“The Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request” – That is my favorite Stones record. It’s like their phsychodlic answer to Sargent Pepper Lonly Hearts Club Band. Some would probably say the Beatles record is better but that Stones record is pretty freaking good. It talks about them worshiping the devil and praising sweet Satan and his band of demons at the lake of fire.
Are the Stones Devil Worshipers?
Well, if you say so. Lots of the British bands were devil lovers weren’t they? Led Zeppelin were devil worshipers. Or that’s what they say. If you listen to Stairway to Heaven backwards it too mentions My Sweet Satan. That would be freaking devil love. Allister Crowleys Knight in Satan Service.
Rock and Roll is of the Devil
That’s what they say. If you listen to Rock music your going to Hell. There is absolutely nothing redeeming or positive about rock music whatsoever. You may as well be damning your soul to a permanant vacation home at the lake of fire. I’ve been to tent meetings that would talk about this all night long.
Let’s take this a bit further. Thinking your safe from the wiles of the Devil by going to a Christian bookstore and getting Christian Rock is deceptive. Those bands are also often playing in a 4/4 time signature and that is the devils. – Lucifiers time signature.
So… The Stones song, Sympathy for the Devil – Need I say more? Satan himself is speaking directly through Mick Jagger on that one… I mean for real…
So what should we do about all of this? The Devils everywhere huh? Here it is…
Yep, somebody told me a story one day he asked, did Jesus fake his death? It was outside of a place we were waiting to open after the cleaning crew was finished inside. A young couple was there waiting along with myself and a couple of other guys. Here is some of the conversation:
Dude: How’s it goin? Couple: Very nice thank you. It was a glories day. Glorious indeed. Beautiful weather. Yes, God is good. He loves us so much. We are very blessed. Really? How so? Well he gave us great jobs and delivered us from sickness. He’s at work in our lives right now! Uh… Yeah.. Hey, ya’ll believe in Jesus don’t you? Oh yes, absolutely! He’s God’s son and we believe in him and we are born again. Well, I’m not Christian, I don’t believe in Jesus.
Oh Hell, where is this going I thought.
“You see folks, the dude continued – I know what really happened. Jesus didn’t die out there, he faked it and then went and hid in another country”.
You know those guys back then could put themselves into a “trance” literally mimicking death. So Jesus was doing this on the cross and was taken down and put in that grave believing he was dead.
Then a few days later he showed up at his apostles house… They told him “dude, if you don’t get the hell outta town right now they are going to CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF. -So Jesus ran off and the legend was born.
The Dude
We all kind of looked at each other and said…. damn.
When you read the horoscope in the daily newspaper to you consider it to be true? Do you tend to make decisions based on what it says? How does these ancient art tell your future?
It’s all just clean fun. You pick it up.. Read it, It talks – right at you huh? I’m one of those groovy cusp guys.. Virgo/Libra. Well, I ain’t very groovy. Maybe I was at one time but now I’m not. And I don’t think the horoscope would help.
But I’m always willing to give it a try. Right?
I have not read my horoscope in years. Wait, did I read it last week? I can’t remember. Maybe the next time I do read it it will tell me when I should read it again.
Something Like This:
A Horoscope Reads:
DOUFO – You need to read the Libra horoscope on the 2nd Tuesday of next month in the New York Times . It will tell you how much the lottery is after taxes and the correct numbers to pick. We wanted to give you a heads up since you work nights and often look up at the stars with great respect.
And Next Month
Libra Horoscope
The Moon moving up next to Scorpio has interesting things for you Libra. The planets are intensifying the circumstances involving treasures in the near future. These treasure amount to $5.00 for the red power ball of mars in equal to the days of the week. 7.
I love UFO’s! Huge headed aliens and stuff. You know.. Glittering eyes. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind and ET. Wow… I love that stuff. Area 51. Is there really something “out there” ?
Satanic Aliens
I have heard it said that these aliens are actually demon’s of Satan’s army. Just to fool us into not believing in God. You ever heard that before? –Well now you have! Hmmmm, Satanic Aliens. Who would have thought?
I really like space. I’m a spacey kind of guy. Believe it. And that means I dig UFO’s I’d LOVE to see a freaking UFO…
LOVE IT
And Hey, I’m all in… If it’s a satanic UFO – even better.
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Islams, Jews, Christians. Do they all worship the same God? That’s what President Bush was saying. Of course you know this is America and we do have “freedom of religion”. Thank God for that!
I used to be rather dogmatic in my beliefs. Often trying to convert to my way of faith. Sometime I still do this. But is that necessarily a good thing to do?
Religious Observations
Here are some reason’s why I have reconsidered my religious thinking
Jesus never twisted arms
In fact he made it easy for people to walk away. He seemed to know who would accept him and who wouldn’t
Faith should not promote “fear”
A lot of religious leaders and evangelists tend to teach that if you don’t believe like we said…Then it means, well, eternal damnation. Uh… are you sure?
Words without Action
Many people are looking for something bigger. A certain faith can talk a good talk, but not walk the walk. The best evidence for a religious faith is change in the believers actions and behaviors.
Faith is Personal
Many aspects of life can sway the way a person may or may not believe. If a person is relatively happy in what they find “out there” who am I to say they are wrong… Eternally wrong? I do not know that persons entire story.
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Religion Leads to sharp disagreement
Many people will not talk about politics or religion – period. Why? because the don’t want to go through the hassle of offending somebody or getting resentful themselves. Peace brother. God is love.
Do all Religions pray to the same God?
One of the fun things about believing is the “search” itself. Asking hard questions and “working out my own salvation”. I have found diversity in the faiths can be a strong motivator to learn more. And grow in my own faith.
Open mindedness does not have to be a bad thing. I believe God is infinite. He has a plan for ALL of it. Agape love is what the God of my understanding is all about.
Directed by Alexander Amenabar, Agora stars Rachel Weisz as the philosopher, mathematician, and martyr Hypatia of Alexandria, whose history has long been muddled and contested since the limited release of the film. Many Christians including Catholic evangelist Rev. Robert Barron, condemn Amenabar for the film, calling it an “atheist agenda” despite the fact that the director insisted on a multi-faith cast and crew and the distributors insisted on a preemptive screening by the Vatican, which reported no issues with the film.
Synopsis
History buffs already know how the movie ends, so I won’t worry about spoilers. Agora is a about a woman mathematician, philosopher, and scholar in Roman Egypt. We, the audience, see Hypatia teaching men of prominent families, including Orestes, who admires her but cannot attain her because she loves philosophy first. Davus, one of her father’s slaves (whom she pities), also loves Hypatia, but the latter is oblivious and the former is burdened by his lower status. He begins to turn to Christianity for solace.
