Slog - Comments on God Bless this Mess http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1 Did you know that Evangelical Christians are not funny? No, I'm serious. You should watch this video and not laugh. It is not funny in the least. Here we have the commencement ceremony at a public university in Texas. This young woman, the valedictorian, was allowed to give the (religious) benediction. Ah, but not your standard peace-be-with-you prayer. No, this benediction comes in two acts. Act two is what happens when Christians stop being polite and start getting epileptic. If you've never seen what Texas is like, what Evangelicals mean by "witnessing," or what a for-real Pentecostal freakout entails, then... Copyright 2008 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:26:15 -0800 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:09:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by John That was just freakin' creepy. I'm never around these type of people, and it is just too bizarre that they seem to see God as some mercurial demon whose wrath needs appeasing. I am so grateful I was not raised in that type of cult.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680852 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:22:44 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl I wonder if John Ashcroft had fits during his daily meetings in the DoJ? What a way to inspire confidence in your leadership!

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680895 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:43:02 -0800 Comment by torrentprime What's interesting, to pattern off of John's comments, is the difference in the behavior of those who approach their God with respect but joyfully, versus those who approach their God with fear and terror, always begging for justice to be stayed and mercy, mercy, mercy.
I was raised Catholic, and I'm mostly glad for it, much as I disagree with many/most of the social justice positions of today's Church, but never on my worst day of religious instruction did I feel the type of fear that this woman seems to have integrated into her very existence. Sad.

]]> torrentprime http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680930 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:03:15 -0800 Comment by The_Pope_Of_Chili_Town She was just feeling really guilty about her abortion.

]]> The_Pope_Of_Chili_Town http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680971 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:25:14 -0800 Comment by brie I love the aplomb with which the old guy just moves on. "Someone call an ambulance. Now let's begin the processional." Now there's a guy who's unimpressed with the Lord.

]]> brie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c680972 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:28:41 -0800 Comment by Broderickles Aroint thee, bitch!

]]> Broderickles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681046 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:31:42 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn And to think one of those freaks might sit in judgement or try to make laws that the rest of us would be expected to follow. I can't think of a better reason to fortify the wall between church and state.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681232 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:51:14 -0800 Comment by Giffy Wow, if this moron was the valedictorian the school must be full of complete fucking idiots. Spiraling down the drain this country is.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681322 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:43:57 -0800 Comment by Sandy I've always found it fascinating how blatantly sexual these fits seem to be. She called on the lord like she was about to get there...and the supposed spiritual attack really just seems like an orgasm.

I guess if you're raised in repression, you gotta get your ya yas out somehow.

]]> Sandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681404 Life Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:52:44 -0800 Comment by Giffy Sandy,

Shit, if being a Christian met I could orgasm, in public, at a moments notice, I would convert in a heart beat. Who needs masturbation, Viagra, etc, just (ahem) fill, your self with the holy ghost.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681706 Life Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:05:57 -0800 Comment by Andrew That made my day. I am proud to have filled myself with all forms of humanism. Humanism of the mind and the filling fullness of a human cock. I only worship what the mind can know and what the body can feel. Praise knowledge and praise sensation!

Oh wait.....that is not what she was enjoying. I wonder if the ignorant little lady knows that the Humanism she is attacking has it roots in the Greek and Roman worlds and was brought back in the later middle ages by.....hold on to you hats.... CHRISTIANS!!!! But that would require reading books filled with facts which is humanistic at it's very core.

And I hope she realizes that it is humanitic science that is going to take care of her at the hospital.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c681847 Life Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:48:59 -0800 Comment by Joe Zamecki My buddy John and I originally posted that video of the Christian religious fit at the graduation. It's part of a series of videos I call "When Christians Misbehave." I have more on my YouTube site: www.youtube.com/aajoeyjo
I'll be posting more such videos soon. If anyone has any video of Christians misbehaving to the degree shown in my videos, please let me know, and I can re-edit them and post them. I'm finding lots of this stuff, all real Christians, no actors, no scripts, and no logic. It's quite abundant, though the media doesn't show much of it.

Joe Zamecki aka aajoeyjo
Austin Atheist Activist
www.atheists.org/tx

]]> Joe Zamecki http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c682950 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c682950 Life Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:35:40 -0800 Comment by ellarosa thanks, joe. thanks be to joe, joe who fills us with hope that people like him are doing what he does in this world of repressed lunatics and ignoramuses. may you live long so that you may keep on spreading the word, joe. amen.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c683077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c683077 Life Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:08:53 -0800 Comment by Ray So ... speaking in tongues is a cross between a dry-heave and the female orgasam? Hrmmm ...

]]> Ray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c684317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/god_bless_this_mess_1#c684317 Life Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:09:22 -0800