Rinehart – another damn Christian with an unhealthy obsession with bum sex

Oklahoma Commissioner Brent Rinehart, in an attempt to get re-elected county commissioner for District 2, has just mailed out an excruciating manifesto in the form of a comic book that lampoons gays and lambasts his political opponents.

It also features an angel who is allied to the commissioner and Satan, who supports his critics; uses the term “anal sodomy”, and misspells the word “paedophile”.

Toga-wearing gays – what’s that all about? – political figures, trench coated henchmen, concerned residents and Rinehart himself make up the rest of the comic’s cast of characters.

In one sequence, Satan ungrammatically declares:

If I can get the kids to believe homosexuality is normal!

The angel replies:

Hey Satan, not with Brent around you won’t!

According to Tulsa World, among those targeted in the comic are Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and Sheriff John Whetsel.

Edmondson filed felony campaign finance charges against Rinehart last year, alleging Rinehart and his former campaign manager illegally funded his 2004 campaign for county commissioner. A trial has been scheduled for September.

Said Edmondson:

A drowning man tends to thrash about. Nothing Rinehart says is worthy of comment or rebuttal.

Whetsel called the book “extremely pathetic and very bigoted.

I was taken aback that in 2008, a candidate would use that type of inflammatory material and do it under the name of being a Christian.

Welcome to the real world, Mr Whetsel!

The strip, which Rinehart said took him two months to write, opens with a proclamation that he is a Republican and Christian who stands up to “liberal good ol’ boys” at the county courthouse.

Said County Assessor Leonard Sullivan, a Republican who has had public disagreements with Rinehart

I do not know who the good ol’ boys at the courthouse are. I’ve really encouraged him on more than one occasion to get professional help. He really needs it.

Keith Gaddie, a University of Oklahoma political science professor, called the book “one of the strangest things” he’d ever seen.

I’ve never seen a comic book with the phrase ‘anal sodomy’ in it before. That was a new one for me.

You can access Rinehart’s pathetic comic here. Jack Chick, on the other hand, does hate so much better, as this tract demonstrates.

Latest comical reports from the event, which is being boycotted by around 250 African bishops , is that the number of those who ARE attending is being kept secret, and their names won’t be divulged.

It also appears that those in attendance haven’t the foggiest idea of what’s going on at the ecclesiastical talk-fest.

According to Religious Intelligence:

For the first time in its history, the Lambeth Conference has refused to list which bishops are present, citing the 1998 Data Protection Act. Our initial inquiries last week were met with the response that a roster of bishops present would be provided once registration closed on July 20. Subsequent inquiries by the ReligiousIntelligence.com were answered by saying the list was a secret, and the reasons for keeping it secret, were secret.

After The Times reported that threats had been made against the wife of Bishop Okorocha, a ban on the names of bishops present was imposed. Security concerns were initially cited on July 22 for not providing the names, but this was later revised to say that privacy issues, not security questions, prevented the bishops from being named. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s legal advisor, John Rees, advised the conference that the Data Prevention Act that came into force in 2000 forbade release of the conference participants.

Asked to explain why all prior Anglican gatherings covered by the Act had released attendance lists, a conference spokesman said legal advice had never been sought on this matter until now.

Access by the media to the gathering of bishops is sharply restricted, and the bishops themselves have scant knowledge of what is taking place. Unlike past conferences, there is no daily newspaper and what information that can be gleaned from official channels is available only to those bishops with laptops.

Well, that’s Akinola taken care of, Dumbledore. So who else has been buggering up your conference?

Meanwhile, according to The Times:

The Archbishop of Canterbury has continued his quest for Anglican unity with a strong statement against living in sin and gay sex.

Dr Williams said:

I do not believe that sex outside marriage is as God purposes it.

And he said he remained “committed” to the Church’s official stance against gay sex, which aims to preserve Biblical norms.

Dr Williams denied that the Anglican Communion was at an end and said he did not believe the Church of England had entered the Lambeth conference as “a bleeding, hunted animal with arrows in its side” as a result of the vote on women bishops which took place at the General Synod last month.

Asked what his message was to those who had chosen not to attend the conference, Dr Williams said he was “sorry” they were not present.

I think that the great pity is that to have those voices in the discussions as we have conceived it, would have been, I think, for everybody, a healing and helpful thing, but also a difficult one.

