Merry fucking Christmas you filthy animals! Or whatever. Anywho, here's my Halloween-esque mix for your enjoyment. It is composed of songs that I considered, but rejected for a variety of reasons. Usually because the tone wasn't quite right or the lyrics didn't match the mood.
Halloween-esque 2009:
1. The Ghost by I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
2. Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Magic by Ladyhawke
4. Suicide by Raveonettes
5. I'm a Ghost by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
6. White Shade by Lukestar
7. Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts by Wolf Parade
8. Ghost Mouth by Girls
9. Of Moons, Birds & Monsters by MGMT
10. So Haunted by Cut Copy
11. Skeleton Key by Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
12. Scarecrow by +/-
13. Cities beneath the Sea by Gravenhurst
14. Ghosts by Lightning Seeds
15. Padding Ghost by Dan Deacon
16. Skeletons by Locust Avenue
17. Fax of Death by The Laurel Collective
18. Bloodsport (109 Mix) by Official Secrets Act
19. Death by Everybody Uh Oh
20. Fear of Drowning by British Sea Power
Showing posts with label rant Fire Emblem praise Jesus. Show all posts
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
For Your Edification
I submit the following for your edification:
"The Gideon's International is an Association of Christian business and professional men, banded together in more than 170 countries for fellowship and service. The purpose of the Association is the promotion of the Gospel of Christ to all people, to the end that they might come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
...The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.
It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter. Here Paradise is restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed.
CHRIST is its grand subject, our good the design, and the glory of God its end.
It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents."
This was the preface to a Gideon New Testament I was handed today on the way to school. As far as Christian groups go, I have a great deal of respect for the Gideons. However, this introduction confused me and I wondered how persuasive this would really be for non-religious (by religion I mean Christian specifically) people. I request the opinion of those not raised as Protestant Christians, as to whether this makes sense and is thought to be persuasive. But first I'll go through some of my "problems" with the text.
1) Religious jargon. The text is filled with it. What is a "Gospel"? What does it mean to have a "personal savior"? What does "holy" and "sacred" mean? If this introduction is targeted to non-believers, what is the point in including a lot of Christian specific jargon? Either it is intentional or it is unintentional. I'll get to the former in a moment. If it is unintentional that means the writers are so tied up in their own religious outlook that they cannot even conceive how an outsider might view and inevitably be confused by such language. My opinion is that this is not the case, but it remains an option. If it is intentional, I can think of two reasons why they might choose to include it: a) to "peak the curiosity" (read: confuse) the reader enough so that she must find a Christian to talk to about this; b) because the introduction and the Bible in general is geared towards people with a Christan background, or backsliding Christians (non-practicing Christians). I think the latter option more likely. People who used to be Christians, or were raised in a Christian household, are more likely to be familiar with all the terminology (and metaphors) and even be persuaded by them. However, for an Association (why is it capitalized?) that purports to desire to see "all people" become Christians, this seems like a narrow focus.
2) There is a lot of metaphorical language, which is misleading because it covers up a lack of substance. If you'll endulge me, I'll break down an example of this part of this piece by piece:
"The Bible contains the mind of God,"
-That's a pretty bold claim even by Protestant Christian standards. Technically this is not a metaphor, but it can't be taken literally. I'm not really sure what it means (I doubt the Bible, as big as it is, is enough to contain a normal human mind, let alone the mind of a god).
"the state of man,"
-I think if you're not a Christian you won't know what this means.
"the way of salvation,"
-Sounds promising.
"the doom of sinners,"
-Suddenly, less promising.
"and the happiness of believers."
-Promising again.
"Its doctrines are holy,"
-I don't know what that means. I'm not sure many would understand either parts of this predicative sentence.
"its precepts are binding,"
-That means I have to do what it says?
"its histories are true,"
-A highly debated issue. I'll avoid it.
"and its decisions are immutable."
-It's probably for the best that the Gideon Bible only includes the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs or the reader might stumble upon Lev 19:19 "You are to keep my statues. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together." This must be one of those mutable immutable laws, since I never see Christians paying any attention to these laws.
"Read it to be wise,"
-I'll buy it for now.
"believe it to be safe,"
-Safe from what? The first thought I had was that believing it would keep you safe from Christians, but I don't think that's what they were talking about.
"and practice it to be holy."
-I don't know what that means.
"It contains light to direct you,"
-Like a nightlight? Like a flashlight?
"food to support you,"
-I guess paper can be considered roughage, although I think you're better off eating fruits and vegetables and far less likely to die of malnutrition.
"and comfort to cheer you."
-I'll buy it for now.
The breakdown was probably unnecessary, but I find this heap of metaphors to be devoid of meaning in this context. They point to basic needs: light, food, happiness, safety and stability but it never really goes beyond the metaphor. How is the Bible a light? How is it food? I think these things should be spelled out since I'm not sure someone would come to these same metaphors after reading the text (without help from Christian/Jewish interpretation). But I've balked long enough. Let me know what you think.
