The pastor of a Venice, Florida church is organizing a “Blessing of the Gulf” on Sunday with the belief that if enough people get in their cars and drive to the edge of Gulf of Mexico and focus on the healing and restorative powers of prayer, God will magically stop the flow of oil.
Rev. Patricia Reiter of Unity Church of Venice expects to have 10,000 people spiritually joining hands at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 20, along the Gulf coast…not to clean or help in any way other than to think happy thoughts specifically directed towards the Gulf of Mexico:
“To whales, dolphins, manatees, pelicans, seagulls and all aquatic bird species, fishes, shellfish, planktons, corals, algae and all creatures in the Gulf of Mexico, I am sorry. Please forgive me.”
A six-story statue of Jesus Christ was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were scooped up by curious onlookers Tuesday.
The “King of Kings” statue, one of southwest Ohio’s most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.
Other names for it: Super Jesus, Drowning Jesus, Quicksand Jesus, Giant Jesus, 8-Ball Jesus, Big Butter Jesus and Touchdown Jesus
The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m. Monday. The main body of the statue was made from a core of Styrofoam covered by a thin skin of fiberglass.
“This site is not designed for non-Christians, It is designed as a recruitment tool to call certain Christians to spiritual warfare.” – from the Repent Amarillo website.
Repent Amarillo is the name of the group that has made it their mission to piss off the 67,000 who don’t subscribe to the Coo-coo for Cocopuffs flavor of Jesusism.
Quick to point out they are NOT protesters, “Army of God” (sound familiar?) soldiers perform “missions” of a confrontational nature to groups or through one-on-one “witnessing”.
Funny, because the “witnessing” sure looks like “harassment” to me, as seen in this 3 minute video taken by the owner of a private, adults-only swingers club. Repent Amarillo showed up in military fatigues and bullhorns, blaring Christian music.
The swingers, made up of middle aged, working class couples, were then stalked at every following visit to the club.
Repent not only took video of each member, but obtained the swingers’ license plates and dug through their trash, informing neighbors and co-workers of what was once private.
But they don’t stop at swingers clubs…no, no, no! Their website says they are much more open-minded than that…they will harass people at:
1. Gay pride events.
2. Earth worship events such as “Earth Day”
3. Pro-abortion events or places such as Planned Parenthood
4. Breast cancer events such as “Race for the Cure” to illuminate the link between abortion and breast cancer.
5. Opening day of public schools to reach out to students.
6. Spring break events.
7. Demonically based concerts.
8. Halloween events.
9. Other events that may arise that the ministry feels called to confront.
As my friend Dave is fond of saying, “You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do.”
I never thought I’d have the Evangelical Christians helping fight against Glenn Beck, but it appears so.
“Glenn Beck has gone too far!” says the website of the New Evangelical Partnership. Based on my research of the group, they’re a new partnership, predominately evangelical in nature. The website has the words “Nuclear Disarmament”, “prison reform”, “Muslim-Christian Dialogue” and “creation care initiatives” emblazoned at the top.
I’m not sure what creation care initiatives are, but I do know what’s got them all riled up…something Beck said about “social justice”…
“I beg you, look for the words social justice or economic justice on your church web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, the idea, hang on, am I advising people to leave their church… yes!… If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish.”
I haven’t looked through their whole website, but I gather from their reaction that you might find these words a few times.
Their plan to take down Glenn Beck? Of course….raise $5000 to produce a YouTube video.
A nail from the time of Christ’s crucifixion which was hidden by the same knights who featured in The Da Vinci Code has been found in a dig.
The four-inch Roman relic, stored in an ornate box, was uncovered by archaeologists working at a fort thought to have been a former Knights Templar stronghold.
It was buried with three skeletons and three swords, including one with the religious order’s cross on its blade, on the tiny island of Ilheu de Pontinha, off Madeira.
Some gems from a brilliant post by Bill Maher in the Huffington Post:
“This country is like a college chick after two Long Island Iced Teas: we can be talked into anything.”
“Here’s one fun fact you can take away: did you know only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity? That’s right, half of America looks at books called the Old Testament and the New Testament and cannot figure out which one came first.
“James Madison wrote that “pure democracy” doesn’t work because “there is nothing to check… an obnoxious individual.” Then, in the margins, he doodled a picture of Joe the Plumber.
“A smart guy named Chesterton once said: “My country, right or wrong is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying… It is like saying ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’ To which most Americans would respond: “Are you calling my mother a drunk?”
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