Christian Love And Tolerance #4

April 25th, 2015

Earthquake in Nepal

Thousands dead

Tens of thousands injured

Whole towns and villages destroyed

Aid workers rush to help

CNN reports on Twitter

Powerful images of the devastation in Nepal. 

Street Preacher, Tony Miano, replies:
@CNN Praying 4 the lost souls in Nepal. 

Praying not a single destroyed 

pagan temple will b rebuilt 

& the people will repent/receive Christ. 

https://twitter.com/TonyMiano/status/591971536870871041

Christian love and tolerance

More honored in the breach than the observance.

A Christian Calls For Violent Revolution

Did you think I was being unfair in the previous post when I implied that Christians yearn for the days of the Inquisitions when they were able to silence their critics by condemning them to the torture chamber in the church basement?

Listen to Dr Scott Lively, a 21st century attorney, pastor, human-rights consultant, and president of Defend the Family International. This is his latest diatribe against the people he refers to as "elites" because they don't belong to the same religion he does. Take notice of the medieval imagery he employs: Imagery that goes all the way back to the Middle Ages; all the way back to the Inquisitions:

The natural family is the ecosystem of humanity! It must be preserved at all costs.

How? By a populist uprising! The elites need to see the angry mob – liberals and conservatives together – surging through the streets, pitchforks and torches held aloft, ready to tear down Frankenstein’s castle with their bare hands if need be. For Christians it’s Jesus and the moneychangers time! Making a whip of cords like He did with His own hands, and letting these arrogant puppet-masters know we mean to use it (metaphorically speaking).

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The only way to deter the elites is with the threat of the mob. They need to see the pitchforks and torches to know they’ve gone too far and need to back down.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/

Remember, it is impossible to be moral without god 

(so say the Christians)

The Religion Of Peace In Action

Shiite and Sunni Muslims deciding which sect represents the true Islam.

Warning: This video is not for the fainthearted

 I would advise that you DO NOT watch it

Original video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1KQUWxnjE4

Most people would prefer not to watch this video because it shows the brutal way in which religious people behave when they have total control of their opponents. It is extremely likely, however, that many Christians will enjoy the video because it will remind them of the glory days when the Inquisitors defended the faith by ensuring there was an effective torture chamber operating in every church basement. (See next post)

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Remember you can't be moral without god

No Special Church Services For This Anniversary

On this day - April 20th, 1233 - dear old Pope Gregory IX issued the papal bull (Livet ad capiendos) that put the Dominicans in charge of the very first Inquisition.

Surprisingly it took nearly 20 years before the church learned how to make money from the enterprise. It was May 15th, 1252, when Pope Innocent IV issued another papal bull (Ad extirpanda) which allowed the church to confiscate money and property from anyone found guilty of heresy.

Always a thinker, the completely mis-named Pope Innocent IV, used the same papal bull to increase the number of guilty verdicts (and thus church profits) by allowing his Inquisitors to torture all suspects.

3. ...whoever shall find the heretical man or woman shall boldly seize, with impunity, all his or their goods, and freely carry them off, to belong to the remover with full right...

26. The head of state or ruler must force all the heretics whom he has in custody, provided he does so without killing them or breaking their arms or legs, as actual robbers and murderers of souls and thieves of the sacraments of God and Christian faith, to confess their errors and accuse other heretics whom they know, and specify their motives, and those whom they have seduced, and those who have lodged them and defended them,as thieves and robbers of material goods are made to accuse their accomplices and confess the crimes they have committed. 

http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/

You'd think the churches would be proud to remember the commencement of the Inquisitions which formed such a big part of their history over the next 600 years but, for some reason, they prefer not to talk about it. Gutless Wonders!

