12.24.08
And this is how that crud plays itself out on the theological level
Here’s a conference that’s going to take place next June in Cincinnati.
There is no end to the variety of poisonous hooey and garbage and dog vomit put forth in the name of the Creator.
I have so much to say about this as we approach Christmas Eve, and as we all digest the onslaught of headlines about economic apocalypse and geopolitical volatility.
It’s not just these New Age / green types. In the background as I write this I’m hearing Joel and Victoria Osteen being interviewed by Larry King on the television. They have no clue as to how to really minister to a human soul in hurt. People are calling in with real questions and issues and all these two have to offer is happy talk of the most insipid and dentally correct kind.
Then there’s the whole panoply of fundie zealotry that I address in the comment thread under the post below.
On the advent of this year’s Christmas, I can honestly say I’ve never more hungrily demanded the honest-to-God truth from this universe than I do as I type this.
I’ll develop this in a fully-fleshed-out post tomorrow. For now, I close and retire with this prayer on my raised fist.
There’s so much counterfeit in this stinking world, Lord. Where is the Truth?
MR. Dings said,
December 24, 2008 at 1:03 pm
My take is that everyone thinks they deserved the riches, but no one thinks they deserve the impoverishment. That’s for the next poor bastard whom God does not favor.
MR. Dings said,
December 24, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Yeah, teeth are prominent in the Osteen persona. I have read one of Joel’s books, Your Best Life Now, just to see what’s going on. There’s a lot of getting and you got to get pretty far in for the giving. What’s up with the lovely Victoria joining him on the best seller shelves? I have a hypothesis.
MR. Dings said,
December 24, 2008 at 1:09 pm
For lack of anything better to do one evening, I went to see David Korten at U of Tampa a few years back. The bumper stickers on the cars outside told the tale. Paid attendance too. Go within to go without. It’s free. And will set you so.