ah, the good christians.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-02-16 12:03am

Harold Camping, the host of a moderately prominent international Christian radio call-in show, recently told his listeners that Satan has taken over "all" churches and that people of faith should do their worshipping elsewhere. Apparently, pastors all over the United States are outraged, with some attributing drops in attendance (and contributions) to Camping, whose Oakland, Calif.-based organization reported donations of $12 million in 2000. [St. Petersburg Times-AP, 1-25-03]

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-02-16 12:19am

Enforcer Talen wrote:Satan has taken over "all" churches

's the truth.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2003-02-16 12:24am

In related news, the FBI is now required to notify parents if a Catholic church moves into the neighborhood...

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2003-02-16 01:49am

beyond hope wrote:In related news, the FBI is now required to notify parents if a Catholic church moves into the neighborhood...

Already done.

http://www.satirewire.com/news/march02/egan.shtml

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-16 04:36am

Enforcer Talen wrote:Harold Camping, the host of a moderately prominent international Christian radio call-in show, recently told his listeners that Satan has taken over "all" churches and that people of faith should do their worshipping elsewhere.[St. Petersburg Times-AP, 1-25-03]

Sounds to me that good 'ol Harold might have been taken over as well...

God Emperor · Post by **God Emperor** » 2003-02-16 08:30am

It's not something new, read in the local paper about two weeks ago.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-02-16 10:55am

Great, let's scare the moderates and liberals out of their churches so they can seclude themselves in the woods and form a bunch of little right wing cults.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-16 02:32pm

I'm pretty sure they could explain why Satan has taken over the churches. If God was in command of them, they'd all be as bigoted and hateful as Fred Phelps, I'm sure that's what they would say.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-02-16 04:57pm

Enforcer Talen wrote:Harold Camping, the host of a moderately prominent international Christian radio call-in show, recently told his listeners that Satan has taken over "all" churches and that people of faith should do their worshipping elsewhere. Apparently, pastors all over the United States are outraged, with some attributing drops in attendance (and contributions) to Camping, whose Oakland, Calif.-based organization reported donations of $12 million in 2000. [St. Petersburg Times-AP, 1-25-03]

Unfortunately, his claims contradict the Bible, for which I pay him no heed.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-16 09:22pm

If Satan can walk into God's house and kick his ass out, shouldn't worshippers be more concerned about whether or not they're on the right side, rather than where to worship?

Neko001 · Post by **Neko001** » 2003-02-17 03:03am

The guy's right, the Catholic Church is controlled by Satan, I mean, look at the Inquisition! And the 'asking' for money! And the child rape! If that's not Satanic, what is?

Edit: To the guy above me, the Catholic Church is not the house of God.
Say what you want, but I've been reading the Bible lately, and it's not really God we have to worship, but Jesus, for Jesus is God.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-17 03:49am

Neko001 wrote:Edit: To the guy above me, the Catholic Church is not the house of God.
Say what you want, but I've been reading the Bible lately, and it's not really God we have to worship, but Jesus, for Jesus is God.

So then we have to worship God.

Or is this Relogic?

Post by **Coyote** » 2003-02-17 04:03am

Oh, YEAH!

((Pulls up lawn chair, gets a mint julep and kicks back to watch))

"Fireworks!" "Ooohhh....aaahhhh"

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-02-17 12:09pm

Remember when Camping wrote that book called 1986 (I believe) in which he predicts that the end of the world will occur in that year? That was great. That is how sane this guy is.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-17 12:52pm

Superman wrote:Remember when Camping wrote that book called 1986 (I believe) in which he predicts that the end of the world will occur in that year? That was great. That is how sane this guy is.

It's a common fundie scare tactic. They put the date of the apocalypse some time in out lifetimes to convert the gullible, and when that day comes and nothing happens, they just set another date in our lifetimes. Perhaps we should ask him why he always sets the date of the apocalypse in his lifetime, as opposed to some time in the far future.

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-17 01:22pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:
Superman wrote:Remember when Camping wrote that book called 1986 (I believe) in which he predicts that the end of the world will occur in that year? That was great. That is how sane this guy is.
It's a common fundie scare tactic. They put the date of the apocalypse some time in out lifetimes to convert the gullible, and when that day comes and nothing happens, they just set another date in our lifetimes. Perhaps we should ask him why he always sets the date of the apocalypse in his lifetime, as opposed to some time in the far future.

As I recall from the readings I've done, diciples of The Hispanic Dude believed that the end of the world would happen in their liftimes and that they would witness the Second Coming...

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-02-17 04:19pm

This is funny: Once I was watching Camping on that cable show that he has (or maybe had). He sits in front of a group of people, takes calls and preaches. One day some caller asked him what ever happened with the date of the end of the world, to which he replied, "we don't discuss that on this show." He then hung up. I got a chuckle out of that.

Oh, the book was called "1994." You can check his other titles by putting his name in an Amazon search.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-17 06:18pm

-mumbles-

Thou shalt not kill...thou shalt not kill...thou shalt not...ah, to hell with it!

-grabs knife-

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-02-17 07:06pm

Enforcer Talen wrote:Harold Camping, the host of a moderately prominent international Christian radio call-in show, recently told his listeners that Satan has taken over "all" churches and that people of faith should do their worshipping elsewhere. Apparently, pastors all over the United States are outraged, with some attributing drops in attendance (and contributions) to Camping, whose Oakland, Calif.-based organization reported donations of $12 million in 2000. [St. Petersburg Times-AP, 1-25-03]

Here we go with another damn nondenominational idiot again. Sorry folks, but if they lack a degree and they preach, I don't trust them.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-02-17 07:15pm

Admiral Johnason wrote:
Enforcer Talen wrote:Harold Camping, the host of a moderately prominent international Christian radio call-in show, recently told his listeners that Satan has taken over "all" churches and that people of faith should do their worshipping elsewhere. Apparently, pastors all over the United States are outraged, with some attributing drops in attendance (and contributions) to Camping, whose Oakland, Calif.-based organization reported donations of $12 million in 2000. [St. Petersburg Times-AP, 1-25-03]
Here we go with another damn nondenominational idiot again. Sorry folks, but if they lack a degree and they preach, I don't trust them.

One doesn't need a degree to see that fellow is wrong. Anyone who's read the Bible even once can see he's speaking only his opinion.

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-02-18 06:12pm

But he shouldn't be declared a preacher or priest as he is not ordained. Besides, this can lead to a major misinterpretion of dogma. Do we need another David Carash.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-02-19 02:58am

Admiral Johnason wrote:But he shouldn't be declared a preacher or priest as he is not ordained. Besides, this can lead to a major misinterpretion of dogma. Do we need another David Carash.

Who exactly is he?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-19 03:27am

Admiral Johnason wrote:Here we go with another damn nondenominational idiot again. Sorry folks, but if they lack a degree and they preach, I don't trust them.

Are you implying that if they have a degree, this should make a difference? If I read the Bible and discover something in it, and somebody screeches that no theologian will agree with me, why should I give a shit? Anybody can read the thing for himself, and apply his knowledge to it.

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-19 03:37am

Admiral Johnason wrote:Here we go with another damn nondenominational idiot again. Sorry folks, but if they lack a degree and they preach, I don't trust them..

Asimov was a biblical scholar, and wrote one of the first tomes that tried to put the Bible into historical context. I'd say more about it, but I've wasn't able to finish reading the one copy I found...

Amazon has a page on it.

To get back on topic, that could be considered preaching by some...educating people about religion, even though his Guide doesn't touch on the spiritual aspects of the Bible.

Well, it's an interesting book if nothing else.

StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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