Are we heading for schism? Well let’s see. If it is the end of the Anglican Communion I do not think anyone has told most of the people here.

He was speaking as the Church of England’s Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement distributed copies at the Lambeth Conference of his 1989 essay The Body’s Grace at the conference, in which he adopted a liberal stance towards homosexual love, arguing that the Bible did not necessarily legislate only for “reproductive sex”.

Dr Nawal el-Saadawi. AFP/GETTY images

The Brotherhood of half-wits want her indicted on charges of blasphemy and contempt for religion and God, expressed in her book, The Fall of the Imam, and her play, God resigns for the Summit.

A Brotherhood statement written by Sheikh Husein Al Gharib, a “leading” cleric declared:

Under the pretext of freedom of thought, blasphemy and ridiculing Islam and its laws and principles are underway.

Al Gharib also demanded to know why Saadawi had never been prosecuted, and asked why she had singled out Islam without attacking Christianity.

Does she dare to talk about Jesus Christ, considered by Christians God or the son of God? … Saadawi and her peers who claim to be people of thought, have sold themselves to the enemies of Islam, and are being used to target Islam and Muslims.

According to this report, Saadawi has sparked wide debate and controversy over the years with her opinions about traditions within Islam. She has called the Hajj (the pilgrimage) “a pagan habit” and referred to God in the feminine form.

She has made her reputation by defending women’s rights and criticizing the political repression in Egypt.

Saadawi dismissed the Brotherhood statement, saying:

I don’t answer to the ignorant.

Dr 'Bull Dung" Deng

In a statement released on the second day of the Lambeth Conference, the Sudanese church called upon the American church to “respect the authority of the Bible,” refrain from ordaining gay priests or bishops, halt gay blessings, and “cease court actions” against traditionalists “with immediate effect.”

The American Church’s experiments with gay blessings and bishops had led to the deaths of Sudanese Christians, said Dr “Bull Dung” Deng in an impromptu press conference in the Lambeth Conference media room.

Proof, Dr Deng, if you please? As far as we know, Islamists in the Sudan label EVERYONE who isn’t a Muslim an “infidel” – and these murderous zealots have never needed an excuse for indulging a bit of recreational blood-letting of “kufrs” in the past.

In calling for the resignation of the Bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson, Deng said that, because of the actions of the American church:

We are called infidels in the Islamic world. It will give [Islamist militants] reason to kill Sudanese Christians.

Ah, Dr Deng, you slippery, disingenuous bugger, so they haven’t actually killed anyone yet for the reason you stated.

According to this report, Deng’s statement, backed by over 150 bishops from 17 Global South provinces presents a significant blow to Dr Rowan Williams’ hopes of averting a crisis at the 14th Lambeth Conference.

Deng said there was “already a breakdown of the Anglican Communion.” To prevent its wholesale collapse, “Gene Robinson should resign.”

The idiot Deng said his church had come to Lambeth to tell the Communion its views on homosexuality and church order.

God is not making a mistake in creating an Adam and an Eve. He would have made two Adams if homosexuality were natural and not perverse.

Coming next week: A batty cleric blames global warming, ingrown toenails and collapsed souffles on gay marriage.

Would you buy a blessing from this man? Benny Hinn, complete with distinctly dodgy hairdo, has an uncanny talent for separating fools from their money

The genuine, verifiable event – attributed to “the power of the Almighty” – occurred when thousands of pounds miraculously left the bank accounts of around 1,000 of devout Christians, and within minutes inexplicably surfaced in Hinn’s sizeable off-shore bank accounts.

It happened when Todd Koontz, a guest speaker at the “Miracle Crusade” told the 18,000 believers at the Coca Cola Dome near Johannesburg that God had created a “two minute” window of opportunity, during which time the Almighty would make hundreds into millionaires, or even billionaires.

All they had to do to receive the “exceptional blessing” was hand over a sizeable donation to God, aka Hinn.

$1,000 dollars (£500) to be precise.

Why are we not surprised that a stampede ensued?

According to this report, Koontz really had the congregation scrambling when he said:

This blessing will be poured out for only two minutes.