How To Persuade An Atheist

The headline reads:

How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian

But down at the bottom of the article (under the heading "warnings") we discover that the plan won't work:

...the chance of one converting is more than unlikely

 http://www.wikihow.com/Persuade-an-Atheist-to-Become-Christian

Islam: The religion of Peace

Asylum seekers arrested for 'throwing fellow passengers overboard' in religious row

Italian police have arrested 15 Muslim migrants suspected of throwing a dozen Christians from a boat in the Mediterranean. Police in the Sicilian capital Palermo said they had arrested the men on Thursday after survivors reported they had thrown 12 people from Nigeria and Ghana to their deaths. The men were charged with multiple homicide motivated by religious hatred. "The motive for the resentment was traced to their faiths," the police said in a statement.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-17

  

Remember you can't be moral without god.

Pompous Twit Until The Day He Died

Andy Meakins was a gentle giant of the faith, an Englishman who loved Jesus Christ and served Him in Africa for many years. In 1996 an Ethiopian Airlines flight was hijacked and crashed into the ocean just off the Comoros Islands after running out of fuel—you may have heard the story. The dramatic moment of impact was caught on home video and broadcast around the world. Only later did we learn of something even more dramatic happening in the cabin as the plane headed for disaster.

Andy Meakins and his wife were on that plane, seated together. The hijackers demanded to be flown to Australia even though there wasn't nearly enough fuel for that distance. As they neared the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, one engine flamed out, and the pilot told passengers that the remaining engine would soon run out of fuel as well. Immediately, Andy's wife heard the snap of a seatbelt being unbuckled and turned to see her husband stand up.

"Many of us might die in this crash," he called out, "so there's something you need to know."Andy then began explaining the gospel simply and urgently, moving to each part of the cabin so that everyone would hear. He invited people to place their trust in Jesus Christ in repentance and faith. A flight attendant heard Andy's words, bowed her head, and asked Jesus to forgive her sins and come into her heart. She watched many more respond and, along with another survivor, later told the story. Of the 175 people on board, 125 died, including Andy, who was still on his feet preaching the gospel as the plane hit the water.
http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/49136

Not a thought for the followers of Islam, Baha'i, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism, and certainly not a thought for unbelievers on the flight. He pompously assumed that everyone on board was a Christian or wanted to be one and he started preaching "so that everyone would hear".

Chances are there were Christians on the flight. Christians who had been studying the bible all their lives. Christians who knew more about the bible than Andy Meakins could ever hope to know. But Meakins pompously assumed they were completely ignorant of their religion and condescendingly presumed to set them right by preaching his version of the bible: "Andy then began explaining the gospel simply and urgently".

Come on all you Sikhs, all you Jews, all you atheists. Forget all your idiotic ideas and listen only to me, me, me...

Two Sides To Every Story

Here's how the police told the story after Walter Scott was shot dead by police officer Michael Slager:

On Saturday the police released a statement alleging that Scott had attempted to gain control of a Taser from Slager and that he was shot in a struggle over the weapon.

Police in a matter of hours declared the occurrence at the corner of Remount and Craig roads a traffic stop gone wrong, alleging the dead man fought with an officer over his Taser before deadly force was employed.

A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him. That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer. The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.

Slager thinks he properly followed all procedures and policies before resorting to deadly force, lawyer David Aylor said in a statement. “When confronted, Officer Slager reached for his Taser — as trained by the department — and then a struggle ensued,” Aylor said. “The driver tried to overpower Officer Slager in an effort to take his Taser.”

Seconds later, the report added, he radioed that the suspect wrested control of the device. Even with the Taser’s prongs deployed, the device can still be used as a stun gun to temporarily incapacitate someone. Slager “felt threatened and reached for his department-issued firearm and fired his weapon,” his attorney added.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/07/3644189/

Here's what really happened:

Original video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQqgVlk0NQ

Always Look On The Bright Side

A ceiling collapse at a New Jersey church sent worshippers running for the exits on Easter Sunday.

Fourteen people were treated at local hospitals following the incident at the Korean Union United Methodist Church at 446 West Grand Ave. in Rahway.

