All Kinds Of Gay-Crazy!

There is going to be an earthquake in California. I know, I know. It’s kind of like predicting a hurricane is going to hit Florida or the Panthers are going to have a losing season. It’s definitely going to happen. However this earthquake is going to be caused by… wait for it… Gay People!

Yesterday, January 4th, I was called by a key intercessor in Santa Ynez. (Please note as you proceed, yesterday was the same day prop 8 was sent to the California Supreme Court) She reported two visions from separate individuals in the area:

A pastor of a large Nazarene Church had a dream of a very large earthquake on the central coast. He shared this at the Christmas gathering for all the Santa Maria Pastors and 5 cities area. Because of the destruction and intensity of the quake he thought he should tell the Pastors so they could pray into it.

Another intercessor in the area had a dream and saw a map of California. She noticed on the map how Pt. Conception juts out into the water. As she looked she saw an 8 with a circle beside it in the waters off Pt Conception.

So remember California, when Prop 8 is repealed and then an earthquake hits (they didn’t give a specific timeframe, but believe them, it’s coming), you can feel safe in blaming it on the gays. It’s true, God said so.

Pour Some Sugar-Saturated Blood On Me

I thought the disgusting act of symbolic cannibalism was as far as Christians went in their clinically insane actions, now they want to be covered in blood. Not only do they want a big ole’ bucket of Jesus’ blood poured over their naked bodies, they want to advertise that fact on their cars with these wonderful car magnets.

The messages will be displayed on two (2) different car magnet shapes. Interested ones will, also, have three (3) messages to choose from. They can choose: 'Covered With The Blood Of Jesus!' and/or 'I Am Covered By The Blood Of Jesus!' and/or 'Trust God, Not Man!'

What in the hell kind of point are they trying to make with this? I guess that they are savage cannibals that want to have blood dumped all over them. I wonder if they all take their clothes off and have a “Jesus Orgy” while guys in robes pour blood over them. Does anyone else think this sounds like any other random ritualistic cult?

Please Christians, tell me if this is what you want to look like?

South Carolina's New List Of Businesses I Will Not Visit

Oh South Carolina, you never cease to amaze me with your pointless religious idiocy. We have found a couple of rubes from York County who want to start a Chamber of Commerce. What’s that you say; York County, SC already has a chamber of commerce? Oh, I forgot to mention that this would be a Christian Chamber of Commerce.

As proposed, the Christian Chamber of Commerce would have many of the benefits secular chambers offer: marketing assistance, mentoring, networking and educating business owners through speakers and seminars.

What would be different is the accountability and encouragement that comes from a community of believers, he said.

"As a business owner, if you have a problem, you have to make it happen," Barry said. But with a Christian-centered business, your concerns are directed to God. "If God wants it to happen, he will pull it together," Barry said

I didn’t know God was in the business of business. Is he going to bail out businesses that are failing, or is it one of those “if you fail, it’s gawds will”? If it is the former, then maybe God can do something about the unemployment rate. If it is the later, then WHAT FUCKING USE IS IT?

If nothing else, this will be a list of businesses for me not to visit. Thanks for making it easy, South Carolina.

He Who Smelt It Dealt It

I’ve got to call it on the Christians: “He who smelt it, dealt it.” In a move that is basically the church standing on a corner screaming “I am not gay, I hate cock, I don’t like oily anus”, the National Organization of Marriage (NOM, or NAMBLA) has put up some billboards in Tennessee that look like this:


Wow. Original. I am glad that these guys don’t have a problem with gay people. You know, letting people live their lives as they please and be peaceful is just too much to handle. But why stop at the billboard? Maybe they should also recommend that people turn their kids into dysfunctional homophobes.

“I just thought this billboard was a marvelous idea,” Lois Irby said. “You hear so much about same-sex marriage on TV, and it's so readily accepted by the public. Children, unless they have some kind of religious training at home, are taught to accept it and not question it or feel that it's wrong. I think God's word needs to be inserted as often as possible to reaffirm that homosexuality is wrong. It doesn't need to be presented in a glorified light.”

I guess I was wrong. Good luck Tennessee. I hope you can pull your collective heads out of your collective asses.

A Call And A Survey

I received an interesting phone call on Friday. I am not sure who referred this man to me or how he got my cell phone number (maybe Jesus gave it to him), but that is really beside the point. This guy called and wanted to talk to an atheist. I am thrilled that I am the representative for atheism to this guy.

He told me that he had been tasked with his preacher (oh, no) to find an atheist and talk to him (yes, him, not her) and find out why he (being me) does not believe in a god, specifically the Christian God. Then he was to give me his conversion story and get my response to it. I didn't really have anything better to do at the time, so I said "Sure, what do you want to know?"

We actually had a nice conversation. He thought that I was going to argue with him, which I told him that I don't argue. I get my point across, and if the other person doesn't like it, they can move along. So we had some rules right off the bat; no one was going to argue.

He started by asking me why I don't believe in God when there is so much evidence for him in the Bible. I told him that for starters, I could write a book that said I was the creator of the universe and use that as evidence of me being the creator of the universe. This is called circular reasoning. Then I went into the type of being that would have to exist that was described in the Bible would be either a contradiction in itself, or would exist outside of our physical reality which would render it useless for our universe.

