Watchtower organization. All but ten Jo Ho’s went along with Wendall and they informed the Watchtower Society.

Needless to say, the Watchtower Society was, well…displeased. They sued the group in court, because the members claimed they owned the Church Building, aka, the Kingdom Hall and the Watchtower Society claimed it too.

 

The Watchtower organization failed in court to regain control of the Kingdom Hall property at 1105 Pecan Street, Bonham, Texas.  The original Kingdom Hall was kept by the seceded local Jehovah’s Witnesses who apparently later diversified in beliefs and Christian memberships.

 

Why is this of any significance?

 

Well, The Watch Tower Society originally claimed to be a publishing corporation, and various Bible Student groups merely subscribed to their literature and much of the beliefs. This was during Charles Russell’s presidency. They met in homes, and stated that they always would operate this way. Each group elected Elders, but there were not ‘official’ ties to the Watch Tower Corporation.

In the 1930s J. F. Rutherford forced all the ‘Ecclesia’s’ (Bible Student congregations) to register with the Society to maintain their affiliations, thus creating an organized religion (something that Russell condemned as being part of Babylon the Great.)

Two very important facts remained:

 

1. Each congregation still owned its own property as a non-profit association or corporation in their respective states.

 

2. The Society continued to claim that they had no clergy distinction, and thus no hierarchy. (The Society legally claimed that they were a ‘congregational’ organization and not a hierarchical organization.) The Roman Catholic Church, for example is Hierarchical, with a Pope, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests, and the Church owns everything. The Southern Baptists, on the other hand, are Congregational. Each congregation is totally independent, and can tell the central convention to get lost if they wish.

 

What happened in Bonham, Texas when the body of elders and the majority of the congregation decided to leave the Watch Tower organization?  For the first time in its history the Watch Tower Society made two important arguments:

 

First, they were now a Hierarchical like the Catholic Church, with the Governing Body, Branches Overseers, District Overseers, Circuit Overseers, and Elders appointed by the Society.

 

Second, The Society as a hierarchy, therefore, had the rightful title to the Kingdom Hall. This was a serious departure from all their previous claims, and is among the many issues that impressed upon me that the Society was no longer what it claimed to be.

The result? The Society lost because the Bonham congregation was able to prove that the Society was a historically a ‘congregational’ organization, and as such had no legal title or interest recorded on the deed. The Society was unable to establish legal interest.

The Subsequent Changes: Among many changes to establish legal interest was to start getting recorded on deeds as the first position lein holder when making remodel and quick build loans. (I can recall the days when we would get remodel loans from the Society, but nothing was ever recorded on the deeds.) The Society started a group insurance program for all Kingdom Halls, ostensibly to provide lower cost premiums, but also this showed an interest in each property.

 

The big issues here are the structure of the Watchtower Society and ownership of Kingdom Halls, or the individual, local church buildings where the congregations meet.

 

The Watchtower Society argued that it was indeed a hierarchy, something it had denied for years. They lost that one.

 

But they’re not dumbasses ( just the membership are). The Society than proceeded to structure things so it actually owned and had title to each Kingdom Hall. When any Congregation decides to build a Kingdom Hall, upon approval from The Watchtower headquarters, of course, the Watchtower Society will fund it, holding a mortgage which the congregation will eventually pay back in regular monthly payments, like you pay for your house.

 

The big difference is that when you get done making payments, your house is yours. When the Jo Ho Congregations finish making payments, the Kingdom Hall belongs to the Watchtower Society.

 

It’s all about control from the top down.

 

I did a property search on the Kingdom Halls in my county in Florida. Most belong to The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 900 Red Mills Road, Wallkill, N.Y. 01307

 

Ain’t no uppity congregation getting’ no Kingdom Hall from us again!!

 

 

 

 

The above information is from the Blog, “Letters from the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses”. Here are their links.

 

http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

 

 

http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-owns-kingdom-halls.html

 

 

More Jehovah’s Witness Bullshit

I know, I’m slamming the Jo Ho’s again. It’s just so easy. 

