

 
Gather Round, Children |
Aug 28, 2008 |
Illustrated Stories From The Bible, by Paul John Farrell and illustrated by Kathy Demchuck. According to the Amazon product discription, stories include, Elisha and the Bears; Jephtha's Daughter; Little Gershom's Penis; Uriah the Hittite; David's Census; Moses Helps God Understand; Slaughter Of the Midianites; Famine In Samaria; Where Giants Came From; Wives For the Benjamites; and When Jesus Drowned the Pigs.
Elisha and the Bears is pictured on the cover. The prophet Elisha was ridiculed by a group of children. He curses the children and two mother bears kill 42 of of them. Read 2 Kings 2:23-24: And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. Though probably needless to say, this book is not safe for small children.
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Jesus Seen in a Moth |
Aug 28, 2008 |

Pittsburg, TX
Kirk Harper found the face of Jesus on the back of this moth that was sitting on an RV. I immediately thought it looked like Jesus and that was what was so cool cause you've seen His face in grilled cheese sandwiches and windows and things but on a moth's back...we thought that was pretty neat. The owner of the RV took it to his church where they are keeping it. The moth is being offered for sale so the congregation can move their church.
Jesus' pigtails sucks.
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Bush/McCain Tijuana Bible [NSFW] |
Aug 27, 2008 |

Geez, I wish I had one of these things. Mark Frauenfelder, at BoingBoing.net writes, Ethan Persoff (the fellow who is covering the riot police at the DNC) has printed a special edition of his (X-rated) McCain "Tijuana Bible" to hand out to folks at the convention. Tijuana Bibles are miniature porn chap books. You can still pick them up now and then on EBay. The text at the bottom of this one reads, The Adventures of Fuller Bush Man & John McCAIN in "Obliging Lady" (Front Cover)
1934 Tijuana Bible featuring George W Bush and John McCain. Oldest known John McCain memorabilia. See the complete eight page document (including covers) at http://www.ep.tc/mccain-bible
Above the address square, above, it reads, "Stamp store name or religious institution here." Underneath it reads, "1934 Lieberman's Lil' Squeezer Books #103-B Connecticut U.S.A."
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Stay Classy, Donald Wildmon |
Aug 26, 2008 |
Cracker Donald Wildmon, of the American Family Association of Tupelo, Mississippi, is calling for his minions to vent their spleens at Hallmark for publishing greeting cards geared toward gay marriages and coming out.
Wildmon writes, Hallmark is a private company obviously driven by greed. Let them know you do not appreciate Hallmark promoting a lifestyle which is illegal in 48 states. My guess is he wrote "48 states" because gay marriage is currently legal in Massachusetts and California, and not because he doesn't know that Hawaii and Alaska were recently added to the Confederacy.
I suggest he start his own greeting card line, the "Stay Classy" line. Here's my first suggestion (left). Inside, Men are more needed than you may think,
They'll pick you up when you need a drink. (If McCain wins the election, I expect to be named the country's poet laureate.)
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In My Father's House Are Many Mansionsm |
Aug 25, 2008 |
John McCain is doing his best to emulate Jesus, who told his disciples,
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2 See? The verse is, not coincidentally, in the book of John.
John McCain is doing his best to create Heaven on Earth, and as all good leaders do, he begins with himself. If this were not true, would he and his wife be wearing "of the people" jeans on their Architectural Digest cover?
Remeber, exegesis is always FREE at Adult Christianity.
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Putting the Grrr... in Gratitude |
Aug 24, 2008 |

As a kid I loved the movie Shenandoah, mostly for the theme song. I watched it again recently and was moved by the following prayer, offered by Jimmie Stewart's character, at a family dinner. Lord, we cleared this land. We plowed it, sowed it, and harvested it. We cooked the harvest. It wouldn't be here and we wouldn't be eatin' it if we hadn't done it all ourselves. We worked dog-bone hard for every crumb and morsel, but we thank you Lord just the same for the food we're about to eat. Amen. Christians and the therapeutic community are big on an "attitude of gratitude," but their gratitude often seems misplaced. It's important to understand reality, what you actually did for yourself.
I remember years ago, when I still went to church, driving a church member to her naturalization ceremony here in L.A. I drove to pick her up, ferried her downtown to the Staples Center, paid for parking, sat through the ceremony, and later drove her to a celebration. When we got there she couldn't stop thanking Jesus for making sure she had a ride to her swearing in. Excuse me? Jesus? I was the one that drove her ass all over town.
If there is a god and that god is epitomized in Truth, with a capital "T" as Christians claim their god is, then that god would appreciate Jimmie Stewart's prayer because it's true.
Gratitude, as a principle divorced from reality, seems to ignore the very people upon whom the grateful person's blessings, or privileges, are based - often women, the poor, and people of color, not to mention one's self.
We should be aware of the wonders of daily life, but gratitude is, more often than not, a way of distancing ourselves from our own and other's contributions for these things. That said, no one sums it up like Bart Simpson, saying grace at a Thanksgiving dinner, We paid for this ourselves, so thanks for nothing.
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Jesus is Impressed |
Aug 23, 2008 |

Ah, poor Jesus.
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