Thursday, October 16, 2003
Heretofore Omitted Satanic Slideshow
Man, have I been remiss. I failed, in my previous post about Gen. Holy Warrior Boykin, to provide a link to some excerpts from his recent speeches; and to note that the aforementioned slideshow included a [PICTURE OF SATAN], as indicated in this account:
And also this bit from his speech at the
[Editor's note: were any of you guys at the CAE this year?]
It occurs to me that Evangelical U.S. Christianists don't just need the Jews to hold down the fort in Jerusalem until the Second Coming; they're also involved in a very intimate sort of character study. I.e., say you're a large, wealthy, increasingly powerful sect of warlike American Christians, but for some reason you desperately want to portray yourselves as the most oppressed, aggrieved, marginalized, and scorned people in Secular America--who better to associate yourselves with (at every possible fucking opportunity) than an actually historically oppressed, aggrieved, marginalized and scorned people?
I can't wait until Mel Gibson's The Passion comes out.
posted by Blicero : 10/16/2003 03:04:00 AM
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BROKEN ARROW, OKLA., JUNE 30, 2002
[PICTURE OF SATAN] “And the enemy that has come against our nation is a spiritual enemy. His name is Satan. And if you do not believe that Satan is real, you are ignoring the same Bible that tells you about God. Now I’m a warrior. One day I’m going to take off this uniform and I’m still going to be a warrior. And what I’m here to do today is to recruit you to be warriors of God’s kingdom.”
And also this bit from his speech at the
GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH, SANDY, ORE., JUNE 21, 2003
CELEBRATE AMERICA EVENT
[Editor's note: were any of you guys at the CAE this year?]
“And we ask ourselves this question, ‘Why do they hate us? Why do they hate us so much?’ Ladies and gentlemen, the answer to that is because we’re a Christian nation, because our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christian. Did I say Judeo-Christian? Yes. Judeo-Christian.
“That means we’ve got a commitment to Israel. That mean’s it’s a commitment we’re never going to abandon.
It occurs to me that Evangelical U.S. Christianists don't just need the Jews to hold down the fort in Jerusalem until the Second Coming; they're also involved in a very intimate sort of character study. I.e., say you're a large, wealthy, increasingly powerful sect of warlike American Christians, but for some reason you desperately want to portray yourselves as the most oppressed, aggrieved, marginalized, and scorned people in Secular America--who better to associate yourselves with (at every possible fucking opportunity) than an actually historically oppressed, aggrieved, marginalized and scorned people?
I can't wait until Mel Gibson's The Passion comes out.
posted by Blicero : 10/16/2003 03:04:00 AM
