News Clips: August 2007 Archives
The Pope is launching his own airline, Mistral Air. Don't ask me why or what "Mistral" means. Motto: “I’m searching for your face, Lord." What, not "I'm ascending to your Father and my Father, to your God and my God"? Too wordy, I guess.
I have a little Yahoo! News Alert set up for the keyword "Pope" so I get a little blurb any time one of Yahoo's news feeds picks up an article with "Pope" in it. Typically it's mainstream press, though I think I once saw a Church of God newspaper on it. I'm really curious now what the steps are to get credentialed, because this came up today:
Send Farrah Fawcett A Message -- We'll Deliver Them to Her!
Extra TV Mon, 27 Aug 2007 9:59 AM PDT
(GLOBAL FORWARNING):-YHWH- John F. Kennedy Sr. was healed and hidden and will step from hiding to become the beast, aka antichrist. JFK Sr ss# is 600-60-0006. The next pope will be the false prophet. -WATCH- PLEASE REPENT AND READ THE BIBLE AND DO AS ASKED. This message is going out worldwide.
Apparently so. The link goes to what appears to be a genuine Warner Bros. site for sending Farrah Fawcett a message.
Not surprisingly no SSNs have ever been issued with the prefix 600. Who is it that lies in Scripture?
Time recently ran an article on a book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light that publishes many of the private letters of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, many of which express a spiritual agony deeper than anyone heretofore imagined.
You may recall that it was revealed shortly after her death that she experienced what mystical theologians call "Dark Night of the Soul" from the time she began her work in Calcutta until the end of her life. This is a phenomenon where God withdraws all positive feelings and affections from the believer, who then feels dry and arid, even joyless. It is said to affect people who move beyond a certain spiritual level. It was defined by St. John of the Cross.
Blessed Teresa experienced this to such a degree that she even began to doubt the existence of God. She cries out in inconsolable agony to God, expressing her feeling that she has been abandoned by God and bemoaning the "dryness," "darkness," "loneliness" and "torture" she is undergoing.
Lord, my God, who am I that You should forsake me? The Child of your Love — and now become as the most hated one — the one — You have thrown away as unwanted — unloved. I call, I cling, I want — and there is no One to answer — no One on Whom I can cling — no, No One. — Alone ... Where is my Faith — even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness & darkness — My God — how painful is this unknown pain — I have no Faith — I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart — & make me suffer untold agony.
Here is a a very interesting article about Dr. J. Michael Bailey, who wrote a book, The Man Who Would Be Queen, espousing a new theory about transgendered individuals. "In his book, he argue[s] that some people born male who want to cross genders are driven primarily by an erotic fascination with themselves as women. This idea runs counter to the belief, held by many men who decide to live as women, that they are the victims of a biological mistake — in essence, women trapped in men’s bodies."
As you might expect, the backlash was fierce and vicious. People with no evidence claimed he sexually abused them. His children were portrayed as sexual objects. He endured every sort of personal and professional attack.
This is the kind of thing that is becoming all too common from advocates of sexual paraphilias, including transgenderism, gays, lesbians, and assorted folks. What doesn't matter is fairness, or justice, or the truth — the only thing that matters is that their agenda is advanced.
(Thanks to Bob L.)
Imagine getting a day off to procreate.
(Thanks to Greg K.)