He also asked me about the origins of the universe and people, how I grew up, and if I had ever read the Bible. I think I had some pretty good answers for him, and I answered the personal questions honestly. I have read the entire Bible through numerous times, just as I have read the Koran through completely. It is kind of hard to argue with someone when you don't know what they believe (even though he admitted he had never read the entire Bible). We even had a short side conversation about the death penalty and how it doesn't jibe with his view that God is the only judge. If you can't tell, I am against the death penalty.

He called me again this morning to say that he enjoyed our conversation and was wondering if he could send me a short survey that he could use in his Bible study class on Monday. Why not? This is a first for me. So here are the questions that he sent me. After reading over them, I had to say that there were no short answers for most of these questions. I know it hurts Christians heads when we can't give them a one-word answer for the nature of the universe, but the universe is a complicated place. How would you answer these?

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1. How do you believe we arrived here? Were we, as the Bible says, created by God and Jesus?

2. You commented to me that technology has proven that the Bible is not true. My response is that technology was not existent when we were created. In your opinion, what is it that technology has proven? (Just a quick note: I did not say that technology made the Bible a lie. I said that that the people, as described in the Bible, believed what they believed because they didn't have any other mechanism to find out the truth, i.e. science)

3. What are your thoughts on heaven and hell? According to the Bible, we have a choice.

4. Describe your father's ministry - ultra conservative, liberal? What denomination?

5. Explain your views on the word "reprobate."

6. As Christians, we know that Jesus is our shepherd, and we can trust that he will protect us, provide for us, and guide us in our everyday decisions, etc. As an Atheist, do you feel pressure and stress knowing that you are alone in your thoughts and decisions, and have complete control of your destiny?

One Nation Under Bigotry

The Virginia Christian Alliance, which sounds like an Idaho white supremacist group, has released an article about how we are one nation under god. The subheading of this pile of dung says it all.

“Refuting foreign cultures, legal precedents, languages and religions in opposition to Christianity.”

Well, at least they aren't beating around the bush about it. So if you are someone who is not Christian, then off with your head. Unsurprising in this time of religious fundamentalism. They want to overturn legal precedent, and the Constitution for that matter, to suit their view of what the law should be. Are they going to take on a Hasidic form of law? Are they going to stop mixing the fabrics that they wear? I would be interested to know.

But what in the hell are they talking about when they say “languages in opposition to Christianity”? Would that be anything other than Hebrew? What about Aramaic? Greek? Oh, That's right. Obviously the language of good Christians is English. Jesus was white and the Jews, those dirty, dirty Jews, killed Jesus. I wonder if Mel Gibson is a member of this group.

Check out the introduction:

While, in this day and age, it is difficult to see the United States as a nation under God, it was once commonplace for politicians to consult their Bibles,

I don't think there is a politician in congress right now (other than Pete Stark) that doesn't at least feign a consultation of the Bible. To be a politician, you have to cater to the lowest common denominator, so of course they still shake their Bibles in the air every time they are asked about how they are going to vote on a particular issue. I am surprised that Eric Cantor hasn't renounced Judaism to placate the Virginia Christian Alliance.

for children to pray openly in schools,

Who has stopped anyone from praying openly in school? The last time I checked, the only stipulation was that the teacher cannot lead the class in prayer. If some kid wants to shout at the sky before the day starts, who is stopping him? No one!

for the Bible to be taught in public schools,

I have no problem with the Bible being taught in public school.. I had to (re) read the Bible in 12th grade English class along with a few other works of mythology, which is how it was taught. Have at it. Taught as fact? Never.

and for the court system to reference the Bible for guidance.

I am pretty glad that the court doesn't rule with the Bible, otherwise this country would look a lot like Saudi Arabia. Which parts of the Bible should we use for reference when it comes to law? We can start with no eating shellfish, pork, and cross-pollinated plants. Then, we can take womens rights away and reinstitute slavery. I don't think the VCA would have a problem with that part.

I love how most of these theocratic groups harken back to the “good 'ol days” before the 60's when those dirty liberals destroyed the nation. Don't believe me? Well, I'll let them tell you.

These times have passed. The 1960s brought rampant change to American society, and years since have struck even heavier blows to our nation's Christian heritage. Something integral to our nation has been lost, and it must be found again if America is to endure as its founders envisioned.

Oh, the terrible rampant change in America, like civil rights. Oh, the horror! Why did those liberals have to treat black folks like they were people? Who said women should have the same rights as men? Why can't we continue fighting wars that would otherwise have no end (Oh, wait. Even the “liberals” caved on that one a la Afghanistan & Iraq).

I am not going to make it to the “substance”of this piece of garbage. It's the same old crap about how George Washington was really a fundamentalist preacher from Jesus' side and Thomas Jefferson was a devout Christian who didn't mean what he wrote about the “wall of separation”. There is also some crap in there about liberals trying to make the US fall under international law. Enjoy reading that.

Whenever I am asked why I oppose religious groups running the nation, I have mountains of material to point to of why it would constitute an epic fail. I guess I can stick this right near the top.
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Update: After checking out the VCA website, I found a treasure trove of bat-shit insanity.