October 28, 2014 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
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My name is Susan DuQuesnay Bankston. I live in Richmond, Texas, in the heart of Tom DeLay's old district. It's nuttier than squirrel poop here.
I am honored and privileged to know Miss Juanita Jean Herownself, hairdresser extraordinary and political maven. Since she does not have time to fiddle with this internet stuff, I type her website for her and you can read it if you want to. If you don't, she truly does not give a big bear's butt.
A lot of what I post here has to do with local politics, but you probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. This is a professional political organization.
Thanks. Now if we all started walking everywhere….
1I’ve always wondered why Christians use an ancient Roman torture device as their symbol.
Wouldn’t that be the modern equivalent to using a waterboard to represent your religion of love for mankind?
I guess I missed something in Vacation Bible School.
2You think maybe the symbol stands for living sacrificially? Being willing to put one’s life on the line for the poor, the helpless, the fearful, the ignorant, the hungry and homeless ?
3The neo-christian ‘prosperity’ gospel in no way resembles what most Americans would recognize as the teachings of JC. Republican Jeebus is now fully in control. What a pity.
4I heard somebody ask recently how JFK would feel if he came back and found people toting guns. Sort of like Jesus will feel if he comes back and sees all the crosses?
5Marge, I can live with that explanation. I just believe they should have a better PR guy. There ought to be a symbol that could convey that message without the bloody cruel overtones. For many years Christians have used the violence done to Jesus as justification or an excuse to do violence to others.
Christianity was not founded in violence or cruelty. And it seems unusual to me that their symbol is an image of violence and cruelty.
6Ralph, waterboards aren’t fatal if used correctly. A better modern symbol would be a little electric chair on a chain around the neck.
The “Jeebus wants you to be rich” sect is in the running for Worst Distortion of a Religious Founder’s Message Ever. Well, no– “Kill All the Jews For Jeebus” is probably Christianity’s #1, and is also much older, going back before the Crusades. I’m sure other religions have their nominees.
7Probably the coolest thing Jesus ever did was with the loaves and fishes.
If I were to pick the symbol it would be a baguette and a sardine.
But that’s just me.
8Happily spreading this one all over the place!
9I’m not quite sure what to do with this. I guess slipping some under the wiper blades of the cars parked in my church’s parking lot Sunday might offend some members. Some members that I need to work with for now. Course there are three other churches nearby….
10And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. ”
“Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Must have been a different Jesus than the one the religious right worships.
11Hey Marge! Everything you described is against the Rethuglican political platform. Coincidence? I think not…
12The second symbol ($) does look more like a snake coiling up the trunk of a tree. Perhaps a forbidden tree.
13Lynn chose the quotes which perfectly embody the message Christ chose to warn the hypocrites who value worldly riches
14over spiritual wealth. The Repugs have distorted every passage they select to support their insane money-grubbing obsession.
They could have added a symbol for a gun, too. I’ve seen several posts from my Christian friends with the cross symbol together with a gun and some pithy comment. As a Christian myself, it just makes no sense.
15there are sets of three crosses — usually a gold one with white ones at each side — all over West Virginia. I always thought that’s where they held the Klan rallies, but now I’m not so sure.
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