Pastor Tommie Ferreira, of the AGS Church in Johannesburg, was so incensed about the “blessing” that, after a week, he demanded to know who of the donors had actually become millionaires. He is apparently yet to find the answer.

Everyone had to donate $1,000 because an exceptional blessing rested on $1,000. People stormed to the front - poor people, rich people, people from all sections of our society.

Poor people? For pity’s sake, how poor could they have been to afford £500 for a “blessing”?

Hinn’s side-kicks at the event had credit-card machines at the ready in order take donations.

He (Koontz) said God would bless the people’s credit cards and they would be able to rule over South Africa with their money. Eventually there were no fewer than 1,000 people who made such donations.

Another South African pastor, Dr Sarel Smit was equally worried about the method by which Hinn collected donations.

Especially at a time like this when there is dire need, people run the risk of losing their faith in the Lord [if he fails to deliver]. God will provide for your needs, but not your greed.

Bizarrely, Ladele, a registrar who refused to conduct same-sex civil unions, went on to WIN a discrimination case against Islington Council, which is now appealing against the ruling.

Now the Norfolk police are in a similar bind. A policeman, Graham Cogman, who shares Ladele’s bigoted delusions, claims that his force had “harassed” him because of his religious opposition to homosexuality.

PC Cogman objects to gay rainbow symbols. He believes that are ‘inappropriate, thoughtless and insensitive’ as the rainbow symbolises God’s faithfulness. Clearly a first division pillock!

The 49-year Anglican , who circulated emails to colleagues quoting biblical opposition to homosexuality, claims he is being singled out because of his beliefs.

The force responded by saying it will not tolerate any “homophobic behaviour”.

According to the Telegraph PC Cogman, a father of two, said reconciling his religious beliefs with his job was becoming more difficult because the force’s stance on homosexuality was at odds with his religious views.

The blatant support for homosexual rights in Norfolk Police makes being a Christian officer extremely difficult. I am not undertaking this action lightly but I have to make a stand when things become so blatantly biased against me just because I hold a faith.

His complaint stems from a circular email sent to officers in early 2005 encouraging staff to wear a pink ribbon on their uniforms during Gay History Month.

After receiving the email, PC Cogman sent a reply to his fellow officers containing biblical quotations about homosexuality being a sin. He objected again the following year when a similar email was again sent to officers.

He was subjected to a disciplinary tribunal and fined 13 days’ pay.

A few months later, according to the Mail on Sunday, he was further questioned after he put a biblical text on his computer screen, reading:

Jesus is the light of the world, only the enemy kills, steals and destroys.

And in April, he was interviewed again about his beliefs after he circulated a link to an American Christian helpline on the internal communication system.

PC Cogman said he was trying to help by offering a counselling service for people struggling with their sexuality which a friend had found useful.

But a diversity adviser from the force’s headquarters in Wymondham said the website connected to the helpline was offensive.

A spokesman for Norfolk Constabulary said that PC Cogman’s behaviour:

Fell well below the standard which we expect. Whilst the force fully respects the officer has strong beliefs, it is only correct that he respects the beliefs and wishes of others. The force will not tolerate any form of homophobic behaviour. Norfolk police’s commitment to fair treatment and equality of opportunity is non-negotiable.

In his claim to the tribunal, being prepared by barrister Paul Diamond – who unsuccessfully represented Nadia Eweida after she was suspended by British Airways for breaching dress codes by wearing a cross – this latest zealot to hit the headlines will argue that the police force, locally and nationally, has become obsessed with inclusiveness to the detriment of those who adhere to Christian beliefs.

I am appalled by some comments left on this website making out that Christians are a bunch of medieval reactionaries more interested in sticking our noses into other people’s sex lives than in leading good lives in Christ ourselves. Christians can and do live in today’s diverse society while having a modern attitude to sex and sexuality, so long as it is not contrary to the Bible - see the website www.sexinchrist.com.

If Stinker intended giving Green a coronary, this site might well have done it.

Take, for example, its conclusion on “Oral Sex in Christ”:

In summary, we can say that the Scripture supports and even encourages the act of oral sex between loving heterosexual partners. Moreover, the Bible specifically encourages fellatio to completion (orgasm) with the female partner consuming or swallowing the ejaculate. This prevents spilling seed, which is an affront to the Lord, and also provides spiritual benefit to the receiving partner. Oral sex has the added benefits of preventing unwanted pregnancies and helping couples satisfy their sexual urges while preserving their chastity until marriage. For these reasons, all Christian men and women should feel confident and comfortable including oral sex as part of their sexual life in accordance with God’s will.

