This world is full of self-righteous, egocentric people who use religion to peddle their personal perspectives. Is it something I can do anything about? Probably not (except perhaps for burning out the part of my brain that notices this behavior). Time and tide have proven that there's no use in trying to shove reality in the face of a bedazzled trooper for christ. People believe what they want to believe. Until they hear the next Big Thing, of course. Or until their 'signs and wonders' kick them in the butt.
"Global Warming is a sign of the end times." "No, wait, Global Warming is a myth; it isn't true." "Wait, Global Warming will be GOOD for everybody; after all, God gave us DOMINION over the Earth."
Tonight, I was trying to find a place to donate for disaster relief via PayPal, as I have a few bucks in my account. But it seems I will have to wait for my paycheck to be wired first, because all I can find are goofy Christian organizations putting PayPal buttons all over their web sites and forums.
Ran into this blog quite by accident. It's a Christian community that is offering a way for Christians to support the Disaster Relief efforts through a Christian service. I suppose this is fine. Whatever it takes for these hung-up people to reach for their wallets. After all, they have christian dating services, christian yoga, christian DVD rentals, christian night clubs, christian death metal, christian action figures for your child's christian playtime, christian toilet paper for your christian sphincter.. (ok, I'm getting a little out of hand here). Kind of reminds me of Amway a bit, but of course all of the profits go to the Lord and you can recruit anybody, really. And nothing beats an Amway rally like a good, old fasioned revival.
If you want your compassion for starving, homeless and lonely people to go with a little "accept you at the door, reject you at the altar," then feel free to look up as many Christian (especially evangelical) organizations as you can. I'm sure they'll put your jesus money to good use.
You may think I don't like Christians much. Well, there are so very few real Christians in the world. I really appreciate those people. They don't preach; they don't reject you at the altar; they don't hire big guys to keep the gays out of their churches. They don't lobby against whole sections of society that have different kinds of relationships. They don't justify beating their wives and children with certain Old Testament bible verses. They realize that compassion is the greatest gift of all, and that Jesus himself taught that 'loving thy neighbor' is perhaps the greatest thing a person can do. They do their best at being non-judgmental, kind, accommodating to everyone. You might have met one or two in your lifetime in the guise of grandparents or friendly old fellows that don't talk much.
It's amazing how many Christians actually volunteer for Unicef, the Red Cross, the larger, more capable organizations who will get your money into action much more quickly than your Pat Robertsons of the world. And the Red Cross isn't going to pinch a penny for Jesus. So get out there like a capable person instead of a bloody Amway pyramid christian taskforce.
(bubble bubble)
Ok. So I'm soapboxing a bit. Well, it's fun sometimes to get crazy and hot-headed. And it's safer here than in some geek forum.
A little theological coaching is what I need.
Open this page in a separate web browser, and follow me down the page.
Evon: No more gifts to the American Red Cross from me and no gifts to the International Red Cross which allows the Red Crescent but not the Star of David.
That's a fairly uneducated perspective. One could assume that the 700 Club is the only news source for this person. It might help to realize that the Star of David is a symbol of the Jewish Faith (it's called Judaism). It's also called a HEXAGRAM, or the Seal of Solomon (you know, that guy that had hundreds of wives but is still an important Christian figurehead), which is used widely in Ceremonial Magick and in Freemasonry. And the Golden Dawn, a secret society from the 19th and early 20th Century, used it fairly consistently as well.
This ridiculous website purports that it the most wicked, and one of the most powerful, of all symbols in witchcraft.
It is used to call forth demons into this dimension, to communicate with the dead, to describe sex acts, and to represent false and pagan gods such as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. [Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated , Dr. Cathy Burns, p. 39]
Educate yourself so that you can recognize their "plan" for the New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in the daily news.
Our next lesson might well be to discern propaganda from other useful works of text. But that's for another post.
