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elfsSo, I'm reading through the daily news as it's coming down the wires and I stumble upon an article in some New York weekly about a Christian Youth Rally called "Kingdom Bound." Even the title was a little too much for me: I was swept with a wave of memory for five years ago when a science-fiction convention I attended somehow ended up sharing space with a Christian Youth rally and kids as young as six were running around with t-shirt's reading "A Servant Of The Kingdom." To us, it's oh-so-hip to play with monarchist language, but these people wouldn't know irony if it chomped its ivory-white and razor-sharp teeth through their genitals with 4000 foot-pounds of febric seziure-induced force.
I know of what author Matt Tabbai speaks when he mentions the red-stained t-shirts reading "Jesus: the original blood donor" (shit, does that mean that because I got my Red Cross gallon badge once upon a time I'm now qualified to save souls?) and "Satan is a nerd" (hey, Christbot, in some corners that's a compliment). He listens to third-rate teen actor Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains talk about how the whole "God brings peace" story is a bad sell and what we should really concentrate on is the whole fire and brimstone and fear part of the tale. (Funny, but Mary-Kate and Ashley went on to have careers...)
But what got my attention was the end piece, in which a woman named Pam Stenzel ranted onstage about abstinence and sex and the consequences of bad sex and about how she was perfectly willing to let her own daughter roast in Hell if that's what she chose. Tabbai asks: "Exactly how much do you need to hate yourself to be attracted by a message like that? How crippled do you have to be as a person to feel soothed by that kind of emotional ass-whipping?"
Well, look at Pam's biography, and you will see one seriously fucked-up life in the making. And if I read between the lines right (note that the "support" page gives a 404 error), these people are federally funded, "faith-based," and delivering a message that has no real evidence demonstrating its long-term efficacy.
And in case anyone thinks this is somewhat irrelevant to our little neighborhood, consider this: She's going to be in Moses Lake, talking to six different schools, this November, hosted by "Warriors, Arise and Restore!"
Hmm... DStar as Tiffani-Amber. And I could see Jack Nicholson playing Jenner. Jude Law? Moi?
Rockin'.
I know of what author Matt Tabbai speaks when he mentions the red-stained t-shirts reading "Jesus: the original blood donor" (shit, does that mean that because I got my Red Cross gallon badge once upon a time I'm now qualified to save souls?) and "Satan is a nerd" (hey, Christbot, in some corners that's a compliment). He listens to third-rate teen actor Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains talk about how the whole "God brings peace" story is a bad sell and what we should really concentrate on is the whole fire and brimstone and fear part of the tale. (Funny, but Mary-Kate and Ashley went on to have careers...)
But what got my attention was the end piece, in which a woman named Pam Stenzel ranted onstage about abstinence and sex and the consequences of bad sex and about how she was perfectly willing to let her own daughter roast in Hell if that's what she chose. Tabbai asks: "Exactly how much do you need to hate yourself to be attracted by a message like that? How crippled do you have to be as a person to feel soothed by that kind of emotional ass-whipping?"
Well, look at Pam's biography, and you will see one seriously fucked-up life in the making. And if I read between the lines right (note that the "support" page gives a 404 error), these people are federally funded, "faith-based," and delivering a message that has no real evidence demonstrating its long-term efficacy.
And in case anyone thinks this is somewhat irrelevant to our little neighborhood, consider this: She's going to be in Moses Lake, talking to six different schools, this November, hosted by "Warriors, Arise and Restore!"
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Hmm... DStar as Tiffani-Amber. And I could see Jack Nicholson playing Jenner. Jude Law? Moi?
Rockin'.
Re: pam stenzel
Date: 2003-10-11 10:27 pm (UTC)I completely agree with you. Pam Stenzel is speaking the truth. She happens to be a friend of mine. Im not saying this because she is my friend but because I believe that God is real and God gave her this job. So in my closing I will say I am so very sorry for those of you who don't Know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord And Savior. I also feel sorry that you have nothing better to do than to make fun Of people doing God's work.I hope that one day you will realize that God made your heart only for him and you wil never be satisfied until God is in your life.