What about anal sex? Fine, so long as it’s not of the homo variety:

Anal sex allows both partners to save the most intimate and powerful sexual act, that of face-to-face vaginal intercourse, for their mates in marriage. This type of sexual relationship represents the most powerful union between a man and a woman, and so it rightfully should be reserved for one’s life partner. Fortunately, you can engage in anal sex prior to marriage and still be able to share the deeper, more meaningful act of consecrated love through vaginal intercourse with your wedded spouse.

Anal sex is confusing to many Christians because of the attention paid to the Bible’s condemnation of homosexual acts. However, it’s important to realize that these often quoted scriptures refer only to sexual acts between two men. Nowhere does the Bible forbid anal sex between a male and female.

In Masturbating for the Glory of God, Sex in Christ says:

God’s birthright to us is joy, happiness, and health, and there are few moments more joyous than the moment of orgasm. Therefore, every time we masturbate, we should say a prayer of gratitude, thanking the Lord for our bodies, for sexual pleasure, and for masturbation as a means of experiencing the bliss of orgasm. Remember also the many ways that masturbation helps keep us physically and spiritually healthy. Masturbation is truly a gift from God, and one that we should use with respect and righteousness to glorify Him.

In calling for “Christ-centred pornography”, Sex in Christ says:

Of course, there is little, if any adult entertainment currently on the market that … would be a good choice for Christians. That leads us to call for a new kind of porn – porn that upholds the Christian ethos. Christ-centred porn, made to be viewed by Christians and tailored to their unique needs. We challenge Christians in the adult industry (yes, they do exist – and you know who you are) to step up and truly walk their walk and live their faith by producing pornography that men and women of God can view without compromising their relationship with their Savior, or their relationship with their spouse.

Sex in Christ would certainly not approve of Passio, a newly-released gay porno DVD featuring a horny Jesus having it off with the disciples at The Last Supper!

Sex in Christ has no problems with threesomes either, so long as it involves only one man and two women:

Although two men having simultaneous sexual relations with one woman may not have any overt homosexual contact between them, the act of sharing a woman and being together in a sexual situation is nevertheless homoerotic and suggests implied homosexuality, as well as presenting a temptation to experiment where one may ordinarily not. For this reason, we feel it is best for a couple to avoid bringing another man into the picture.

Fisting? That’s OK too:

The act of fisting is physically challenging to perform, requiring patience on the part of the active partner, and relaxation on the part of the receiving partner. It cannot be rushed, and the two participants must communicate closely, with the fister carefully observing and attending to his partner’s comfort and limits, and the fistee directing her partner as to when to push forward and hold back as he works his hand into her. A Christian couple can use fisting to build trust and intimacy between them, as well as strengthening their relationship with the Lord.

Does God permit a woman to fist her husband? Oh yes, so long as:

The husband can assume a submissive and passive role during a sexual act, while afterward still maintaining his role as the spiritual head of the household and leader in the marriage.

All the sex acts covered in Sex in Christ are backed up by holy scripture. Take, for example, oral sex:

In Christian discussions concerning oral sex, the Song of Solomon is most frequently cited as an example of scriptural allusion to the act: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. (Song of Solomon 2:3)

While the previous passage refers to fellatio, the following can be read as a metaphor for cunnilingus: Awake, O north wind, and come, wind of the south; make my garden breathe out fragrance, let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its choice fruits! (Song of Solomon 4:16)

The Song of Solomon urges lovers to eat and drink freely of one another’s bodies: I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Song of Solomon 5:1) This reading of the scriptures portrays the act of oral sex as both natural, like eating, and a joyful expression of love, passion, and sexual sharing between a man and woman.

Is Sex in Christ another one of those fiendish funny anti-Christian parody sites?

You bet it is … and highly entertaining with it!

Meanwhile, “Birdshit”, who appears to have missed Passio (we would otherwise have heard his howls by now) has found something new to rail at – a newly-released, “tarty” Barbie in “bondage gear”.