To make matters worse, if one would just read this article on the website for the IFRC, they clearly state that the symbols they adopted (more than a hundred years ago) have no religious significance at all. But to try and accommodate the Israeli and Eritrea societies, they have proposed a solution to the 'conflict' that religious sensitives have faced in dealing with these symbols. Though the world's energy might be better spent in helping people, not in worrying about whether one's symbol of faith is being used on the arms of an International (non-religious) taskforce, at least they are trying to do the 'right' thing and calm people's asses down. That's a lot more than what can be said of these ultra-sensitive religious types who find themselves particularly offended by insignificant and illigitimate things.
Of course, some people won't be happy until they use a proper Christian cross, or maybe a nascar logo. Wouldn't that be grand?
posted by novachild @ Thursday, December 30, 2004,
5 Comments:
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At 10:08 PM,
:: miss m :: said...
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amazon.com is taking donations that are 100% to the victims; they're eating adminitrative costs.
Also, if you want to gouge your eyes out at the level of hatred and stupidity out there, check out the great series, "Which Hunts" here: http://www.witchvox.com/xwitchhunts.html
Articles for the last few years which debunk the bs propiganda out there against wiccans, pagans, and generally non-christians. -
At 11:27 PM,
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i know this has nothing to do with what you are spouting off at the mouth about but sorry to read about your wifes grandmothers passing
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At 8:09 AM,
novachild said...
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Anonymous, if you don't like what you read, go somewhere else.
As a fellow blogger has stated, I will quote:
"There are people on the net that have nothing better to do with their time then be nasty to other people online. They post rude comments, spend hours a day talking about sites they hate so much, that they well, spend hours a day talking about them. (lame) They mock the owners and posters for their opinions and their right to free speech. They expect everyone to fit into their narrow-minded little world view or else they throw a temper tantrum.
"To these people I say grow up.
"Here's a bit of info people...the web is a HUGE place. If you don't like what I say here, or who I am, or what I do, or talk about, or what I look like, or the color of my hair, or whatever asinine thing you dwell on, go somewhere else. It's really, really easy. Honest. You just click the little "x" in the corner of your browser and *poof* the offending, big, mean and nasty site has disappeared.
"I pay for this site. It's mine. That means I can use it for whatever the hell I want to. Don't like it if I'm bitching about something in my life? Oh fucking well. Go somewhere else. Think I'm stupid for expressing my thoughts? Too fucking bad, don't read them. Somewhere along the line, someone forgot this simple fact: Live and let live. Don't like me, cool, fine, whatever, I don't care. This journal is NOT for you. It's for me. I'm not in it for popularity or fame or anything stupid like that. I write it because I need to write and express myself and get things out of my head sometimes. So read or don't, it doesn't matter, but don't waste my time (or yours) bitching about it." -
At 4:06 PM,
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Father, in the name of JESUS I send the judgment of God to the writer of this article. I pray Deuteronomy 30:7, Psalm 109 and 140, Isaiah 54:17, and any like Scriptures on them, and anyone else coming against us Christians, in the name of JESUS.
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At 11:34 PM,
novachild said...
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For a moment I thought about deleting this post, but it suddenly dawns on my how ironic it is, seeing as how my journal entry is basically a bitchfest about self-righteous bastards who think they are saintly.
Looks like this is going to be the topic of another journal entry, after all.
BTW, anonymous, thanks for the kindly feedback. I really do appreciate it. Since we're all into curses, I'll share one for you:
No matter how much you think you are liberated by God's grace, God isn't in the business of mucking around with the law of cause and effect. You know that bit about "pressed down, shaken together, and running over?" Well, put it in your calendar and make some room in your warehouse, because you might just be buying yourself a week's worth of open-item returns.
I curse you with the following, by the power of Greyskull!
May a thousand spammers find your inbox this week!
May your fly be open in front of your boss!
May you accidentally fart during a passionate moment with your loved one!
May you suffer the torment known as Manos: Hands of Fate!
Lastly, may you actually start thinking for yourself this week!