I am often reminded about what I used to believe and how I used to act, and it pisses me off. I have no cause to be angry with the Jo Ho’s. I had them figured out pretty early on. It was my fear of shunning and since I had so many personal, family and business ties with them, it was easier to go along. But hypocrisy is hard work and I always knew that at some point I would simply say “enough” and I did, with no regrets.

Here is some of the asinine and arrogant bullshit the Governing Body shoves down the Jo Ho’s throats and they suck it up, without even thinking.

Did you know that The Watchtower Society owns the Bible?

The Watchtower, Oct 1, 1967, p.587.

“…the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible. For this reason the Bible cannot be properly understood without Jehovah’s visible organization in mind.”

 

They own it. The rest of you Christians, you can borrow it but you’ll never understand it.

More bullshit from the Watchtower, 9/1/89 page 19:

“ONLY Jehovah’s Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the “great crowd,” as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil.”

 

So the vast majority of humankind is wasting it’s time. Dead men walking. Global carnage in the name of the God of Love.

And the bullshit just keeps piling up. From The Watchtower 4/1/72, pages 197:

“So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet?…This “prophet” was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah’s Christian witnesses….Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a “prophet” of God. It is another thing to prove it.”

 

These were the same guys that printed this, in 1971:

For example from: The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah – How? 1971 p. 216:

JEHOVAH’S “SWORD” AGAINST “ALL THOSE OF FLESH”

“Shortly, within our twentieth century, the “battle in the day of Jehovah” will begin against the modern antitype of Jerusalem, Christendom.”

 

So I guess it is indeed “easy to say that this group acts as a “prophet” of God. It is another thing to prove it.” Good job proving it, fucking assholes.

I must have missed the big battle. I bet it happened while the Super Bowl was on and no one noticed.

Or more likely, perhaps the Watchtower and the Jo Ho’s are a fucking crock of shit.

This blog isn’t only about fucking with the Jo Ho’s. Really

……just mostly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cosmic Petrie Dish

 

 

Do you feel like a microbe or some sort of germ in some sort of viral scientific experiment?

 

Or, perhaps an unwilling participant in a cosmic breeding experiment. Did you ever wonder how a Doberman can be a dog with the same dog DNA as a Poodle?  Years of inbreeding. If you could solve the obvious problems with getting a Doberman to mate with a Poodle, you’d get puppies. Dobie-Doodles, or whatever, but they would still be dogs.

 

Where am I going with this?

 

From the Watchtower, 6/15/04, Page 29:

 

“On the other hand, the faithful envoy is a healing to himself and to those who listen to him. Paul exhorted Timothy: “Pay constant attention to yourself and to your teaching. Stay by these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.” (1 Timothy 4:16) Think of the healing that faithful declaration of the Kingdom good news accomplishes. It awakens people of right heart condition and leads them to the truth that sets them free. (John 8:32) Even if people fail to give ear to the message, the loyal messenger ‘will certainly deliver his own soul.’ (Ezekiel 33:9) May we never neglect to fulfill our commission to preach. (1 Corinthians 9:16) And let us always be careful to “preach the word,” never watering it down or sugarcoating it with compromises.—2 Timothy 4:2.”

 

Of particular interest is this, from the above quote: “Think of the healing that faithful declaration of the Kingdom good news accomplishes. It awakens people of right heart condition and leads them to the truth that sets them free.”

 

The scripture quoted, John 8:32, says “and YOU will know the truth, and the truth will set YOU free.” In the context of this and other scriptures and in the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other Christian religions, the implication is that for one to know Christ or to accept the truth, that person must have the right heart condition.

 

Well, that’s just fucking terrific. What happens to those who don’t have the right heart? They are killed/punished by God, depending on your theology.

 

So we have this big world, full of diverse people, that God allegedly put here and he is watching us to see who has the right heart and thus who will accept his “truth” and have faith in him.  Wouldn’t this be some kind of behavioral experiment?

 

And a grossly unfair one at that. Did you choose your race, sex, the color of your eyes, etc.? No, your genetic make up was determined at the time of conception. Your personality is to a large extent a result of your genetics and your environment. You have very little control over who you are, how you act, what you look like and your “heart condition”.

