Megaphone guy and his cadre of 15 year-old blonde pamphlet girls was also accompanied by this guy, carrying a “Matthew 7:13-14″ banner.
I guess their message is that secular rock and roll leads to sympathy for the devil. I guess they missed the Capital Metro gospel tent.
The following verse, Matt 7:15, warns to “watch out for false prophets.”
Then again, Matthew 7 starts “Judge not, that ye be not judged,” so perhaps I should shut up now…
Fundamentalist “missionaries” go to all the best parties. The guy talking into the megaphone was preaching that John 3 was the best message man’s ever received. (I won’t argue with that.)
He was accompanied by a handful of youth (seemed to be about 14-15 years old by my guess) passing out pamphlets.
It was hard to hear Coldplay over the megaphone. (It was just as entertaining though.)
May 3
Apparently the new pope and I share taste in cars. His old VW Golf is for sale on eBay. It’s even the same color as mine!
Check out the listing for the pre-popemobile
Feb 27
When the fool learns the Way, He laughs at it.
Yet if the fool did not laugh at it,
It would not be the Way.
Indeed, if you are seeking the Way,
Listen for the laughter of fools.
– Lao Tzu
Dec 29
Right now, I’m watching a documentary on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and I tell you, it’s fascinating. The film, Bonhoeffer (2003), is fascinating.
Bonhoeffer was a protestant theologian and Nazi resister who was hanged shortly before the end of WWII. Add this documentary to your NetFlix queue. Order it from Amazon. This is truly an amazing man.
Here are a couple of quotes from his writings:
On the waning of The Church:
Christ is really present only in the community. The church is the presence of Christ, just as Christ is the presence of God. But our church today is bourgeois: the best proof is that poor working classes have turned away from the church. Whereas the bourgeois, the petty officials, the artisans, and the merchants have remained. When the community is split, is Christ himself divided?
On the failing of man to act on Christ’s teachings:
We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds: we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use?
Check out this story and associated slideshow:
Man survives jump into lion’s den
Yes, apparently he jumped into the lion habitat at the Taipei Zoo in an attempt to convert the lions to Christianity.
Based on their reaction, I think the man was confused. Those must’ve been Presbyterian lions. That’s how we of the Reformed faith tend to react when someone tries to “save” us. He might’ve even interrupted a committee meeting … without bringing a casserole. Those are faux paws not likely to be forgiven anytime soon.