Pat Robertson & rest of Christian right wing praying for Swine Flu Armageddon! Could this be their chance to finally be right???
Dear Friends in Christ:
Perhaps Stephen King's "The Stand" says it best:
"This is the way the world will end...not with a bang but with a whimper".
Don't say you weren't warned. All over America this Sunday you will see red faced pastors shake their fist in the air and tell you to prepare for the end of the world.
No - this is not the "prepare for the return of Jesus" sermon that tells you to be nice to your neighbors and show them the love of Jesus. No, this week will bring out the most hateful supersars of the Christian right. Pat Robertson and Rob Parsley and even that fat little bastard John Hagee are all praying for the spread of this swine flu epidemic. They will tell their mindless flocks that this diesease represents God's wrath for the rising tide of support for allowing Gays to marry, and for electing a muslim as the leader of our Country.
They will rejoice in the fact that they have told us this day would come. They will shout that we can no longer mock the word of the one true God. I wouldn't be surprised if they commanded their flocks to go to Mexico and try to bring the fiery sword of God back here!
The jews may have been right after all about eating things with a cloven hoof. Or maybe our Country has angered God by shattering two of the seven deadly sins - greed and gluttony. According to the website guanabee.com:
"Mexican paper La Jornada claims that the virus can be traced to Granjas Carroll, a hog farm in Veracruz owned by U.S. pork giant, Smithfield Foods. Smithfield Foods has actually been sued multiple times in the U.S. for improperly managing their feces disposal and in the case of Granjas Carroll, locals of the farm town complain about the "lagoon of feces" that the farm has created-they say that the smell is intolerable and that it incubates giant swarms of flies. In fact, the biting flies may be to blame for spreading the virus, as they could provide a conduit between pig and human bloodstreams."
Maybe when John the Baptist wrote the book of Revelation - he didn't fully understand all the images in his mind. Maybe Jesus won't come back to us as a man, but as something much more simple - and wha'ts more simple than a virus.
That crazy homeless man holding up his "THE END IS NEAR" sign doesn't look quite so crazy now.
Reading this post was like waking up on a warm sunny summer day - it just gave me that deep down happy feeling Like all is right in the world!
Oh wait, no it didn't. It was the opposite of happy. I always get that confused!
What you say re: 'red faced pastors', is valid (sadly).
They will rejoice in the fact that they have told us this day would come. They will shout that we can no longer mock the word of the one true God.
Can you really blame them though? I mean, wouldn't you!? Don't even try and tell me that if you were sitting out there on judgement day as 'a chosen one' and all the jerks that you have just loathed for years were sitting there about to burn in the lake of fire, you wouldn't be rejoicing the hell out it! Poppin' caps and raisin' the roof?! Ahhhh, yeahhhhh! Sucks that half of your friends and family in that burn-y lake too but you warned 'em!
In all honestly, the whole idea of the this swine flu absolutely terrifies me. I read The Stand.
Thanks for the post - it might seem depressing at first but no matter what though - even if everything you say comes to pass - we've still got VEGAS BABY! I have always thought Randy Flag sounded pretty HAWT!
April 27, 2009 11:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
In all fairness though, we've been, if not celebrating, at least mocking the volcano exploding after Jindahl mocked volcano monitoring and floods in South Carolina after the governor tried to pretend he could run his state without federal help, thank you very much. Even today, there have been articles mocking Susan Collins for cutting the flu pandemic funding out of the stimulus bill.
So, they have their signs, we have ours, I suppose.
April 27, 2009 11:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Slight correction, John The Apostle wrote the book
of Revelation long after John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod.
April 28, 2009 1:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
One does notice that the chat about secession (sp?) in Texas has dropped right down since the Governor noticed that Texas doesn't have a CDC.
April 28, 2009 1:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
All right, all right. But ever since I got into subsidized housing, I no longer carry that sign.
April 28, 2009 1:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
Dickday do you realize that if you put that sign
"THE END IS NEAR" on your back, your actually telling the truth?
April 28, 2009 2:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
LOL...and people are still trying to figure out Revelations to no avail.
April 28, 2009 1:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
For sure the majority of the people have no clue.
Revelations is a Book of hope, with many parallels to our 20th Century, especially the 4 Horsemen.
(Revelation 6:3-8). 3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say: “Come!” 4 And another came forth, a fiery-colored horse; and to the one seated upon it there was granted to take peace away from the earth so that they should slaughter one another; and a great sword was given him. 5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say: “Come!” And I saw, and, look! a black horse; and the one seated upon it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice as if in the midst of the four living creatures say: “A quart of wheat for a de·nar′i·us, and three quarts of barley for a de·nar′i·us; and do not harm the olive oil and the wine.” 7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say: “Come!” 8 And I saw, and, look! a pale horse; and the one seated upon it had the name Death. And Ha′des was closely following him. And authority was given them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with a long sword and with food shortage and with deadly plague and by the wild beasts of the earth.
