Book of Isaiah 17-20 as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit

Isaiah 17-20

Isaiah continues his rants against other nations.  I imagine him as a Ted Kaczynski type loner living in a cave, making empty threats against all those he thinks have wronged him/Israel in the past.  Damascus and Egypt are the focus for this reading.

  

Women are insulted when they are portrayed as weak creatures;

19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

He seems to think that Egypt will become friendly with Israel and Assyria or possibly become a jewish (or christian?) nation.  Better hurry up the end of times is coming fast!  oh, and Assyria no longer exists according to Wikipedia.

That's the problem with prophesies. Those of us living here in the future have actual history to judge them against.  The key is to make a prophesy of a past event in private without dating it, wait several decades for it to be released, and then let the world think you're a freaking great prophet.

Here are some examples from my personal, handwritten journal that will be released on my 100th birthday in the year 2061;

1. In the autumn, those who follow the prophet Mohamed will cause the towers of the great city to erupt in flame.  America, the Great Satan will run in fear and confusion.  But, their wrath shall be swift and bring death and destruction to the innocent in the land of Allah.

2. The dictator of Babylon shall thump his chest and  proclaim to be invincible, but the great army of the west shall drive him into a hole.  He shall find final justice at the wrong end of an asp. (see what I did there?  I used a metaphor!)

3.  God shall exact revenge on the great island nation for the false worship of Hello Kitty.  The earth shall open up under their feet, the sea shall wash away the sinful and God's wrath shall glow and spew from their places of great power.  Microchip production maybe affected and God will cause longer then usual shipping times for the iPad.

Good News, Bad News

Bad news; I'm slammed with work right now and behind in the reading.

Good news; I have the official Blogger app for the iPhone to tell you this!

Book of Isaiah 13-16 The weapons of his indignation

Isaiah 13-16

Isaiah brings back the war mongering god we all know and love!!!

God's scorched earth policy is in full effect.  Men are run thru, children are dashed before the eyes of their parents and the women will be raped.

The name Lucifer gets a quick mention in 14:3, but it doesn't seem to apply to the devil.
We are also once more reminded that God will punish the children for the deeds of the father.

We learn about a rare animal, the Cockatrice!  I'll have to go to the museum of natural history to see one because I think they're extinct now, I mean, the Bible doesn't have any fallacy in it.
I wonder why the new translations of the Bible changed it to viper or asp?

Money line:

16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab

Bottom line, Babylon and Moab are f@&ked.
Who's gonna be next?

EDIT:  Speaking of Babylon, I just found this in my Facebook feed.  It also has a piece on the Catholic Church!  God is indeed guiding me!

This Makes Everything Crystal Clear

I was link hopping on the internets this morning.  I started at www.io9.com and ended up here.
The LORD must have been guiding my mouse because this site clearly explains why the Bible is the word of God!

As an aside, I have to admit that I felt a little defensive when I realized that the site "What Every Catholic Should Know" was actually, for the lack of a better term, anti-catholic.
I guess even after I quite the team, I still get mad when they're boo'd!  The brainwashing runs deep!

EDIT:  Speaking of the Catholic Church, I just found this in my Facebook feed.  It's the third piece down.  It also has a piece on Babylon!  God is being freaky today!

Book of Isaiah 10-12

Isaiah 10-12

It's a holiday weekend in the U.S.A..
Nothing really exceptional stood out in this section so I think I'll have a cool, refreshing beverage.

Vod Kanockers anyone?

Book of Isaiah 7-9 ...shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7-9

7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

I'm guessing that several passages in this section will make my Christian readers jump up and down and yell at me "See this?  This is prophesy that predicts the birth of Jesus!!!!  Told you so!!!"

Well, go ahead.

But aside from the inconsistency of the name, Emmanuel (which happens again in the Gospel of Matthew), the prophesy is fairly general and isn't it more likely that the story of Jesus was rooted in these passages as a way to tie him into the Old Testament?

Discuss...

Hitler, McCarthy and Pastor Mike

What do you do when the ideology of one group conflicts with your ideology?  Well, if you're part of the majority rule, you try to outlaw that group and make them criminals (Nazis, Communists, Medieval Catholic Church).

But, what if you live in a country that holds freedom of speech and freedom of belief to be the highest of it's social truths?  Well, you can only hope to keep track of the rabble 'just in case'.

Enter Pastor Mike Stahl.  He feels that Atheists need to be put on a national registry so "we" can keep track of them.

From his blog;

"I mean, think about it. There are already National Registrys [sic] for convicted sex offenders, ex-convicts, terrorist cells, hate groups like the KKK, skinheads, radical Islamists, etc.."

"This type of 'National Registry' would merely be for information purposes."

"I mean, in the City of Miramar, Florida, where I live, the population is approx. 109,000. My family and I would sure like to know how many of those 109,000 are ADMITTED atheists! Perhaps we may actually know some. In which case we could begin to witness to them and warn them of the dangers of atheism. Or perhaps they are radical atheists, whose hearts are as hard as Pharaoh's, in that case, if they are business owners, we would encourage all our Christian friends, as well as the various churches and their congregations NOT to patronize them as we would only be "feeding" Satan. "

He seems to be unaware that GOD hardened Pharaohs heart several times after Pharaoh repeatedly agreed to let the Jews leave Egypt.  ;-)

I have to link to the article about Stahls blog because he's made it invite only since it hit the news.

When the lights go on, the cockroaches run and hide.

I'll gladly invoke Godwin's law here.  Pastor Mike's idea certainly mimics Hitler's practices against Jews, gays and atheists, but McCarthyism is a more appropriate comparison.

I really don't have a point to make here, Pastor Mike makes it for me.  I just wanted to shine another light on a cockroach.