 

“Well, I know people who were raised in a very poor environment and they pulled themselves out of that situation and made something of themselves”. We’ve all heard the stories of the kid with the deck stacked against him, becoming successful at some endeavor. And what does that prove?

 

Have you ever heard the expression “he had it in him”? A person could have two parents who are not to bright, alcoholics or drug addicts and have a horrible family life with many hardships and yet achieve success in business, politics whatever.  He had the genetic make up to succeed. He had the tools to overcome his environment.

 

We’ve also all seen the opposite, the kid with every advantage becoming a hopeless failure, drug addict or alcoholic. He did not have the “success” gene.

 

Genetics has such an impact on how our lives turn out. There have been many experiences  of identical twins, separated at birth, reuniting as adults and finding their lives were very similar, from having similar jobs and interests, to marrying similar type persons and smoking the same brand of cigarettes.

This happens in the majority of cases of twins separated at birth. There lives, their choices driven by their genetics are very similar.

 

So if our genetics is a big determinant in our ultimate personality, how can God hold an individual responsible for not “recognizing” God’s truth?

 

Most Christians and definitely Jehovah’s Witnesses would have you believe that God is looking for those with the right heart condition. That’s code for those who embrace what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe. And there is a grain of truth in that. You have to be of a certain personality or range of personalities to believe the Jo Ho bullshit.

 

This is an interesting conflict of facts. Who gave you your “heart”, your genetics, your personality? God. Well, if you don’t believe in Him, He must be to blame since each of our inner belief systems is shaped by our environment and our genetics, with genetics being the dominant force.

 

I was a Witness for 50 years. I obviously do not have the correct heart condition to be a Jo Ho. This is evident because, ultimately, I left. From my childhood to age 50, I was smack dab in the middle of the Witness world. But, I left. Why? I got to the point where I could not reconcile the bullshit with fact. Genetically, I am the consummate pragmatist. I am not devoid of emotions, but I approach life as a series of problems to be solved and decisions to make. I examine all facts and try not to let emotions overrule

 

 More than half of the kids that were raised along with me as Jehovah’s Witnesses also had the genetic “defect” and left. They overcame their environment.

 

So, is this a culling of the heard? The Jo Ho’s think it is. So, God made me a Doberman and he is only saving Poodles. I can’t help that I am a Doberman, have blue eyes or that I am a male.

 

I find it hard to fathom that God would stack the deck to such an extent that you are destined to be in his disfavor at conception.

 

“Oh, you can change you heart condition”, the Witnesses say. I don’t think so. Anyone who becomes a Jo Ho, leaving a life of debauchery behind, already had the heart receptive to what the Jo Ho’s spew. There are also those who will embrace religion after years of rejecting it. You’ll find that typically this is a reaction to some life altering event (death of a loved one, near death experience) and their enthusiasm for their new found “faith” soon withers.

 

I would like to believe, but I simply can’t. It would be nice to be convinced that God was “looking out for me”. I was actually there for a period in my life.

 

I presently think all religions are full of shit, if not downright dangerous. They cause you to alter your life and actions, often causing regret later in life. I own a piece of that. But, I could have left anytime and didn’t. Even when my brain was screaming at me, outwardly I was calm and serene in “The Truth”, which is what the Jo Ho’s call their belief. Hypocrisy is hard work. Eventually, pragmatism snapped me back to reality.

 

Those pesky facts and proof.

 

Bible Looney Updates

 

On October 13^th, 2008 I wrote a piece entitled “More Bullshit from Bible Loonies” It was about this bullshit sect called “The Lord’s Witnesses”. For a laugh, go to their website:

 

http://www.truebiblecode.com/

 

Anyway, at that time their website said this:

 

“There will be a dual terrorist attack on the US and the UK taking the form of fire from the heavens, on October11-14 (2008Tishri8 or 2008Tishri10). The US arm of the attack will hit Westside Midtown Manhattan producing a man made mushroom cloud rising from the Hudson River. The UK arm will most likely occur on the same day but may be a few days later.”

