PZ had a fun post up about Jack Chick’s Halloween tracts, which were always lurid, and always wrong. Unfortunately, there are way too many christians who believe such utter shit, and not only believe it, preach it. One such fanatic is Rodney Howard-Browne, master of delusions and conspiracy theories. After a rant about the evil pasty white boy Eminem, he launches into his latest mishmash of conspiratorial evils…
“It’s time to mock the false gods of the age and their prophets,” he continued. “They’re prophets of the enemy … These people are full of the devil, these people can’t even be reasoned with, these are not people you can talk to, they have already given their soul to the devil. These people go through seances, these people drink blood, these people sacrifice children.”
Personally, I think it’s people like Mr. Howard-Browne and all those who actually listen to him who could be classed as irrational and unreasonable. What can you say to someone who truly believes that there’s blood drinking and human sacrifice going on all over the place, and somehow, no one notices? I don’t believe in gods. I don’t believe in the assorted crew, angels, demons, all that nonsense, either. We don’t have souls. I don’t attend seances, drink blood, or sacrifice children. I don’t even eat babies. I think I’m at least fairly reasonable. Generally speaking, I’m willing to listen to most people, but I do have a requirement – I expect people to think. To think about themselves, their views, why they have those views, why they have beliefs in whatever. People should never be afraid to think. Unfortunately, theists of all stripes despise and fear thinking. It’s not good for the flock to think, they might end up coming to very different conclusions from what they are spoonfed at every opportunity. There’s a reason there’s so much repetition of the same old shit in religion – they don’t want people thinking. “Focus on ‘god’! “Fear the devil!” Ooooh Pray!”
“They sacrifice children at the highest levels in Hollywood,” Howard-Browne declared. “They drink blood of young kids. This is a fact.
No, it’s not a fact. That is easily verifiable, too. It’s yet another fucking lie, meant to scare the hell out of those who have been trained to fear a psychopathic god all their lives. Now, some filthy rich assholes are so afraid of death, they do things like milk blood from young people – see Peter Thiel, wannabe vampire. As far as I know, he doesn’t drink the stuff, just spends an obscene amount of money now and then for a transfusion of that sweet, young, blood. Now, there’s stupid and disgusting behaviour for you, but it’s hardly a secret, it’s been publicized, written about, and verified. I expect if people in Hollywood or anywhere else were busy quaffing blood, there would be plenty of stories about it, because those kind of stories sell – what’s better than sex? Blood drinking, sacrificial scandals! Are there other filthy rich morons who are paying an obscene amount of money for transfusions? I expect so.
That is why the next thing to be exposed will be all the pedophilia that is going to come out of Hollywood and out of Washington, D.C. The human sacrifice and the cannibalism has been going on for years. Some of you say, ‘Oh, they don’t do that.’ It’s worse than what you think. You remember when the whole spirit cooking thing came out? That’s commonplace, ladies and gentlemen.
Oh, the trifecta – pedophilia, human sacrifice, and…cannibalism! Oooh, shocker. Spirit Cooking? What, I, uh. Okay, there was an Abramovic work done in the late ’90s called Spirit Cooking, but…:searches: Oh. Yeah, it’s about that. Sort of. Christ on a stick, no art piece can match what these idiots can cook up. No, ‘spirit cooking’ is not a thing. Again, easily verifiable. No one is busy writing about the joys of spirit cookery. If it was a thing, there would be a fucktonne of specialist blogs and so on. I’m sure it would be a major feature on Goop. Well, maybe it will be, it’s not just christians who make up batshit stuff.
And many of the Hollywood actors that you go see on a screen, what you don’t know [is] they bring a witch, they do a big seance right there on the set and they worship devils and they allow devils to come into them before they take the part of what they’re going to act. It’s a fact what I am telling you.”
No, that is not a fact. It’s yet another fucking lie. This is so tiresome. Hollywood is one of the most covered places on the earth, many people are endlessly interested in celebs, movies, and television. Honestly, think for one moment the sheer amount of people involved in making one movie. Just one. And of course, not one person would be remotely tempted by the money they could demand for such stories. Yeah, that’s not reality. Also, while not every actor can be considered great, it’s pretty damn insulting to imply they are unable to perform their job at all, and are instead nothing more than demon suits. A person could be quite tempted to think that lying, conspiracy mongering evangelists are little more than skin suits for demons, if those particular critters existed. As it stands, it’s bad enough, the harm, spite, poison and fear spilled out by lying, conspiracy mongering evangelists.
blf says
Today’s world control conspiracy recipe de jour contains a generous helping of spirits (this causes the mildly deranged penguin to perk up), is seasoned with witches (she says that’s unusual in a mixed drink but might be worth a try), with the assistance of non-existent child-eating pedophilies (to do what, stir the make-believe broth?, she asks).
busterggi says
When your bestest friend in the world is imaginary you may as well have imaginary enemies too.
whirlwitch says
There’s a thread I find here, a subplot in the mention of Hollywood, allegations about actors, and the misconstruing of an art piece (also with regards to your other post in which another fanatic talks about a “fast-talking, dancing comedienne” as a denigrating description). These are people who do not understand creativity, and therefore fear it, particularly its ability to affect people emotionally.
Caine says
Whirlwitch:
I agree, completely. Much of art is also very thought provoking, and that’s a big ol’ no no to the religious.
Caine says
Y’know, I couldn’t help wondering if the actors being demon suits also applied to those who trod the boards, or if it’s just a Hollywood phenom.
bobmunck says
>> “They sacrifice children at the highest levels in Hollywood,” Howard-Browne declared.
I’m curious what the highest level in Hollywood would be. The Hollywood Sign is at about 1,600 ft on Mt. Lee, but I don’t think it’s actually IN Hollywood. Maybe the roof of the Wilshire Grand?
>> No, ‘spirit cooking’ is not a thing.
I think it’s now called “sous vide.”
Ice Swimmer says
Spirit cooking? My first thought was: With what, rum, cognac, vodka, whisky?
rietpluim says
What do all these guys have against the devil? The evil gets the blame for everything. It’s not like he drowned virtually every person on the planet by a world-wide flood, or killed the first born of an entire nation, or commanded women to be stoned to death for the -- oh horror -- evil crime of having sex before marriage.
The devil must be really envious. God does all these evil things, and yet they think He is The Good Guy. Some PR machine God has!
rietpluim says
The *devil gets the blame