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I-35: The Highway to Heaven
Nov. 30th, 2007 08:11 amI'm not sure if everyone's seen this bit of hokum yet...
Apparently someone has found some verse about a highway leading to righteousness in the Bible, and since it's Isaiah 35:8 they think it must mean I-35, so they are targeting the cities along the way of the great "NAFTA Highway".
Some problems with this story:
Everything shown is in Dallas. all of the groups, people and events are Dallas-based. You are talking about thousands of miles or road, but really, eveything's happening in the buckle of the Bible Belt. Hardly the nation-changing event that you are proclaiming.
The gay who gets touched by an evangelical and suddenly is cured. He uses the word "fiance" rather than boyfriend - seems unusual to me. After he's saved and starts going to church like a good little ex-gay should, there's never talk about his "fiance?" What happened to him? Did they try to save him? Did he vanish? Perhaps he wasn't moved by the spirit so much.
Yes, it was in the local gay newspaper. It's called harassment and it's newsworthy.
Of course, they claim there's been more of these rallies, but i haven't heard of them. I think that they were just happy about using a plant for this story - a man who would go on camera saying that he was saved from homosexuality by a mob in front of JR's, but really, I've seen better acting jobs.
Lastly, they say that they want to set people and churches "on fire" for God. This seems to be a bit violent for my tastes. Perhaps they could get a focus group together and fix this message.
Look out for this hitting a middle American city near you - maybe.
Apparently someone has found some verse about a highway leading to righteousness in the Bible, and since it's Isaiah 35:8 they think it must mean I-35, so they are targeting the cities along the way of the great "NAFTA Highway".
Some problems with this story:
Everything shown is in Dallas. all of the groups, people and events are Dallas-based. You are talking about thousands of miles or road, but really, eveything's happening in the buckle of the Bible Belt. Hardly the nation-changing event that you are proclaiming.
The gay who gets touched by an evangelical and suddenly is cured. He uses the word "fiance" rather than boyfriend - seems unusual to me. After he's saved and starts going to church like a good little ex-gay should, there's never talk about his "fiance?" What happened to him? Did they try to save him? Did he vanish? Perhaps he wasn't moved by the spirit so much.
Yes, it was in the local gay newspaper. It's called harassment and it's newsworthy.
Of course, they claim there's been more of these rallies, but i haven't heard of them. I think that they were just happy about using a plant for this story - a man who would go on camera saying that he was saved from homosexuality by a mob in front of JR's, but really, I've seen better acting jobs.
Lastly, they say that they want to set people and churches "on fire" for God. This seems to be a bit violent for my tastes. Perhaps they could get a focus group together and fix this message.
Look out for this hitting a middle American city near you - maybe.