 

Obviously, this did not happen. When I checked out their website on October 17^th, it said this:

 

There will be a dual terrorist attack on the US and the UK taking the form of fire from the heavens, on October17-19 (2008Tishri14 or 2008Tishri15). The US arm of the attack will hit Westside Midtown Manhattan producing a man made mushroom cloud rising from the Hudson river. The UK arm will most likely occur on the same day but may be a few days later. 

 

 

Well, today is October 20^th and the website now says this:

There will be a dual terrorist attack on the US and the UK taking the form of fire from the heavens, on October24-26 (2008Tishri21 or 2008Tishri22). The US arm of the attack will hit Westside Midtown Manhattan producing a man made mushroom cloud rising from the Hudson river. The UK arm will most likely occur on the same day but may be a few days later. 

These quotes are verbatim, from the site.

 

 

What a sack of horse shit. The site is quite lengthy and rambles on about dates, the time of the end etc., etc., etc.

 

I don’t know what these guys are about, how many members they have or what. It may be one asshole, sitting in his underwear, in the dark typing like mad.

 

 

I have three sets of dates here. I wonder how long this paragraph has been posted, with the dates changed weekly, as nothing happens.

 

 

But, hey, if you put this up there long enough, something is bound to happen. If I bet on every horse in any race, I will definitely win.

 

Crazy Ass Hindus Continue Their Insane Rampage With a new Twist

 “CONVERT OR WE WILL KILL YOU” Hindu lynch mobs tell fleeing Christians.

“As a fresh wave of sectarian violence is unleashed across the Indian state of Orissa, Gethin Chamberlain talks to homeless survivors in Kandhamal district who were forced to abandon their religion”

Read the complete article here;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/19/orissa-violence-india-christianity-hinduism

Hey, where have we heard this bullshit before?

Wasn’t this the motto of “Christian” Missionaries when they descended upon the American Indians, now known as “Casino Owning” Americans? They went so far as to ban the Indians from speaking their native language, while they forced them at gun point to submit to Christianity. Fortunately, the natives were not that stupid and years later the Navajo language became an important tool in the War in the Pacific. Remember the Code Talkers?

The indignities continued when the Spanish Christian Missionaries converted the natives of South America, to their brand of religious idiocy, at the tip of the sword. Don’t forget when the West, primarily Europe, divided up Africa and soon a hoard of Christian missionaries descended upon the defenseless Africans and shoved Christianity down their throats, ostensibly “for their own good”.

Religious zealots of every brand, usually with the cooperation of the ruling power, have throughout history, jammed their brand of religion down the conquered peoples throat.

There are some exceptions. A most notable exception is surprisingly a Muslim.

During the time of the Crusades, there was a Muslim King named Saladin. Both Christians and Muslims still admire Saladin, a celebrity of history, whose was notable for his chivalry and noble character.

Saladin was notable for his tolerance of other religions, particularly Christianity.

During the Crusades, in 1099 Jerusalem had fallen to the First Crusaders, Christian soldiers commissioned by the Pope, slaughtering its Christian, Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, after promising them safety. They did not even spare the lives of children, women or elderly.

In stark contrast to the actions of the Christian Crusaders, when Saladin took the city back in 1187, adhering to the teachings of Islam, He did not slaughter the city’s Christian inhabitants. Saladin’s noble act won him the respect of his opponents and many more people throughout the world.

He was a man who most notably practiced what he preached and he was a Muslim, a religion that most in the West perceive as one of violence. And, in fact it is, when not practiced by men of Saladin’s character. Sadly, men of Saladin’s character are in the extreme minority. Sectarian violence among Muslims is common if not almost normal. You can expect a Sunni to kill a Shiite, if he gets the advantage and vice versa. The term Sunni Militia and Shiite Militia are very common.

In the Balkans, when Russian rule collapsed, people who had been neighbors for years, and had behaved peaceably under the iron hand of the Russians, slaughtered their neighbors, men, women and children. Religious animosity had been smoldering for generations and when the situation that held it in check suddenly vanished, violence exploded and ascended to shocking, inhumane levels. The population rapidly divided itself into the different religious and ethnic camps.

