Televangelist Wisdom June 11, 2007

Picture: Thus spake the Bogeyman, ”OOOOooo…! Baby Jesus is gonna get ya…..!

I just came across Pat Robertson quotes while Googling for something. Many people have already heard them sometime but I really wanted to have them documented on my blog.

Convenient and imbecile Blaming games–

1.)

“Well, I totally concur.” –Pat Robertson to Jerry Falwell following the Sept. 11 attacks, after Falwell said, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way — all of them who have tried to secularize America — I point the finger in their face and say: “You helped this happen.” (From ABout.com)

2.)

(CNN) Friday, January 6, 2006 –

Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed.

“He was dividing God’s land, and I would say, ‘Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,’” Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, “The 700 Club.”

“God says, ‘This land belongs to me, and you’d better leave it alone,’” he said.

3.)

This one cracked me up… one of my all time favourite Televangelist quotes:

“(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” –Pat Robertson (From about.com)

4.)

“I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected him from your city. And don’t wonder why he hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for his help because he might not be there.” –Pat Robertson, after the city of Dover, Pennsylvania voted to boot the current school board, which instituted an intelligent design policy that led to a federal trial

5.)

Playing the poor victim

“Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It’s no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians.Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history.” –Pat Robertson

Funny Fag News May 29, 2007

Picture : Homoerotic Animation (lol) I bemoan that lately this blog has been very inactive and TAME. I say ”tame” because the one very strong premises of my blog has always been that it will bring ODD things to your attention: to provoke, inspire, tickle or simply to leave a bad taste on your tongue. Now… I cannot really go too far like posting porn or graphic images like Rotten.com. , simply because it is not my taste or profession.

I love queer news and personally am a strong supporter of gay rights. This is because I believe that if you give freedom to the Universally hated folks, you can guarantee it for everybody. Ok, this is the excerpt form the news story from Australian Broadcasting Corporation that tickled me immensely and I would like to scare (share) it with you. Let me know what you think of it: Do you find it queer? funny? disgusting ? unfair? or you think that it was very fair of the hotel management to protect the privacy and convenience of their happy customers:

‘‘TONY JONES: In Melbourne, a hotel has won the right to refuse entry to anyone who’s not a gay man. The Peel Hotel in inner city Collingwood sought an exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act because its gay patrons are being abused by other drinkers. More from Anthony Howard. ” ( CLICK to Read or Listen fully story)

FLAMING question : I have a burning question though. Using the same logic, would that be fair to say that gay men should be barred from exclusively Heterosexual hotels or establishments ( Let’s say it’s sorta high class semi brothel of a hotel where proud heterosexual men, married or otherwise, go to seek or buy sex with professional women) Do heterosexuals have the right to keep gay men away from such places because they have the right to stop homosexuals perving them? LOL

Funny comment update:

Just saw this comment on the story at Netscape: SOMEONE : This is pure discrimination. However’ who in their right mind would want to stay in a hotel where all you would see is men kissing, hugging and yuck!

SO I had to post a reply: Seems like you would have no problem being in a Lesbian only hotel where you could see women ”kissing, hugging and yuck!” ?

Jerry Falwell finally lands in his own ”Heaven” May 15, 2007

erry Falwell finally lands in his own ”Heaven”.

Picture: Jerry Falwell… Do you see that little box way up in the heavens? One day I wish to spend eternity up there and I want all of you to follow me.

Death will get ya in the end all ye poor and rich, black n white, sinners and saints. Yeah, one recurrent bunch of themes of my blogs is about religion, politics, ethics, freedom of thought and conscience. Anything significant that happens in these spheres gets my attention. Also, I am surprised to find how some folks have done great satirical comedy on religious dogmas. I recently watched Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. The genre is classic Python absurdist comedy. At times it is hilarious and outrageous (young kids, male and female, singing chorus about condoms, God and sperm) but it conveys its central message in a much better way than Richard Dawkins etc.

Now, I just got news that Jerry Falwell has finally gone to his heaven, at least theoretically. I am not going to do a little biography of him. Can’t be bothered or even interested. He was one fundamentalist Christian preacher and proponent with all the hellfire and judgment talk. Indeed many Christians must hold him in angelic bright light but the likes of him make me puke. I find this breed- sort of Western Christian Taleban- very distasteful, corrupt, sleazy, selfish, malicious and evil people who prey upon the weak and resort to demagoguery of the cheapest sort to advance their holy careers.

What is most unpleasant about them is that they use their own personal agenda and promote their own careers by using ‘God’. Prominent part of this unpleasantness is their own reeking hypocrisy. Take Ted Haggard’s example. He was the head of the 30-million strong National Association of Evangelicals and strongly held on to fundamentalist Christianity, inerrancy of Bible and condemnation of homosexuality. But alas, in his own life he enjoyed gay sex, drugs and used to employ the services of male prostitutes. Hmmmm.. I cannot say, because of his personal choices, he was an evil man (he certainly did have some ideals and was a good leader in other ways) but his hypocrisy makes him a baddie. But how did Christians treat him? Did they show any FORGIVENESS ? Nope, they kicked him out of all leadership positions. He is too dirty for them now (though he is genuinely repentant) and cannot be made clean with either the water or the blood.. Haaaa.. Too Sad.

