Crazy Conspiricy Preacher visits church in 48 hours.
Posted: 2004-06-03 10:09pm
Hi. My parents make me go to church. I usually don't mind, cos our church has cool music, and usually it's teaching is not very fundie like (we have a head preacher who was once an animal biologist/zoologist, and isn't a creationist)
However sometimes, we get Fudie preachers visit. Church has a large conference coming next month, and so at the moment a lot of visiting preachers from places like USA, Canada and Europe are preaching in our church.
Last weeks message was about how god only loves people who obey his every whim.
Which made me philosophise that his fundie god isn't even as nice as a friend of mine who was sexually abused by their own father.
Anyway, next week we have a guy visiting who I'v heard a tape of a few months back. In this tape, he said how the founding fathers of America were Freemasons, and that they worshipped satan, thus were evil. Thus America was evil. This made me roll my eyes and stop listening to him, and yawn, and generally not pay attention. I mentally planned my next vatsim flight whyle the tape went on. It was then I heard him speak of September 11th. That the American Government planned it, and put explosives into the World Trade Centre twin towers, and payed off Arabs or 'someone' to fly the jets into them to 'make believe' to the world that the jets made them fall. He then went on to say that the bible fortold this in Revelation and that the three jets were the three heads of one of the beasts in the story, and that the beast itself was the Freemason church!
I only got as far as "The american government planned September 11" before I became enraged and started argung, LOUDLY with it and my parents that this was stupid, that he was stupid, and I was ashamed to be associated with anything this idiot was associated with.
Well as he is planning to speak in my own church on Sunday morning. I intend to not listen to it. At first I was considering a private boycott (aka, go hide in the toilets till he's gone). but on Talking to Gandalf, I have decided that maybe a more - Open Boycott, or even protest. is in order. Of course he may trump me and not say anything about his stupid fundie conspiricy theories. but if he does I intend to walk the fuck out of there, down the middle, proudly, and angrily. Maybe even packing my things standing up, facing the congregation, and then walking out. You see, Im a musician in the church and so usually sit near front (usually 4th from front) row of the church. There's 3 isles. two on the sides, and one down the middle. Of course if it comes to public boycott, there's going to be no greater feeling than standing up, turning my back to him, packing up my stuff, and walking out down the middle row... My trumpet will be on the stage... maybe if he makes me angry enough I will walk up on stage, grab my trumpet, stuff it in it's bag, pack up my stuff, and walk away... but I think I'll leave it at the 'make big scene, walk away, go hide in toilet till he stops, wait for the musicians to finish their thing, and then sneak back on, take trumpet and dash'.
Advice/egging on/psyching up appreciated.
However sometimes, we get Fudie preachers visit. Church has a large conference coming next month, and so at the moment a lot of visiting preachers from places like USA, Canada and Europe are preaching in our church.
Last weeks message was about how god only loves people who obey his every whim.
Which made me philosophise that his fundie god isn't even as nice as a friend of mine who was sexually abused by their own father.Anyway, next week we have a guy visiting who I'v heard a tape of a few months back. In this tape, he said how the founding fathers of America were Freemasons, and that they worshipped satan, thus were evil. Thus America was evil. This made me roll my eyes and stop listening to him, and yawn, and generally not pay attention. I mentally planned my next vatsim flight whyle the tape went on. It was then I heard him speak of September 11th. That the American Government planned it, and put explosives into the World Trade Centre twin towers, and payed off Arabs or 'someone' to fly the jets into them to 'make believe' to the world that the jets made them fall. He then went on to say that the bible fortold this in Revelation and that the three jets were the three heads of one of the beasts in the story, and that the beast itself was the Freemason church!
I only got as far as "The american government planned September 11" before I became enraged and started argung, LOUDLY with it and my parents that this was stupid, that he was stupid, and I was ashamed to be associated with anything this idiot was associated with.
Well as he is planning to speak in my own church on Sunday morning. I intend to not listen to it. At first I was considering a private boycott (aka, go hide in the toilets till he's gone). but on Talking to Gandalf, I have decided that maybe a more - Open Boycott, or even protest. is in order. Of course he may trump me and not say anything about his stupid fundie conspiricy theories. but if he does I intend to walk the fuck out of there, down the middle, proudly, and angrily. Maybe even packing my things standing up, facing the congregation, and then walking out. You see, Im a musician in the church and so usually sit near front (usually 4th from front) row of the church. There's 3 isles. two on the sides, and one down the middle. Of course if it comes to public boycott, there's going to be no greater feeling than standing up, turning my back to him, packing up my stuff, and walking out down the middle row... My trumpet will be on the stage... maybe if he makes me angry enough I will walk up on stage, grab my trumpet, stuff it in it's bag, pack up my stuff, and walk away... but I think I'll leave it at the 'make big scene, walk away, go hide in toilet till he stops, wait for the musicians to finish their thing, and then sneak back on, take trumpet and dash'.
Advice/egging on/psyching up appreciated.