Mayor David Miller doing the Can-Can up Toronto's famed Yonge Street with an exotic pair of drag queens.

On Friday, this obnoxious Christian fundamentalist “news” site – motto: News and Views Not Covered by Big Media – wailed:

Increasing numbers of Canadian politicians feel compelled to participate in this annual celebration of sex each year, and Canada’s MacLean’s magazine just two days ago posted a photo journal on its website of many of those politicians in the parade.

Most notably present were the Catholic premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty and his Progressive Conservative counterpart John Tory (with a lovely rainbow powder puff).

LSN added:

Some of the politicians are known open homosexuals themselves, while others are strong sympathizers as well as being well aware of the enormous clout that the gay movement currently has in Canadian politics. The MacLeans photos are quite tame, avoiding the many more explicit flesh baring and sexual antics in the parade, but they provide a convenient record of which politicians have decided to very publicly align themselves with this movement …

And finally, MacLeans highlights that the Metropolitan Community Church Service ‘was lead by Rev Brent Hawkes, one of the lead activists to bring same-sex marriage to Canada and recent recipient of the Order of Canada.’ It is not known if two other Order of Canada recipients - explicit sex-ed guru Sue Johanson or abortionist Henry Morgentaler - were also present.

You can see more Maclean’s pictures of Toronto’s “sinners” here.

Two things: The Catholic faithful have an insatiable appetite for kitsch, and – to their credit – are remarkably sanguine when pelted with condoms.

First, the kitsch: Perhaps the most glaring example was a T-shirt bearing the slogan Does This Shirt Make Me Look Catholic? (We stuck one on the Pope to reveal it in all its monumental tackiness.)

Then there were all manner of religious mementos ranging from crucifix mints to usb memory sticks in the shape of the cross.

And, according to this report:

The Italians brought along a heavy-metal group, from the United States there’s a rapping priest and representing switched-on Austria at Sydney’s week-long youth festival Thursday were a couple of monks that top the European pop charts with their CD of Gregorian chants. Welcome to the World Youth Day celebrations, where nationalities compete to show that the faithful aren’t fuddy-duddies and fashion is for believers too.

John Herron, a former government minister and once Canberra’s envoy to the Vatican, delighted in the trend, also evident bling emblazoned with the real Madonna. He said:

Don’t be ashamed of anything, about your religion or your birth or your age or who you are. There’s nothing to be ashamed about by being a public Catholic. You should be more assertive, because you stand for something.

Now to the condoms: Thousands were thrown at Catholic pilgrims on Saturday as protestors made the most of a court ruling allowing them to “annoy” participants at the church’s World Youth Day festival in Sydney.

A pilgrimage walk organised for the festival took many young worshippers through the city’s gay district, where about 500 people demonstrated against Pope Ratzinger’s opposition to homosexuality and contraception. They chanted “Pope go homo, gay is great” and sang “Pope is wrong, put a condom on.

Protesters wore T-shirts with slogans such as “Thank God I’m an atheist” and “Bless me father for I am a homo”.

Religion takes in billions of dollars, pays no taxes and always needs MORE money!

Well, we learn this week from this report that the Catholic Church now needs more dosh, because the credit crunch seems to have reached all the way to the Vatican.

Latest figures show that the Church ran into a $14.3-m deficit last year – the result mainly of the weak dollar.

American Catholics, sad, deluded fools that they are, are the second most generous givers to this ghastly organisation – last year collection plates in the States yielded more than $18-m – and one idiot anonymously gave a donation of over $14-m. The Germans are first in the generosity stakes.

But this, plus all the other cash clawed in from other parts of the world was not enough to stop the Vatican sliding into the red.

It cited the sharp drop in the exchange rate for the US dollar as being the main cause of the slide. The Vatican in Rome pays many of its expenses in euros, a currency which has soared against the dollar in recent years.

In 1981, Pope John Paul II ordered that the Vatican’s books be opened for inspection on an annual basis as part of his efforts to debunk the idea that the Vatican is rich.

Despite the deficit, the Vatican has not yet reached the point of having to tell Pope Ratzinger – he of the chi-chi red pumps, designer sunglasses and sumptuous, overblown frocks – that in future he will have to rummage for his drag in Oxfam charity shops.

What a shame!

How much money do we need? This much and more!