Hellfire and Brimstone
Dec. 10th, 2004 07:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arysteiaI know we like to joke about Special Hell round here, but it appears I'm in danger of going to the real one. Apparently God's Wrath (tm) is being called down on New Zealand.
Brian Tamaki, charismatic (Is that even the right word??? When you're not charming, but could probably induce your followers to drink poisoned kool-aid?) leader of the Destiny Church, has pronounced from on high that judgment is coming, following the passage of the Civil Unions Bill.
Destiny then made the mistake of calling my house, soliciting money to fight the good fight. I don't usually tell people I'm the devil's spawn but this time I couldn't help myself. These people are scary! Watching them on tv the last couple of days, I've been struck by nothing so much as the fact that they look like mafiosi. Expensive double breasted pin striped suits and dark glasses - all they lack are fedoras and spats. Suffice it to say I was told in no uncertain terms about my position vis a vis the eternal flame and the worm that dieth not. I'm pleased to say I responded in kind.
Pastor T is, of course, the same individual that blames all New Zealand's wrongs on the fact that too many women are in power. At the time of this particular statement, the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition (Minority Leader?), Governor-General, Attorney-General, and Chief Justice were all women. The LotO has since retired, but everyone else is still in.
Personally I think letting women do important work, and letting gays and de factos register their partnerships formally, is a sign of a liberal, tolerant, and diverse society. But that's just crazy, slash reading me.
*skips off to write porn, and make sure I get into the right section of Hell*
Brian Tamaki, charismatic (Is that even the right word??? When you're not charming, but could probably induce your followers to drink poisoned kool-aid?) leader of the Destiny Church, has pronounced from on high that judgment is coming, following the passage of the Civil Unions Bill.
Destiny then made the mistake of calling my house, soliciting money to fight the good fight. I don't usually tell people I'm the devil's spawn but this time I couldn't help myself. These people are scary! Watching them on tv the last couple of days, I've been struck by nothing so much as the fact that they look like mafiosi. Expensive double breasted pin striped suits and dark glasses - all they lack are fedoras and spats. Suffice it to say I was told in no uncertain terms about my position vis a vis the eternal flame and the worm that dieth not. I'm pleased to say I responded in kind.
Pastor T is, of course, the same individual that blames all New Zealand's wrongs on the fact that too many women are in power. At the time of this particular statement, the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition (Minority Leader?), Governor-General, Attorney-General, and Chief Justice were all women. The LotO has since retired, but everyone else is still in.
Personally I think letting women do important work, and letting gays and de factos register their partnerships formally, is a sign of a liberal, tolerant, and diverse society. But that's just crazy, slash reading me.
*skips off to write porn, and make sure I get into the right section of Hell*
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Date: 2004-12-10 12:46 pm (UTC)Love your description of those guys as looking like the Mafia. They're almost as scary.
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Date: 2004-12-13 01:46 am (UTC)And these guys scare the bejeesus out of me! If it was the middle ages I'd repent!
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Date: 2004-12-13 01:49 am (UTC)