“Nobody was killed, so, maybe being on Easter Sunday we got a little help from God on this one,” said Police Chief John Rodger.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/05/

As usual with stories of this type, all you have to do is forget the pain and suffering of the fourteen victims who will probably go broke this week paying the doctors' bills, and bingo - just like the police chief said - an Easter miracle!

Just once I'd like to hear a Christian say, "It was totally unfair of God to dong us on the head like that when we were already in church and praising his name."

Stewart Lee Used To Be An Atheist

Religion On Show For All To See

Science is not going to change its commitment to the truth. 

We can only hope religion changes its commitment to nonsense. 

(Victor Stenger)

It Will Only Get Worse

In the newest edition of its monthly English-language magazine, the Islamic State terrorist group attempts to justify the use of child executioners in two of its publicized execution videos by stating that coercing children to commit murder is consistent with Muhammad's teachings and the muslim way of life.

According to Radio Free Europe, the eighth edition of ISIS' Dabiq magazine contains an article titled "The Lions of Tomorrow," which praises two children who carried out videoed executions of alleged "spies." One of the boys was seen shooting dead two alleged "Russian spies" in a video released in January, while the other boy was featured in a video released in early March that showed him killing an alleged "Israeli spy."

Although many in the West were stunned or appalled to see the militant group using children who looked no older than 12 to ruthlessly commit heinous executions, the article justifies using children to carry out their acts of terror by declaring that the practice is part of the "Sunnah," or the Muslim way of life based on Muhammad's teachings and interpretations of the Quran.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/

It will only get worse. The religion of peace has become the religion of terrorism. The moderate Muslims claim that they abhor the violence and are doing all they can to stop it - but watch the videos of the public executions in the town square.

You'll see ten or twenty uniformed terrorists with their guns, three or four child executioners getting their first taste of blood, and thousands of moderate Muslims in street clothes, pushing and shoving each other to get a better view, and cheering madly as each life is extinguished.

This is the highlight of their day and they are eagerly looking forward to more of the same. This, they tell each other, is Islam at its finest.

This, they say, is how it should be. Infidels should be killed, Christians should be killed, homosexuals should be killed, Americans should be killed, intellectuals should be killed, liberals should be killed, Jews should be killed, everyone except the Muslims should be killed. Then the world will be a better place. Long live the caliphate!

The moderate Muslims pretend innocence, but they secretly like the idea of world domination. They may not get it but they will happily watch you die while their terrorist brothers try to achieve it for them.

Jesus - Missing In Action These Last 2,000 Years

It's Good Friday and Christians around the world are performing their "Stations of the Cross" ritual which requires them to stop and pray in front of pictures depicting the events of the day when Jesus was crucified.

But the ritual always leaves out the most exciting part. Do you remember it? The appearance of the walking dead? Matthew 27:52-53 has all the details: 

52 The tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

I've often wondered why such an interesting event is so rarely mentioned during the Good Friday service and I think I've figured it out. I think it's because modern Christians no longer believe in mass resurrections. They're quite OK with single resurrections like:

- The daughter of Jairus. [Mark 5:21-43]
- The Young Man from Nain. [Luke 7:11-17]
- The Raising of Lazarus. [John 11:1-44]
- And Jesus of course

But the idea of mass resurrections with zombies roaming free on the city streets, well that is too much for most 21st century Christians to swallow - so the preachers go out of their way to keep that nonsensical story well hidden.

By the way, don't mention any of those resurrections that came before Jesus - because that information completely fucks up Acts 26:23

[It's a funny old religion, isn't it?]

A Child's Prayer #7

How Christians Behave When Nobody Is Looking

This is the public face of Christianity. 

This is how they want the general public to see them.

All cute and cuddly, and very nice to know.

Original video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPMA5I3-0Jw

This is how they carry on when they think nobody else is looking.

When they are at an invitation only prayer breakfast.

Link to the original news report:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/duck-dynasty-star-fantasizes