Another local example (Christchurch, New Zealand) was of one Graham Capill, the former leader of the New Zealand Christian Heritage party. He was a strong moral crusader and spat fire when talking about sexual morals and homosexuality (sure, the classic fag bashing is always the easiest thing to score plenty of moral points.) But alas, Capill had libido problems. But it was not that bad… he may still go to heaven because he did not take part in sodomy like that Ted American bastard mentioned in the above paragraph. He only made love to several young women, between the ages of 8 to 12. Interestingly, he maintained that at least one girl had sex with him with her own consent…. Hmmmmmm…

Anyhow, Coming back to Jerry Falwell.

Here are his holy remarks as published in Wikipedia:

Falwell was a controversial subject for his theological, political and social beliefs. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Falwell said on the 700 Club, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this happen.’” (a sentiment with which Pat Robertson concurred). ^[28] After heavy criticism, Falwell apologized. ^[29]. As for homosexuality, Falwell remarked, “AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals.” Falwell’s ghostwriter, Mel White, said Falwell remarked about gay protesters, “Thank God for these gay demonstrators. If I didn’t have them, I’d have to invent them. They give me all the publicity I need.”^[30]

During the Civil Rights Movement Falwell was a supporter of racial segregation. He said this about Martin Luther King: “I do question the sincerity of people like the Reverend Martin Luther King…”^{[citation needed]}

Falwell has also said, “Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers.”^[31] Regarding public schools, “I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don’t have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them.” (America Can Be Saved!, Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1979, p. 52-53.)^[32]

I am so thankful to God that Jerry Falwell was airlifted by the angels to be carried to his own heaven. Good riddance.

Thinking Brokeback Mountain March 30, 2007

Picture: Jack and Ennis (from movie, Brokeback Mountain)

So, here is Brokeback Mountain Picture blog that I am putting together with original movie dialogue. Maybe I just want to have a riot. lol. But actually, I just want to do and say something different not because it is better but because it is different. So, I really thought I could piece together some pictures from Brokeback Mountain along with real quotes from the movie and my own additions. I like those pictures of two men together. Odd is beautiful, funny and tragic. Let me try to show you.

Brokeback Mountain

Ummmmm….. after a passionate night of love making in the cozy tent this is what Ennis and Jack have to say to each other, the next morning…….

Ennis Del Mar — You know, I ain’t queer.

Jack Twist– Me neither.

Love……is more powerful than our fears or anything else in the world….. So….Ennis and Jack get lost in the passions, laughters and romance.

Frank Sinatra– ~~~You must remember this….a kiss is just a kiss~~~~

Some serious discussion here on life, religion ……

Jack– My momma, she believes in the Pentecost.

Ennis- What exactly is the Pentecost? I mean, my folks, they was Methodists.

Jack–The Pentecost… I don’t… I don’t know what the pentacost is. I guess it means the world ends and guys like you and me march off to hell.

This is the start of a beautiful friendship……

Ennis–There ain’t no reins on this one.

Jack- Brokeback got us good, don’t it?

Jack–[yelling to his father-law at Thanksgiving dinner] This is MY house, that is MY kid, and YOU are MY guest, and you will sit your arrogant ass down before I knock it into next week!

Heartbreaks ….. heated arguments….. emotions (Warning: Coarse language follows the picture)

Ennis– I’m gonna tell you this one time, Jack fuckin’ Twist, an’ I ain’t foolin’….

Jack– Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! Fuckin’ real good life! Had us a place of our own. But you didn’t want it, Ennis! So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain!…You have no idea how bad it gets! I’m not you… I can’t make it on a coupla high-altitude fucks once or twice a year! You are too much for me Ennis, you sonofawhoreson bitch! I wish I knew how to quit you.

Ennis– [crying] Well, why don’t you? Why don’t you just let me be? It’s because of you Jack, that I’m like this! I’m nothin’… I’m nowhere… Get the fuck off me! I can’t stand being like this no more, Jack.

Words of Wisdom….

Ennis- Bottom line is… we’re around each other an’… this thing, it grabs hold of us again… at the wrong place… at the wrong time… and we’re dead.

You can’t be JUST FRIENDS…. (This is in response to a random question a female friend posed recently: Can two people, especially single, male and female, be just friends? Can they keep sex away from their friendship? My answer was NO. When two people are single they both have that sexual/ emotional vacuum that sooner or later will tempt both of them to cross boundaries of pure friendship. Above quote by Ennis has similar logic, since here two gay men are sexually attracted to each other.)