April 28, 2009 2:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Good times! There is really so much to look forward to experiencing what with Death and Ha'dexs coming out and all. Food shortages, plagues, wild beasts. Yeah, that's hopeful.
What kind of kool-aid are you drinking that suggests this is good?!?!?!?!?!?!?
April 28, 2009 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
THE END IS NEAR, THE END OF SUFFERING
(Revelation 21:2-4) . . .. 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with MANKIND, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and DEATH WILL BE NO MORE will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry NOR PAIN be anymore. The former things have passed away.. . .
The Bible, does not have a gloomy “doomsday” outlook but a bright one, FOR THOSE who desire righteousness and peace. It foretells gloom only for those who selfishly hold on to the corrupt things of this failing system.—2 Thess. 1:6-8.
If you were the victim of mankind’s rulership, WARS, Crime, Hunger, disease, wouldn’t YOU want an end to the suffering? Is that not good news?
The End is near, is good news to those, who have prayed the Lords Prayer,
(Matthew 6:9-13) . . .“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth. 11 Give us today our bread for this day; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one. . .
Bad News for wicked ones.
(Luke 21:25-28) . . .Also, there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations, not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea and [its] agitation, 26 while men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift YOUR heads up, because YOUR DELIVERANCE is getting near.”
Finally we will have PEACE.
April 28, 2009 3:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
I could go point by point and use logic to refute every one of your claims. I could show that you are showing signs of being a sociopath with your gleeful hope that billions of people - most of whom have never even heard of your jesus - would be roasting in the lake of fire for eternity. The heinous crime they committed to deserve this terrible fate? They either didn't hear about jesus and his demand that to avoid hell you must accept him as their lord and savior. Or they had their own equally fictional imaginary diety that they abandoned logic to believe in, or - and perhaps the worst of the three - they rejected the idea of invisible gods and chose the path of reason. But I have an idea.
How about we have a debate. Here are the rules:
You get to choose what you consider my strongest point. Whatever one you like. Don't even try to say that I have no valid points. That's not only ignorant - but totally cowardly.
Do you see where this is going?
I would get to remove what I perceive as your strongest argument....
Oh - which one should I choose? I bet you have so many. WHAT?? You have only one. Man it must be powerful!
Oh - you're using a book of folk tales written thousands of years ago and supposedly inerrant word of some sky spook? You're saying this "bible" thing contains no errors or contradictions eh? Not even a single one - it's perfect?? So if I can point out - oh say fifty or so in the first few chapters alone would that change your tune? Oh - I can see that debating you would be like debating a defiant four year old that's overdue for a nap. No matter how stupid the shit coming out of their mouths is - they still think they're right. No matter how much evidence you present - they refuse to see it. Thank you sir - you've cleared this up so nicely for me.
Well - under my rules you would lose. So let's just have a regular debate without the special rules. I'll use science, and logic and fact. You can use your faith in the bible and continue to believe the garbage spewed from it's pages.
Don't get me wrong - the bible is an interesting piece of literature. And if people saw it for what it was - fiction - it might not produce dangerous extremists like you.
April 28, 2009 11:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
It as I suspected, you use the Bible in a jeering sense. Go back to your father Satan, he too likes his lies and misleads. How many times has he tried to attack the Holy Ones?
I'll not debate you. No need to, you've proven what a serpent you are. Laying in wait, misleading the weak, and then curse the events that must occur, because the wicked will not go without a fight. A fight against those seeking the restoration of Paradise.
You remind me of Pharaoh, who chased after Moses in order to destroy him and his followers, A defiant Pharaoh who met his end at the RED SEA, I suppose you’ll shed a tear for Pharaoh and those like him who drowned so violently? Pharoah and Crazed and confused, defiant till the end.
It is because of love, that God himself, takes on the enemy of righteousness, because he alone has the power. Weak humans are no match, proven by, how long has mankind had to endure, under this repressive form of governance by MAN, despite all efforts to change things for the good.
Wicked and hateful men who reject submission to the rightful Sovereignty, Hateful men that placed upon a torture stake, an innocent man; because he also told of a coming battle, where God's enemies would be brought to ruin.
Evidently you know just enough of the Bible to cast dispersion upon it. It is because of people like you that many suffer and will continue to.
You won't go through the narrow gate leading to everlasting life, in fact you are an obstructionist, blocking the way of others who recognize this is the only WAY.
Get out of the way or Get behind me.
April 29, 2009 8:58 AM | Reply | Permalink