tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post6602598683517340559..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: If Another Jesus Showed Up They'd Murder Him AgainAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-63229205209239785022015-10-10T15:15:14.906-04:002015-10-10T15:15:14.906-04:00I blame some of this on the old "sinners in t...I blame some of this on the old "sinners in the hands of an angry god" idea. Really, that's more akin to Zeus than Yahweh or Jesus. <br /><br />sometimes I wonder if the modern Christian realizes that he's doing more black magic in the service to the Sun God than anything to Jesus or Yahweh. the very people Jesus condemned in his day, coincidentally the only people he condemned, well, modern church folk remind me of them a lot. they'd rather sit around and chant love songs to their Jesus-turned-boyfriend/girlfriend set to the tune of pretty music that they called worship, and feel good about themselves, and convince themselves that what is, is not. And that's magic. they might as well put on their druid costumes and pay the ghost.<br /><br />the only sword Jesus brought was the one to sever the ties to all of the religious machinations that the modern Christian insists on enslaving themselves in. <br /><br />the modern American Christian Church especially has been riding that white horse called war for a long time. So no, Bob, they wouldn't have a clue.<br />speakeasyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999382478459963644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-46895499546343263402015-10-10T13:00:40.175-04:002015-10-10T13:00:40.175-04:00Shades of The Brothers Karamazov.Shades of The Brothers Karamazov.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-19884105297079847322015-10-09T15:03:06.090-04:002015-10-09T15:03:06.090-04:00Doesn't "Stranger in a Strange Land"...Doesn't "Stranger in a Strange Land" cover a lot of this ground? Been a while since I read it.Kentucky Headhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985617385479858954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-6498637077939070362015-10-09T14:46:38.851-04:002015-10-09T14:46:38.851-04:00Oh pish tosh!
Returning messiahs are the LAST of ...Oh pish tosh!<br /><br />Returning messiahs are the LAST of the gubbermints' concern - or rather, the real power brokers pulling their strings.<br /><br />If ANYONE shows up that threatens their interests they are usually disposed of by simple mudslinging. If they are strong enough to prevail against that - they're bought off. If they are incorruptible - "the lone crazy acting alone dontchya know" gets them a la JFK. Any loose ends are need to be cut, they are - a la Lee Harvey Oswald.<br /><br />Challenge The Machine at your peril.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-3109647193115461612015-10-09T13:36:28.299-04:002015-10-09T13:36:28.299-04:00An Old Testament prophet would be kept in a mental...An Old Testament prophet would be kept in a mental asylum (or its PC-named equivalent), drugged and straight-jacketed.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_psychiatric_institutionsMindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-87957564766070260452015-10-09T11:20:05.526-04:002015-10-09T11:20:05.526-04:00There was a 1980 made-for-TV movie called "Re...There was a 1980 made-for-TV movie called "Resurrection", which explores the very things that you are describing. A young woman who survives a deadly car crash which kills her husband, barely survives -- but when she recovers, she finds that she has acquired a psychic healing gift. Although she freely and generously heals those who want her to heal them, she becomes the target of Christian fundamentalists and unbalanced religious extremists.Take The Red Pillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-84741561542709086742015-10-09T11:12:09.086-04:002015-10-09T11:12:09.086-04:00"Imagine if a man showed up who could heal th..."Imagine if a man showed up who could heal the sick..."<br /><br />He would have the AMA on his butt incredibly fast, and they would be screaming to have him imprisoned for something like 'practicing medicine without a license'. There's nothing that trade unionists hate more than some talented non-member 'poaching on their turf'. Take The Red Pillnoreply@blogger.com