The incidents of religious violence are far too numerous to list. And it continues anywhere religious fanatics can get away with imposing their views on the “unbeliever”.

Could armed Baptists in the United States, attack, rape and murder Catholics in an effort to ride the earth of the “unbelievers” or forcibly convert them? No. Why? Simply, the Government, by virtue of its power to uphold prevailing law, would, by means of the Local or State police, stop them, using force if necessary. It would investigate arrest, try and punish any violators of the law.

What keeps fanatical Christian in check? The prevailing law. As in the Balkans, what happens if the Government in the United States, no longer posses the power or is no longer willing to use it to suppress religious violence?

A point to ponder.

I will leave you with this additional thought. Is there a Government in the area of India, where the Hindu against Christians violence is happening and has been happening for months? Yes, with police and guns,

Evidentially the Government in that region, while possessing the power, is no longer willing to use it to suppress religious violence against Christians. Could that happen in the United States?

Religious Fanatics Murder in the Name of God…again.

There has been a major outbreak of religious violence against Christians in Orissa, India

 

http://news.christiansunite.com/Religion_News/religion07707.shtml

 

Here is an excerpt from the above link:

 

More Christians killed in anti-Christian violence Orissa, India

October 17, 2008

(christiansunite.com) – At least three more Christians have been killed over in the widespread violence that began seven weeks ago in Orissa state’s Kandhamal district.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On October 1, an elderly Christian, Lalji Nayak, died from axe wounds he received when a mob of Hindu militants attacked the village of Hrudangia the previous day. His wife, also attacked with an axe, was seriously injured in the head and his brother has been hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds.

 

On October 2, two men were dragged out of their home in Sindhipankha village, shot and then dismembered. The assailants also massacred cattle belonging to village Christians and burned Christian-owned houses. Approximately 400 homes have been set on fire by militants in Kandhamal and Boudh district over the past week.

 

Pray that those who mourn will find peace in the fact that those who have suffered with Christ will be glorified with Him (Romans 8:15-17). Pray for healing for those injured. Pray that Christians in India will continue to live as cross-bearing disciples and remain steadfast in faith at all cost.

 

To find out more about the plight of Christians in India, visit www.persecution.net/india.htm.

 

My Comments

More human suffering in the name of religion. What could possibly motivate people to kill and dismember people? I mean, that’s up close and personal. You have to be pretty pissed and deranged.

 

There are so many incidents of religious violence in this part of India, that I can’t mention them all.

 

Of course Pope Benedict XVI denounced anti-Christian violence, especially in Orissa and Karnataka and called for reconciliation. He was probably relieved that it wasn’t Catholics causing problems this time.

 

Hey, your Ass Holiness, any apologies for the Crusades or the Inquisitions? I didn’t think so.

 

This latest wave of violence was set off by the killing on Aug. 23 of a charismatic Hindu preacher known as Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, who for 40 years had rallied the area’s people to choose Hinduism over Christianity.

The police have blamed Maoist guerrillas for the swami’s killing. But Hindu radicals continue to hold Christians responsible. Hindu extremists have held ceremonies in the country’s indigenous belt for the past several years intended to purge tribal communities of Christian influence.

 

Interestingly, there are several reports of Christian women being raped by Hindu fanatics. Just think of that implication for a moment. Often, religious violence is accompanied by rape. In the context of “I hate you, because your religion is wrong and God wants me to kill you”, how can any one justify rape in the name of their religion?

 

Rape seems to be a lesser offense than murder, but look at it in the context of the situation. “God has told me to rape you because your religion is from Satan” ??? This is simply degenerate violence between people who disagree on religious beliefs. It can in no way be considered “Holy” or “From God”, if rape is part of the mayhem. How could a devout Hindu justify the raping of a woman, under any circumstances? Or a Muslim or Christian for that matter?

 

In the insane context of Religioun and fanaticism, it is far simpler to justify the killing of a woman on religious grounds than the raping of a woman. If you kill a “non believer” you have rid the world of the evil spawn of Satan. What does raping a woman accomplish? Does she “see the light” and embrace your belief? Not likely.

