October 2011
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'Jesus Ween' offers a Christian alternative to Halloween, says Calgary pastor →
calgaryherald.com
Happy Jesus Ween y’all:
A Calgary pastor is promoting Jesus Ween, a faith-based alternative to the traditional holiday fare of candy and spooky garb.
Instead of chocolate bars and gummy bears, he’s asking people to shun demonic costumes and instead dole out pocket-sized bibles or other “Christian gifts.”
The idea has caught on in communities across North America, according to Jesus Ween creator Paul Ade. He’s hoping it will bring a new perspective to an otherwise pagan festival, he said.
“I do not associate myself with ghosts, demons, Satan and witches. These are things I want to get rid of,” he said.
“If it’s OK for a child to know about demons, it should also be OK for a child to know about Jesus.”
Jesus Ween has attracted international attention, with media reports circulating as far away as Britain.
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The pastor has 200 “kid-friendly” bibles ready to distribute to Calgary children on Monday. “I don’t think we’re ruining anybody’s fun. Getting a bible is not getting a bomb. It’s nothing really bad,” Ade said.Remember when you though getting raisins and apples were the worst? Imagine the fury in the US if he were to create Allah-ween instead.
My God. That sounds awfully close to “Halloween” - perhaps it’s best to lock the kiddies up! Or he could take the advice of another fellow pastor:
The insertion of Jesus into a harmless holiday reserved for treats and spooky pumpkins is a turnoff, argues John Van Sloten, the pastor of New Hope Church. “I think it’s awful. It feeds into the stereotype that to be a person who follows Christ is to be against everything outside of the church,” said Van Sloten. “I’m kind of appalled by someone doing this.”
The picture accompanying the article is hysterical when compared with the whole Halloween-the-satanic-holiday tone of the Jesus Ween Facebook and website. Instead of Christians “having to hide” on Halloween, they can give Bibles to monsters like these:
“Allah-ween” does sound bad ass though. But yeah, imagine if ANY other religion was handing out religious materials to trick-or-treaters. Imagine if I handed out pocket copies of Christopher Hitchens’ “God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.” I’d probably be in jail tomorrow.
“The poor and the underclass are growing. Racial justice and human rights are non-existent. They have created a repressive society and we are their unwitting accomplices… They are dismantling the sleeping middle class. More and more people are becoming poor. We are their cattle. We are being bred for slavery.”
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They Live (1988)
Seems eerily prophetic, doesn’t it?
Wall Street Isn't Winning – It's Cheating →
rollingstone.com
“When you take into consideration all the theft and fraud and market manipulation and other evil shit Wall Street bankers have been guilty of in the last ten-fifteen years, you have to have balls like church bells to trot out a propaganda line that says the protesters are just jealous of their hard-earned money.”
Hands down, the most important piece of journalism I’ve read this year.
Horrific beginnings
Earlier today, I flew into a fit of rage after Good Morning America ran some story about how young kids shouldn’t be wearing “scary Halloween costumes.” The implication was that kids (some as young as six, OMG!) who dress up as Leatherface or Jason will grow up and shoot their classmates, or whatever other ludicrous idea they were yanking straight out of 1999.
Anyhoo, it got me thinking about how I dressed up as Freddy Krueger when I was in preschool. I distinctly remember the drive to school, my mom worrying that this was not even remotely appropriate, but I was so excited. My teacher was less than thrilled as well, especially when I put my gloved hand on the table and terrified the cute little bunny across from me. But again, I was ecstatic, I was the coolest four-year-old, ever!
Now, if the fun-hater at http://tooscarycostumes.com/, the inspiration for the GMA story, doesn’t want his kids to wear Freddy, Jason or Optimus Prime (yes, even Optimus is too much for the precious snowflakes) costumes for Halloween, that’s fine. They’re his kids, they’re his business. But to imply that some trauma will come to other children if they carry a bloody chainsaw around is just plain offensive to me. He’s implying that my mom didn’t do her job properly and that just makes my blood boil because my mom is fucking awesome.
My mom let me watch Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, Friday the 13th, Child’s Play and Sleepaway Camp before I was even in kindergarten. When all the other parents were subscribing to the Disney Channel (remember those days?), we had HBO just so I could watch Tales from the Crypt. And look ma, no emotional trauma! Well, not from the movies at least… plenty from junior high though!
To this day, I love watching Jason decapitate two teenagers mid-coitus. Blood and guts are my idea of a good time, but sit me down in front of Toy Story 3 and I’ll blubber like a baby at the end. Those pictures I just posted a few minutes ago with the blind dog and its seeing-eye dog almost brought me to tears. Decades of horrific violence on screen and I’m still a big softy.
Now I know I’m just one person and anecdotal evidence doesn’t automatically prove these movies are harmless… but how many people do you know that got into horror movies when they were an adult? These movies have always been for kids, at least that’s when we get hooked, just like wrestling. They’re the forbidden fruit, those movies you’re not supposed to watch (though I never really had that hurdle), they’re just fun. I don’t know anyone that saw their first horror movie after they turned 18, we all grew up on this filth, and miraculously, none of us are slamming bimbos in sleeping bags against a tree trunk.
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Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act defines life as beginning at conception. This would ban abortion, hormonal birth control, and IUDs. →
dailypaul.com
Still want to vote for this moron?
But… but… he supports more freedom!
…unless you’re a woman.
'Paranormal Activity 3' Slashes to Best Horror Opening Ever at $54M →
thewrap.com
“Paranormal Activity 3” became the biggest horror opening of all time this weekend, grossing an estimated $54 million and far surpassing expectations.
“Paranormal” grossed as much as all other movies in this weekend’s top 10 combined, and is the biggest October opening ever, beating “Jackass 3D’s” $50.35 million in 2010.
All that on a budget of $5 million.
