This may be old news to many of you, but I don't really follow entertainment news, so I hadn't heard it until recently: Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas has announced their plans to picket at Heath Ledger’s funeral because the actor “promoted homosexuality” by his film ‘Brokeback Mountain’ in which he played a gay man.
Fred Phelps leads the church, which demostrates their strong conviction against gays, lesbians and soldiers by picketing. The Topeka, Kansas based group has made headlines in the past after picketing at the funeral’s of soldiers carrying signs reading ‘Thank God for Dead Soldiers’ and ‘God Hates Fags.’
“God hates the, tacky bucket of slime seasoned with womit known as Brokeback Mountain and he hates all persons having anything whatsoever to do with it,” the church writes on a flyer.
Coverage from ABC News can be found here... and here is a copy of the actual news release put out by the church.
Here is yet another example of some Christians behaving like idiots. Whatever happened to love thy neighbor?
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Biblical Wisdom, Part 4
Psalm 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Biblical Wisdom, Part 3
Here is another one of my favorite stupid Bible quotes... I mean, if God is all-powerful, what is the deal with iron? Is it some kind of holy kryptonite?
Judges 1:19
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Judges 1:19
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Another Form of Religous Denial
Christians do not have a monopoly on denial. You know what I'm talking about... saying things like "Well, if they do that then they are not really Christian no matter what they say"... or "Well, those people killing abortion doctors are not really Christian."
Well, Muslims do it, too. Here is a recent example of Muslim denial:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected the notion that there is a link between religion and the wave of suicide bombings in his country. Rather, he said, suicide bombings are becoming a business in which terrorists are paying families to recruit suicide bombers. These kinds of criminal activities, he said, must be vigorously combated. "While Afghanistan is still a crucial battlefield, a rapidly spreading war is engulfing the wider region. Terrorist attacks have evolved in number, tactics and brutality. New battlefronts are opened up each day. Our strategies in this war have often been short-changed by a host of deceptive rhetoric or due to lingering misconceptions about the nature of the enemy."
The violence in the Middle East is a combination of a backward religious mindset and our greed for their oil.
Well, Muslims do it, too. Here is a recent example of Muslim denial:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected the notion that there is a link between religion and the wave of suicide bombings in his country. Rather, he said, suicide bombings are becoming a business in which terrorists are paying families to recruit suicide bombers. These kinds of criminal activities, he said, must be vigorously combated. "While Afghanistan is still a crucial battlefield, a rapidly spreading war is engulfing the wider region. Terrorist attacks have evolved in number, tactics and brutality. New battlefronts are opened up each day. Our strategies in this war have often been short-changed by a host of deceptive rhetoric or due to lingering misconceptions about the nature of the enemy."
The violence in the Middle East is a combination of a backward religious mindset and our greed for their oil.
Christian Pedophiles Are Not Just Catholic
According to the Beaver County Times:
A former pastor of a Slippery Rock Township church pleaded guilty this week to two counts of possession of child pornography...The address on Schmidtberger’s online account, 468 Rose Point Road, was that of Rose Point Reformed Presbyterian Church...Police searched Schmidtberger’s residence and seized computers and other electronic devices. An examination of those devices turned up 181 images of child pornography on 15 CD-ROMs.
So it would seem that child molestation, child porn, and such is not just the domain of Catholic priests, but that Presbyterian ministers are participating now, too.
Truly sad.
A former pastor of a Slippery Rock Township church pleaded guilty this week to two counts of possession of child pornography...The address on Schmidtberger’s online account, 468 Rose Point Road, was that of Rose Point Reformed Presbyterian Church...Police searched Schmidtberger’s residence and seized computers and other electronic devices. An examination of those devices turned up 181 images of child pornography on 15 CD-ROMs.
So it would seem that child molestation, child porn, and such is not just the domain of Catholic priests, but that Presbyterian ministers are participating now, too.
Truly sad.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Biblical Wisdom, Part 2
Especially for Bob:
II Kings 2:23-23
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
II Kings 2:23-23
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
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