March 18, 2013 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
As seen on 6th Street in Austin at SWSW —-
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Kinda makes me want to get drunk and then go do the wild thing with another woman, steal her boots, lie to the police about it, donate her boots and a voodoo doll to an abortion clinic raffle, and bow down and worship Hillary Clinton.
How ’bout you?
Thanks to Vickie for the cool picture.
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Don’t worry, gettin’ “saved” can fix all that for ya….
1It sounds like hell might prove to be a very interesting place. I expect to find many friends there.
2I wonder how many of those he is? After all, most people like that are projecting about something.
3Projection doesn’t just happen at the picture show.
4Yep, re: projection. Myself, I’m planning to go to Heaven but don’t think I have the final say on it. I think Heaven and Hell start while we’re alive. Amen and hallelujah, pass the collection plate while we sing the final hymn.
5Put more simply “You’re human, you’re going to Hell.”
A Sam Clemens suggested:
“Go to Heaven for the climate and Hell for the company.”
When I contemplate the Heaven proposed by some of the more insular sectarians, I realize the genius of their parsimony. There is no need for a separate Hell. Heaven, as these righteous people declare it to be, would seem like Hell for anyone who didn’t belong there.
6That pretty much covers the spectrum of being … what? … human?
7Rand Paul is going to heaven. Instead of a harp, he’s getting a Harpo Marx squeezy horn.
8Just because we share a common language, we often assume that words have the same meanings for the speaker as they do for us. Thus we think we “understand” when we hear or read words that we are familiar with. Nothing could be further from the truth. It would be interesting to have a discussion with this sign holder, asking this person what exactly is their definition of
1) a liar–because if their definition is someone who knowingly does not tell the truth (my definition of a liar), I doubt there is any human being over the age of five since the beginning of time who could stand up to that criteria. Hell will be very crowded.
2) witches–really? witches? (In my world, except figuratively speaking when the word has the connotation of “bitch”, a witch is a creature of fairy tales and myths.) I would love to ask the sign holder about this one. Simply provide me with one living human being whom you consider to be a witch AND according to what criteria can they be defined thusly? (Dunking them in water or what?) What specifically do they do,or have they done that lets you know they are a witch? Wouldn’t that be interesting to hear about?
3) Idolaters–literally these are people who worship idols which can be statues or other material things such as money, jewels, etc. It would be interesting to see who the sign holder includes in this category. For example, are Catholics with their statues of the Virgin Mary included, Muslims (if so what idols do they worship?), Wall Street CEO’s (with their “idol” of money), etc. Who according to them belongs to the club of idolaters?
The best thing we can do for humanity is to not automatically assume that we “know” what someone has communicated just because we speak the same language. And the only way we can do this is to have conversations with them–sincere conversations that for our part consist primarily of asking questions for clarification and listening carefully to the answer.
9If any of ya’ll get there before me, please save me a gin & tonic. Thank you.
10Hmmmm. Hell sounds like a party I’d get invited to. I’d have a couple of cocktails (which the sign holder claims got me there in the first place) and have a few laughs. I’m thinking
11its going to be crowded though so people need to bring a camp stool with them.
Amazing to me the dude totin’ that sign didn’t get pummeled in the crowd of so-called heathens in that kinky liberal crowd at the SXSW in the People’s Republic of Austin.
12Whew! That’s a relief. So this old stoner still has a chance, huh?
13Looking at that list…well Hell, looks like Hell will be full of Republicans.
Lindy aka Hippie in the Hollar
14and make mine bourbon
The production quality of the sign is better, but these same hateful, time-warp, holier-than-thou freaks used to hold up a big banner with the same hellbound message right in the middle of the Commons across from the Drag when I was at UT in the early 70s. I, however, haven’t changed my mind about them or about the forgiving and loving God I believe in.
15I’ve been told that I am hellbound so many times that I figure first class reservations on the bus is my sweetest hope of fast transport. And I’m sure hell is so over-crowded that soon a hilarious/hostile take over of “heaven” is in the works.
16So I don’t get to go to Heaven with Rick Santorum, Marco Rubio, Paul Rand, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and this guy?
However will I bear it?
17I wonder if the abortionists are wondering if they’re going to be the one….
18After reading that list, it is comforting to know I will be in good company when I get there. :))
19By comparison, according the Bible, Jesus was most critical of hypocrites and the uncharitable while breaking bread with sinners.
20Notice they did not have anything on murderers. How about pedophiles, no? Wife batterers? no? Rapists? no? (OK the list can go on for a while) Guess those are all ok.
21I remember reading a good book based on Dante’s materials…but a adulturer managed to sneak on vehicle bound for heaven with a bunch of religious scholars. As they all started to turn non-genital and better suited for new role of basically library access and calm and peaceful, he started changing to something more suited for 2nd level of Hell (I think 2nd).
He realized he would not enjoy their afterlife and got rerouted to the Orgy in Hell and knew that was what his interests fit to.
I found it an interesting concept of how our afterlife might very much be suited to the world we build in our focus and nature now. If so, bring on Hell, this witch would much rather be at that party than the devoted to judgement practitioner carrying the sign.
Of course, as a witch (nature/ancestor-based spirituality), I don’t believe in the concepts of Heaven and Hell as practiced by Zoroastrians and the “People of the Book” that evolved from them (Christians, Jews, Muslims). The concept of an afterlife including “Hell” aspects as a place of punishment does appear in different ancient faiths/mythologies, but few if any believed it was a “forever” deal–until Christianity. If I recall correctly, even Christianity didn’t really nail down forever punishment until, I think, 10th Century.
Unfortunately, Church history is like arguing facts with the right-wing fanatic. He/she doesn’t want their conviction of what is “true” clouded with thinking.
22Wrong venue. Shoulda been standing with this sign last weekend outside CPAC and added Hypocrites to the list.
23Other people going to hell;
Those who tell other people where they are going based on their own religious beliefs.
24Reminds me of when I and some fellow clinic escorts first found out about Dominionism, Reconstructionism, etc.–those are the folks (only men-folk in charge) who plan to take over the country and turn it into an early Salem town look-alike.
We amused ourselves by thinking of all the reasons we could be stoned (their favorite execution method) to death: interest in Astrology (or other occult studies), unwilling to submit to male domination, in favor of birth control info for all women, unwillingness to accept their religious beliefs as the only true faith, —and I could go on.
25Umptydump: My thoughts exactly.
26Sounds like the list of attributes necessary to speak at CPAC or run in the Republican primary.
They sure do have ’em a mighty big Texas-sized handbasket for all them Xtian hypocrites~
27Uncle Dave, you kinda went the first place my mind went also. Looks like a list of folks Jesus would want to hang out with. He was always going to break bread with those the “established church members” scorned.
One of my favorite stories is when the short tax collector, Zacchaeus, climbed a tree so he could see Jesus. Jesus invited himself to dinner. In Luke 19:7 “All the people saw this and began to mutter, ‘He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.'”
Indeed, and that’s why all of us are welcome.
28They left beauty shop owners and older students off the list. Disappointed at the omission.
29Shucks! A genuine X-ian could never believe in witches. Think about it.
30Okay, apparently there are a bunch of drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, etc., who are going to hell — but only one abortionist who is. I wonder whether the sign holder knows which abortionist it is. The rest of the abortionists are safe, apparently.
31As my momma would say: they ain’t got nary heaven or hell to put me in. And make mine Grey Goose.
32There’s another picture of the same sign on Spin’s website, showing a guy standing next to the sign and two yahoos, with a hand-letter poster saying, “F…. these guys.”
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