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17 Jan 2010, 1:24 pm

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Because of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps, I am considering converting to Wicca, and forcing others to convert as well.


interesting. exactly how do you plan to force them?


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17 Jan 2010, 2:31 pm

anna-banana wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Because of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps, I am considering converting to Wicca, and forcing others to convert as well.

interesting. exactly how do you plan to force them?

Got to be witchcraft. What else could it be?



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17 Jan 2010, 3:15 pm

Gromit wrote:
anna-banana wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Because of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps, I am considering converting to Wicca, and forcing others to convert as well.

interesting. exactly how do you plan to force them?

Got to be witchcraft. What else could it be?

That's a lot of garlic to carve.


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17 Jan 2010, 4:59 pm

Pat Robertson is a Right-Wing nut. Don't take anything he says seriously. Not to mention he should be in Jail for starting fund-raisers to help Africans and instead use the money to harvest diamonds over there. Not to mentions supporting Rwandas abusive dictator of a leader in exchange to have diamond mines in Africa.

http://www.brendastardom.com/arch.asp?ArchID=726

http://www.msmagazine.com/sept03/sizemore.asp



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17 Jan 2010, 5:01 pm

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Pat Robertson is a Right-Wing nut. Don't take anything he says seriously. Not to mention he should be in Jail for starting fund-raisers to help Africans and instead use the money to harvest diamonds over there. Not to mentions supporting Rwandas abusive dictator of a leader in exchange to have diamond mines in Africa.

http://www.brendastardom.com/arch.asp?ArchID=726

http://www.msmagazine.com/sept03/sizemore.asp


I think that was Liberia, not Rwanda.


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18 Jan 2010, 1:50 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
Because of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps, I am considering converting to Wicca, and forcing others to convert as well.


Good for you! Wicca is one of the few religions in the world I actually have respect for. But don't force others to convert. That's very un-Wicca-ish. :lol:



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18 Jan 2010, 1:50 am

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It's very strange, isn't it? The voodoo aspect of Haiti is bound to stir some mixed responses from the bible belt.

There are many examples of zombies in modern day Haiti

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/artic ... mbies.html
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Article 249. It shall also be qualified as attempted murder the employment which may be made against any person of substances which, without causing actual death, produce a lethargic coma more or less prolonged. If, after the person had been buried, the act shall be considered murder no matter what result follows.



To make a zombie, a voodoo practitioner makes a potion that consists of mainly the poison of the pufferfish (one of the strongest nerve poisons known to man, the clinical drug norcuron has similar effects and is used during surgery) that is given to the intended victim. This causes severe neurological damage, primarily effecting the left side of the brain (the left side of the brain controls speech, memory and motor skills). The victim suddenly becomes lethargic, then slowly seems to die. In reality, the victim¹s respiration and pulse becomes so slow that it is nearly impossible to detect. The victim retains full awareness as he is taken to the hospital, then perhaps to the morgue and finally as they are buried alive. Then, at the voodoo practitioner¹s leisure does he come to retrieve the victim, now become a slave, as a commodity (at one time it was said that most of the slaves who worked in the sugar cane plantations of Haiti were zombies. One case in 1918 had a voodoo priest named Ti Joseph who ran a gang of laborers for the American Sugar Corporation, who took the money they received and fed the workers only unsalted porridge). A zombie will remain in a robot-like state indefinitely, until he tastes either salt or meat(so much for ³The Night of the Living Dead²). Then the zombie becomes aware of their state, immediately returning to the grave. The reality behind the zombie has only been taken seriously by medical science within the last ten years, since the use of CAT scans of the brain, along with the confessions of voodoo priests, explaining their methods. Previous to that, zombies were considered mental defective by science or explained as stunts to try to confuse scientists.


The movie "White Zombie"(1932) mentions the penal code clause and the movie "King of the Zombies"(1942) mentions the provision that the zombies must not eat salt or else they will be released... the old zombie movies were about Haitian-style ones serving as slaves.



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18 Jan 2010, 1:57 am

Descartes wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Because of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps, I am considering converting to Wicca, and forcing others to convert as well.


Good for you! Wicca is one of the few religions in the world I actually have respect for. But don't force others to convert. That's very un-Wicca-ish. :lol:


I agree, just keep religion to yourself and preserve what we have, yeah.

If the religion is good, it will naturally come to everyone in the world, or gain at least some recognition...


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18 Jan 2010, 2:37 am

Tim your a good example of a good christian, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps say they are christian but they act anti christian



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18 Jan 2010, 9:16 am

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Tim your a good example of a good christian, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps say they are christian but they act anti christian


Yes, people still remember that Jesus died for our sins even after 1800 years because His teachings are timeless!


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18 Jan 2010, 1:15 pm

ruennsheng wrote:
Friskeygirl wrote:
Tim your a good example of a good christian, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Fred Phelps say they are christian but they act anti christian


Yes, people still remember that Jesus died for our sins even after 1800 years because His teachings are timeless!


last I checked it was 2000 years :P

anyway, I like what Christopher Hitchens wrote about this whole thing here: http://www.slate.com/id/2241877/


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18 Jan 2010, 4:14 pm

I don't think you can really put Fred Phelps alongside Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.



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18 Jan 2010, 11:03 pm

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I don't think you can really put Fred Phelps alongside Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.


It's true because they are different.

And oops, Jesus died so long ago - 2000 years - sorry. But He lives on in many hearts nevertheless!


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18 Jan 2010, 11:43 pm

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It's more just a massive cult that spews ignorance of every type.


Do you have any idea how profound that was?! I keep re-reading that, and the truth of it overwhelms me.



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18 Jan 2010, 11:47 pm

Greshym_Shorkan wrote:
Meadow wrote:
It's more just a massive cult that spews ignorance of every type.


Do you have any idea how profound that was?! I keep re-reading that, and the truth of it overwhelms me.


No, it's not a cult... It's just a way of life perhaps?

But no matter what, I think it is nice to hope that Haitians will somehow be inspired after the earthwuake, and that the nation will be more united to stabilize and improve.


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20 Jan 2010, 2:31 am

ruennsheng wrote:
Greshym_Shorkan wrote:
Meadow wrote:
It's more just a massive cult that spews ignorance of every type.


Do you have any idea how profound that was?! I keep re-reading that, and the truth of it overwhelms me.


No, it's not a cult... It's just a way of life perhaps?

But no matter what, I think it is nice to hope that Haitians will somehow be inspired after the earthwuake, and that the nation will be more united to stabilize and improve.


I'm sure hundred-thousand or so died would agree.