 

The Hindu leaders are making the usual half hearted comments, denouncing the violence, when you k now in their hearts they don’t mean it. It’s similar to 9/11 when Muslim leaders condemned the terrorists, while the majority of the Muslim community danced in the streets. As far as they were concerned, we got what we deserved. We had it coming.

 

When an abortion clinic gets bombed or an abortion doctor gets murdered, do we hear a denunciations from the “Christian” leaders. Some, the same half hearted denunciations we get from the Hindu and Muslim leaders.

 

The “moderates” enable the radicals. The moderates live as radicals, vicariously through the actions of the radicals.

The Christian moderate, when he hears of an abortion clinic bombing or of an abortion doctor being murdered thinks, “Well, he got what he deserved”. No big out cry or protest from the flock.

 

A “Christian” friend of mine and I were discussing the Bible accounts of when the Israelites conquered the land of Canaan. The Jews were told on numerous occasion, upon conquering a city or town, to kill every man, woman and child. They were told to show no pity, have no mercy. I asked him if that was justified.

 

“They were idol worshippers” he responded. In what universe does ones religious belief justify the killing of a child or raping a woman? Apparently in this universe, the one we now live in.

 

More Bullshit from Bible Loonies

This was emailed to me from an alert reader, Jon. Jon if you want to identify yourself, do so in a comment. I did want to take the liberty. Any way, here is Jon’s link:

 

 

http://www.truebiblecode.com/

 

 

This is a quote from this loony site:

 

 

“There will be a dual terrorist attack on the US and the UK taking the form of fire from the heavens, on October11-14 (2008Tishri8 or 2008Tishri10). The US arm of the attack will hit Westside Midtown Manhattan producing a man made mushroom cloud rising from the Hudson River. The UK arm will most likely occur on the same day but may be a few days later.”

 

At this writing it is October 13^th, so we have a day to go.

 

Now, it’s absolute drudgery reading through their entire site, but these guys are the, here to fore unknown to me, “Lord’s Witnesses”. And if you thought Jehovah’s Witnesses were number benders, you ought to read their bullshit.

 

Startlingly, though the “Lords Witnesses” or LT’s as they call themselves have predicted a nuclear holocaust several times in the past and it didn’t happen. Say it ain’t so!

From their website:

 

 “Why do the LWs keep predicting a nuclear terrorist attack from the bible when they have got it wrong so many times before?” (could it be they’re full of shit?)

Jesus said: 

“7 Keep on asking, and it will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking it will be opened (Matthew7).”

“Either you believe those words or your prefer the promises of Ferenc Gyurcsan, the Hungarian Prime Minister.”

I have not yet figured out how  Ferenc Gyurcsan, the Hungarian Prime Minister figures into all this.

The issue is here that they belabor this point of predicting the nuclear Holocaust incorrectly “many” times before and they justify their false prophesy in a most interesting way.

Again from their site:

“Jesus’ words do not mean that we should knock once or twice. They mean that we should keep knocking until the door opens. For that is the promise. They do not mean that we should seek here and once we have done that we should seek there. They mean that we should seek everywhere until we find. For that is the promise. They do not mean that we should ask once or twice. They mean that we should ask every day and every hour of every day until we are answered. For that too is the promise.”

So what the hell does this mean? It sounds like “If we keep predicting the nuclear holocaust often enough, we are bound to be right once”

How about this, you deranged, delusional assholes. If you keep crying wolf, soon no one will believe a word you say. You guys are going to look like a bunch of dipshits on Oct. 15.

Here is some more twisted bullshit form the LW’s:

The bad news is that the Time of Distress of Daniel 12 began on 2008Sivan26 (July1/2), lasting for one year. And the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24, begins between the sunsets of Saturday October11 and Tuesday October14, (i.e. on 2008Tishri8/10), with the mushroom cloud and fire from the heavens of 1Kings18. This is the day when the stone of Daniel2 hits the US foot of the giant image in a dual terrorist attack. The UK is attacked on the same day, 2008Tishri8/10 (October11-14). 2008Tishri8/10 is the first day of the 120 day warning period for true Christians, which ends on 2008Shebat8/10, when the LWs lose our water baptism, which is Lot’s wife becoming a pillar of salt at the end of that day. Then on 2008Shebat9/11, the 3 billion soul first abrahamic covenant (1AC) harvest of Zoar begins. The angelic protection of Zoar kicks in at the end of the 1.1 million BLC days represented by the 1.1 million men drawing sword and being registered into Israel of 1Chronicles21, which run from 1048Nisan17 BC, when fire came from heaven accepting David’s bull, the first sacrifice to Jehovah (the existing one) made on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, to 2008Heshvan7 (2008November9/10). 

