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Category Archives: Christianity
Osama bin Laden’s latest video message
Here is the latest video from Osama bin Laden, apparently released a few hours ago (Sunday, July 15th) although there is no way of knowing when it was actually recorded. There is some background from LauraMansfield.com:
He himself said ‘By Him in Whose Hands my life is!
I would love to attack and be martyred,
then attack again and be martyred,
then attack again and be martyred.’Those are the words of Osama Bin Laden in a short clip from a longer As Sahab video.
According to CNN, however, the original video was 40 minutes long instead of the 50 seconds of bin Laden which made it to YouTube. The rest was, essentially, a motivational tape encouraging viewers to think positively of martyrdom as a career choice.
Bin Laden glorified those who die in the name of jihad, or holy war, saying even the Prophet Muhammad “had been wishing to be a martyr.”
“The happy (man) is the one that God has chosen him to be a martyr,” added bin Laden, who was shown outdoors wearing army fatigues and looking tired.
The authenticity of the video could not be verified, but it appeared on a Web site commonly used by Islamic militants and carried the logo of as-Sahab, al-Qaida‘s media production wing. It was not immediately clear when the video of bin Laden was filmed.
Bin Laden was last heard from in a July 1, 2006 audio tape in which he voiced support for the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and warned nations not to send troops to fight a hardline Islamic regime that had recently seized power in Somalia.
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paging Christopher Walken…could Christopher Walken please report to the Walls of Jericho?
Well, now it’s official. Welcome to the End Times.
With musical accompaniment.
Well, it would have musical accompaniment, if the Archangel Gabriel (or Gabe, as we like to call him) hadn’t, in a move startlingly reminiscent of (if not actually plagiarized from) Terry Pratchett‘s scene of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse getting one of their horses stolen and so becoming the Three Horsemen and one Pedestrian of the Apocalypse, actually misplaced his trumpet in Salt Lake City, triggering a terrorist alert.
The bloody Mormons, eh? And here everybody thought it was gonna be the godless atheists that brought this down.
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quiz: which Indiana Jones character are you?
There seems to be a slight difference of opinion among these quiz-type things. I mean, hey, if you can’t trust anonymous internet quiz-builders, who can you trust?
Check it out below. To really get your Indy on, do the quizzes and finish off by checking out our own dear, sweet re-edit job: Indiana Jones and the Call of Cthulhu.
Which Indiana Jones Character are You
You are Indiana Jones the King of all Crusaders
Take this quiz!
Now, you cannot tell me that 55% of quiz-taking Myspacers are Indiana Jones inside. No way. That’s just too arrogant. But this…this is going too far.
You are a Victim!
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| Congratulations! You are most like a Victim, an unfortunate being always in constant need of Indiana Jones’ help. Although it sucks to be the Victim, your helplessness plays a vital role to the Indiana Jones of the world because he/she can save your sad behind from cannibals and hunters. |
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Vatican unveils new Commandments!
And a new, bolder technique for reconciling God and Man: go ahead and tell them we just make shit up.
It’s great to see the ancient layers of pretence completely stripped away like that, freshened as by sandblasting, and the doctrines presenting their renewed, if pitted, faces to the adoring hordes.
Who needs God anymore? Certainly not the Vatican; it is entirely able to issue its own commandments at any time. We at the ol’ raincoaster blog look forward to the Ten Commandments of Wii, the Ten Commandments of Skateboarding, the Ten Commandments of Using the Remote in Company, etc, etc. Plenty to work on here, if you don’t acknowledge Miss Manners as your personal savior (as we do).
From the AP.
The “Drivers’ Ten Commandments,” as listed by the document, are:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.
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