"The Gideon's International is an Association of Christian business and professional men, banded together in more than 170 countries for fellowship and service. The purpose of the Association is the promotion of the Gospel of Christ to all people, to the end that they might come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
...The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.
It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter. Here Paradise is restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed.
CHRIST is its grand subject, our good the design, and the glory of God its end.
It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents."
This was the preface to a Gideon New Testament I was handed today on the way to school. As far as Christian groups go, I have a great deal of respect for the Gideons. However, this introduction confused me and I wondered how persuasive this would really be for non-religious (by religion I mean Christian specifically) people. I request the opinion of those not raised as Protestant Christians, as to whether this makes sense and is thought to be persuasive. But first I'll go through some of my "problems" with the text.
1) Religious jargon. The text is filled with it. What is a "Gospel"? What does it mean to have a "personal savior"? What does "holy" and "sacred" mean? If this introduction is targeted to non-believers, what is the point in including a lot of Christian specific jargon? Either it is intentional or it is unintentional. I'll get to the former in a moment. If it is unintentional that means the writers are so tied up in their own religious outlook that they cannot even conceive how an outsider might view and inevitably be confused by such language. My opinion is that this is not the case, but it remains an option. If it is intentional, I can think of two reasons why they might choose to include it: a) to "peak the curiosity" (read: confuse) the reader enough so that she must find a Christian to talk to about this; b) because the introduction and the Bible in general is geared towards people with a Christan background, or backsliding Christians (non-practicing Christians). I think the latter option more likely. People who used to be Christians, or were raised in a Christian household, are more likely to be familiar with all the terminology (and metaphors) and even be persuaded by them. However, for an Association (why is it capitalized?) that purports to desire to see "all people" become Christians, this seems like a narrow focus.
2) There is a lot of metaphorical language, which is misleading because it covers up a lack of substance. If you'll endulge me, I'll break down an example of this part of this piece by piece:
"The Bible contains the mind of God,"
-That's a pretty bold claim even by Protestant Christian standards. Technically this is not a metaphor, but it can't be taken literally. I'm not really sure what it means (I doubt the Bible, as big as it is, is enough to contain a normal human mind, let alone the mind of a god).
"the state of man,"
-I think if you're not a Christian you won't know what this means.
"the way of salvation,"
-Sounds promising.
"the doom of sinners,"
-Suddenly, less promising.
"and the happiness of believers."
-Promising again.
"Its doctrines are holy,"
-I don't know what that means. I'm not sure many would understand either parts of this predicative sentence.
"its precepts are binding,"
-That means I have to do what it says?
"its histories are true,"
-A highly debated issue. I'll avoid it.
"and its decisions are immutable."
-It's probably for the best that the Gideon Bible only includes the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs or the reader might stumble upon Lev 19:19 "You are to keep my statues. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together." This must be one of those mutable immutable laws, since I never see Christians paying any attention to these laws.
"Read it to be wise,"
-I'll buy it for now.
"believe it to be safe,"
-Safe from what? The first thought I had was that believing it would keep you safe from Christians, but I don't think that's what they were talking about.
"and practice it to be holy."
-I don't know what that means.
"It contains light to direct you,"
-Like a nightlight? Like a flashlight?
"food to support you,"
-I guess paper can be considered roughage, although I think you're better off eating fruits and vegetables and far less likely to die of malnutrition.
"and comfort to cheer you."
-I'll buy it for now.
The breakdown was probably unnecessary, but I find this heap of metaphors to be devoid of meaning in this context. They point to basic needs: light, food, happiness, safety and stability but it never really goes beyond the metaphor. How is the Bible a light? How is it food? I think these things should be spelled out since I'm not sure someone would come to these same metaphors after reading the text (without help from Christian/Jewish interpretation). But I've balked long enough. Let me know what you think.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Fire Emblem loves SATAN
I was ambling through the message board at Gamefaqs on Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones and found this nice little rant by a user named jklkj or something. Before I show this guy's rant lemme start by saying this game has an E rating a pretty standard fantasy plot (you're fighting against an evil demon whose corrupted a nation.). It's a very light and addicting strategy game with a suprising amount of depth. Now here's this pysco's rant (he put it in a block form no paragraphs):
