Monday, July 17, 2006

World War III It has entered a more intense phase in the Middle East. Worried? Terrified? Fear not. Just drop by "Rapture Ready" website and you'll feel cheered up. The Christianists can't wait for the bombs to go off. Money quote: "Is it time to get excited? I can't help the way I feel. For the first time in my Christian walk, I have no doubts that the day of the Lords appearing is upon us. I have never felt this way before, I have a joy that bubbles up every-time I think of him, for I know this is truly the time I have waited for so long. Am I alone in feeling guilty about the human suffering like my joy at his appearing somehow fuels the evil I see everywhere. If it were not for the souls that hang in the balance and the horror that stalks man daily on this earth, my joy would be complete. For those of us who await his arrival know, somehow we just know it won't be long now, the Bridegroom cometh rather man is ready are not." That poster's name is "ohappyday". Tom Lehrer, alas, is retired. Blogger Jonathan Swift comments here. (Via Daily Dish.) 9:22:08 AM    comment []

Saint Ken of Enron And other weirdnesses in the new religious landscape. (Via Daily Dish.) “Ken Lay was neither black nor poor, as James Byrd was, but I’m angry because Ken was the victim of a lynching,” the minister said to huge and hearty applause. Welcome to the strange new world of conservative evangelical Christianity, where government torture is no big deal, Lay is a martyr, and the death penalty is God’s will. In this version of Christianity what matters is not so much what you do — but what’s in your heart. And if you have committed to Jesus Christ and attend the right church, a little corporate larceny is no big whoop. And so a president who has abandoned the Geneva conventions and signed more death warrants than any other American alive is regarded by many as sincere in his desire to do good, to help others, and to bring healing to the world. In this George W Bush is like Lay — a man who, while bilking share owners and employees out of their livelihoods, was, by all accounts, personally generous, charitable and devout. A true Christian. A giver. Of other people’s money. 9:21:00 AM    comment []

"We're Winning" update - The More valuable dead Eight people were killed in a missile attack on Haifa, Israel yesterday. If you turned on the cable news yesterday, you probably heard a lot about it -- and it was obviously very sad, very unfortunate, and very wrong. Meanwhile. Seventeen were killed in Lebanon today in Israeli airstrikes. This follows in the wake of 35 Lebanese civilians, including 15 children who were killed, apparently before, the eight people in Haifa. You did not hear much about them. Well over 100 Lebanese civilians have been killed so far. And you'll probably hear even less about the 41 or more people that were killed by a bomb at a market south of Baghdad within the last hour. (Via Rising Hegemon.) 9:15:53 AM    comment []

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