This whole time table falls apart if they don’t nuke New York by tomorrow.  But notice they have already prepared themselves for failure.

It reminds me of a quote from a Jehovah’s Witness publication, regarding their prediction of the end of the world coming in 1975. From the Watchtower, December 1, 1984, page 1618:

“True, some expectations that appeared to be backed up by Bible chronology did not materialize at the anticipated time. But is it not far preferable to make some mistakes because of over eagerness to see God’s purposes accomplished than to be spiritually asleep as to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy?”

So, isn’t it better if we MAKE A FUCKING FALSE PROPHESY, because of over eagerness????

NO, you fucking Morons! Why? Because real people, make real life changing decisions based on your every word.

“But is it not far preferable to make some mistakes because of over eagerness to see God’s purposes accomplished??” NO, Keep your fucking pie hole shut.

Now we have the LW’s, the Jo Ho’s and remember “Buffalo Bill” Yisrayl Hawkins, who said nuclear war will begin Thursday, June 12, 2008 or sooner? He is the leader of some insane assholes and a self-proclaimed prophet, the founder of a religious sect in Abilene, Texas.”

The funny part is that at some point, all of these fuck heads have all the dates covered so someone is bound to be right.

 

Jehovah’s Witnesses are being Persecuted Again!!

Here we go again. It seems the Russians, or more specifically the Republic of Tajikistan are hammering the Jo Ho’s again. Wasn’t it simpler in the old days, when they were all just “Russians”?

This is a quote from the link below:

“Officials categorically denied that the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Ehyo Protestant Church and the Abundant Life Christian Centre had been banned. Yet on 29 September a Dushanbe court reaffirmed the ban on the Jehovah’s Witnesses imposed in October 2007. “They are not allowed to function in Tajikistan, period,” Nazira Dodkhudoeva of the Culture Ministry’s Religious Affairs Department told Forum 18. Ehyo church members said that one year after being “suspended”, officials still will not approve new wording of their charter and have told them they cannot function until this is finalised.”

http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1200

If you don’t like what the Jo Ho’s say, ignore them. Note that they were not the only “Christian” group banned, but you can bet your ass they will high jack this incident and make it their own. In the Jo Ho’s literature and in speeches given throughout their realm and in all their Kingdom Halls, they will howl about “the persecution of God’s chosen people” and how this is still further “proof” that they have the true religion.

They’re not going to mention that the Ehyo Protestant Church and the Abundant Life Christian Centre had also been banned. If they did, they would have to share the persecution spot light with the other two religions. Only “the true religion” gets persecuted for being….well the true religion.

If they mention these other groups, the Jo Ho’s will no doubt blame their own persecution on actions other than preaching the “truth”. Since, according to the Jo Ho’s, these other groups don’t have the “truth”, the Tajikistanis must be pissed at them for other reasons. They meddle in elections, they allow gay marriage, they dance naked at their services, something of that nature.

But the Jo Ho’s get persecuted because they speak the truth. It couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that they wake you up in the morning or interrupt your dinner or favorite TV show with their bullshit. Or that they say often in their literature that God is going to destroy all the Governments of the earth. These asshole do things they know will piss the Government off and when the Government, in this case the Tajikistanis, gets pissed and clamps down on them, they get to wail “persecution”. They deliberately do things to piss of people and when people get pissed, its persecution.

So my advice to the Tajikistanis and to any other government is to simply ignore the Jo Ho’s. Clamping down on them only encourages them.

They’re like the kid who craves attention, even negative attention, so he’s always acting up.