"To start, this game’s plot revolves around an evil entity, known as the Demon King (obviously a euphemism for SATAN), and the efforts by a group of followers to resurrect him. I don’t even know where to begin. To start, even IMPLYING that the DEVIL can be brought back to earth is ridiculous and will NOT BE TOLERATED. To make matters even more sacrilegious, one of the DK’s (I refuse to give him the power by using his real name) main followers is a BISHOP who uses LIGHT MAGIC. First of all, outright stating that a BISHOP, a devout follower of God could betray Him is HERESY, plain and simple! This is an obvious attempt by the foul game developers to try to CORRUPT people into thinking that the Church is an evil entity. I saw through that one! Also, the use magic of any kind is forbidden by our Lord, and insinuating that there is such a thing as LIGHT MAGIC is just hogwash. Getting back to my original point, this DK POSSESSES one of the characters in the book, and he is unable to be exorcised. All true believers should know that DEMONS can always be EXORCISED, and that the developers are once again trying to DESTROY the power of the Church. This is UNACCEPTABLE and will NOT BE TOLERATED! Another one of this foul game’s many moral low points is that two playable characters and countless other characters can STEAL things from other, unsuspecting, innocent civilians. This is a direct violation of the 7th Commandment, and anyone who wishes to escape an ETERNITY IN HELL should reflect on this “skill” and the poor values the creators who made this game have. The females in this game wear horrible clothing that accentuates their sexuality, so any true believer in God should cover their eyes or look away when one of these scantily clad women appears on the screen. There is absolutely no reason for these women to wear such revealing clothing. The creators of this game are trying to POISON the minds of our children by exposing them to such provocative images. To make matters even worse, this game also contains sexually implicit scenes. That’s right, this game contains implied pre-marital SEX! The work of the DEVIL himself. It is unbelievable that any game company would put such TRASH in a video game! At one point, one of the female characters is the victim of a sexual predator, a male who bares his shoulder to her. Who KNOWS what else he meant to show her as well? This is sick, disgusting, appalling, and disgusting. If you happen to come across this scene, I suggest skip it as quickly as possible so that your soul isn’t corrupted FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. I also suggest that you not think anymore about that topic, unless you want your soul to be TORTURED forever. I genuflected and said the rosary three times after writing that, just to cleanse my soul from this work of SATAN. That’s how horrible it is. Like my topic says, this game is morally outrageous, and I recommend that you seriously think and pray before buying it for yourself, or God forbid, your children."
See after beating (well first I illegally downloaded so that was strike one) this game I started noticing strange things happening to me. My sheep started dying, my plants started wilting, and I noticed my wife started looking much more ugly. I think God is trying to tell me something. I've been having dreams where Jesus sits there and shakes his finger at me while a Reinlief (an enchanted spear) against Grado's demon legions. Maybe I'm not supposed to fight evil and just totally ignore it. I guess I give Satan strength by acknowledging it. Maybe I ought to cut back on the puddingsciles before bed, I just don't know...
"To start, this game’s plot revolves around an evil entity, known as the Demon King (obviously a euphemism for SATAN), and the efforts by a group of followers to resurrect him. I don’t even know where to begin. To start, even IMPLYING that the DEVIL can be brought back to earth is ridiculous and will NOT BE TOLERATED. To make matters even more sacrilegious, one of the DK’s (I refuse to give him the power by using his real name) main followers is a BISHOP who uses LIGHT MAGIC. First of all, outright stating that a BISHOP, a devout follower of God could betray Him is HERESY, plain and simple! This is an obvious attempt by the foul game developers to try to CORRUPT people into thinking that the Church is an evil entity. I saw through that one! Also, the use magic of any kind is forbidden by our Lord, and insinuating that there is such a thing as LIGHT MAGIC is just hogwash. Getting back to my original point, this DK POSSESSES one of the characters in the book, and he is unable to be exorcised. All true believers should know that DEMONS can always be EXORCISED, and that the developers are once again trying to DESTROY the power of the Church. This is UNACCEPTABLE and will NOT BE TOLERATED! Another one of this foul game’s many moral low points is that two playable characters and countless other characters can STEAL things from other, unsuspecting, innocent civilians. This is a direct violation of the 7th Commandment, and anyone who wishes to escape an ETERNITY IN HELL should reflect on this “skill” and the poor values the creators who made this game have. The females in this game wear horrible clothing that accentuates their sexuality, so any true believer in God should cover their eyes or look away when one of these scantily clad women appears on the screen. There is absolutely no reason for these women to wear such revealing clothing. The creators of this game are trying to POISON the minds of our children by exposing them to such provocative images. To make matters even worse, this game also contains sexually implicit scenes. That’s right, this game contains implied pre-marital SEX! The work of the DEVIL himself. It is unbelievable that any game company would put such TRASH in a video game! At one point, one of the female characters is the victim of a sexual predator, a male who bares his shoulder to her. Who KNOWS what else he meant to show her as well? This is sick, disgusting, appalling, and disgusting. If you happen to come across this scene, I suggest skip it as quickly as possible so that your soul isn’t corrupted FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. I also suggest that you not think anymore about that topic, unless you want your soul to be TORTURED forever. I genuflected and said the rosary three times after writing that, just to cleanse my soul from this work of SATAN. That’s how horrible it is. Like my topic says, this game is morally outrageous, and I recommend that you seriously think and pray before buying it for yourself, or God forbid, your children."
See after beating (well first I illegally downloaded so that was strike one) this game I started noticing strange things happening to me. My sheep started dying, my plants started wilting, and I noticed my wife started looking much more ugly. I think God is trying to tell me something. I've been having dreams where Jesus sits there and shakes his finger at me while a Reinlief (an enchanted spear) against Grado's demon legions. Maybe I'm not supposed to fight evil and just totally ignore it. I guess I give Satan strength by acknowledging it. Maybe I ought to cut back on the puddingsciles before bed, I just don't know...
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