the Hall of Shame

well just yesterday, youtube managed(for the umpteenth time) to keep me awake a few hours longer than i was supposed to. 

but anyway, on to the reason for my title. 

for those of you who want to find out how disgusting some of today's so-called Christians can actually be, you may want to visit this site

http://leavingfundamentalism.org/hallofshame.htm

there's this guy, called Peter Popoff(this surname is a LAME JOKE waiting to happen, i tell you). apparently, he was found out by a professional skeptic(can you believe such a job exists?) to be fake. one of his tricks was to feign prophecy. so he'd point out a poor(sometimes, literally) unsuspecting audience member, and start to declare, much to his/her amazement, his/her name, address, personal details, like what he/she was suffering from. 

well, James Randi used a radiowave detector, and discovered popoff's wife popping off information to him into his earphones. 

he went bankrupt shortly after that. 

and then in 2007, he came back to the commercial scene selling AUTHENTIC HOLY WATER. and it was FREE! 

so upon ordering, the person will find with it a bunch of instructions on how to properly use the holy water. like, drinking it for 5 days, after which, do not be surprised to find yourself healed of cancer! aids! necrophillia! and remember to make send a large paycheck to Rev. Peter Popoff too! as he says from an instructional video, the power does not come from drinking the Holy Water, it comes from following the instructions!

i know i'm not the only one hoping popoff well, pops off. 

desperate people suffering from cancer, have been made bankrupt because of a misguided faith used when they were at their wits' end. you know what's one thing worse than having cancer? having cancer and being a lot poorer than you already are. and that's what popoff did. 

Peter, the Holy Ghost is telling me you're a huckster and an idiot. Welcome to the Hall of Shame.

to my pentecostal charismatic(or is it charismatic pentecostals?) friends, i really am not trying to lambast you, and i know this will contribute to your chagrin. but i've given up on these signs and wonders. take a look at Derren Brown and his 'conversions' of the atheists he randomly assembles. Derren Brown is an atheist, and with manipulative words and 'mysterious' gestures, he achieves the same wonders, such as causing people to be slain in the spirit. 

The book of James tells us true faith is accompanied by works. i guess the question is what kind of works? 

would you speak in tongues on saturdays and sundays, and maybe for fifteen minutes every day as well, and for the rest of the time, a vulgarity is waiting to spring off your tongue? with the same mouth you curse man and praise God? 

i'd rather be silent. 

i know, i have generalised. i have assaulted an imaginary enemy. or maybe i haven't. i don't know, i've never met these people.