Christian group prays for troubled Hollywood Celebs--why?
Tim Howard
Just to summarize the above story:
A Christian group called the Hollywood Prayer Network, who according to
the story, has over 5,000 members (why has this group of weirdos not
gotten any attention before) has them pick a celeb to pray for.
Troubled celebs like Brittany, Lindsay, Paris, etc. are the top prayer
receivers. The group even claims one of their members met and gave a
Bible to Paris Hilton recently, and they plan "to pass one on to Spears
later this month." I guess they know her schedule. : )
Why would they waste their time? According to the story, "Members of
the network, which has chapters in 16 U.S. cities and eight countries,
see Hollywood as the 21st century's largest mission field, a powerful
industry that can be used to sow the seeds of an international cultural
and religious revival." And if you are wondering if they really take
themselves this seriously and think marginally talented self-centered
Hollywood celebs are that important to everyone's lives, consider this
quote from one member, Robert Johnston, a professor of theology and
culture at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena...
"The prayer network is the equivalent, and perhaps more important,
than praying for our president," Johnston said. "Just as churches have
traditionally prayed for leaders, now we recognize that one of our
primary sources of leadership is the entertainment industry."
I guess these silly religious celebfans have never read the parable of
the sower. Don't sow your seeds on rocks or among weeds, sow them on
fertile ground.
les_on_usenet
<tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Christian_group_prays_for_celebs_11152007.html
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>Just to summarize the above story:
>
>A Christian group called the Hollywood Prayer Network, who according to
>the story, has over 5,000 members (why has this group of weirdos not
>gotten any attention before) has them pick a celeb to pray for.
>Troubled celebs like Brittany, Lindsay, Paris, etc. are the top prayer
>receivers. The group even claims one of their members met and gave a
>Bible to Paris Hilton recently, and they plan "to pass one on to Spears
>later this month." I guess they know her schedule. : )
>
>Why would they waste their time? According to the story, "Members of
>the network, which has chapters in 16 U.S. cities and eight countries,
>see Hollywood as the 21st century's largest mission field, a powerful
>industry that can be used to sow the seeds of an international cultural
>and religious revival." And if you are wondering if they really take
>themselves this seriously and think marginally talented self-centered
>Hollywood celebs are that important to everyone's lives, consider this
>quote from one member, Robert Johnston, a professor of theology and
>culture at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena...
Me likesers thees :-)
This is great. This 'in-your-face' clownish behavoir will help people
recognise Christianity for what it is. Give them all the publicity
they want and it will help accelerate the decline of their sad
little cult with their comic beliefs and comic antics. How can anybody
possibly take them seriously after this?
We see them with their little placards intruding themselves into
Olympic events and they look so pathetic in their obvious
desperation. They remind me of an old Charlie Chaplin film.All this
superb sport and human achievement going on and all they
are interested in is to market their stupid Bible as if nobody
had ever heard of it. What better way to persuade people
they are just sad clowns.
An early episode of Taggart on TV says it all. Hard nose Taggart, a
Glasgow detective gets a new assistant, Detective Jardine. After
discovering Jardine is teetotal, Jardine then says there is something
else sir needs to know and confessess he is a Christian. Taggart rolls
his eyes and give Jardine a slightly sarcastic pitying look then turns
away and sniggers slghtly. Superb acting and an excellent moment :-)
Les Hellawell
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MosNot
"Tim Howard" <tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message news:Eoa01.lga...
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> Just to summarize the above story:
Let's not.
Christopher A.Lee
Will
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peachy ashie passion
Well, the fact that they've been doing this for years and you never
knew suggests that it won't go far.
Michael Gray
<tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Christian_group_prays_for_celebs_11152007.html
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>Just to summarize the above story:
>
>A Christian group called the Hollywood Prayer Network, who according to
>the story, has over 5,000 members (why has this group of weirdos not
>gotten any attention before) has them pick a celeb to pray for.
>Troubled celebs like Brittany, Lindsay, Paris, etc. are the top prayer
>receivers. The group even claims one of their members met and gave a
>Bible to Paris Hilton recently, and they plan "to pass one on to Spears
>later this month." I guess they know her schedule. : )
>
>Why would they waste their time?
Because they have a ready market of ignorant superstitious unthinking
cretins who are rich.
Mike Mordant
> www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Christian_group_prays_for_celebs_111520...
Why waste their time?
The True Christian type is impressed with wealth and celebrity. Any
of the folks they have targeted would make a great get. They would
then be used to recruit hundreds of thousands of equally
impressionable morons.
panam...@hotmail.com
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I still feel for the marathon runner that got pushed off course by an
idiot priest at Athens `04. The man would have won the gold. Didn't
that same idiot run on course at a Formula One race once? Talk about a
Darwin Award runner-up..
-Panama Floyd, Atlanta.
aa#2015/KoBAAWA!
Gator Slayer
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Probably just to freak YOU out.
johac
Michael Gray <mike...@newsguy.com> wrote:
O tempora! O mores! The decline and fall of American culture and society
is complete!
--
John #1782
Tim Howard
I disagree. Even though people buy and watch tabloid entertainment
stuff, I don't think they really care what Hilton, Ritche, Spears,
Lohan, etc. think about anything as it is, so why would they listen to
them talk about converting to Jesus? Hasn't Paris already said she got
religion after just a few weeks in jail? Has their been a spike in
conversions?
Tim Howard
Who? The Christians or the celebs?
Michael Gray
<tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
The celebs.
Before they get suckered by the Scientologist scammers.
Mike Mordant
I am forced to come in contact with people everyday who idolize
people like Paris Hilton.
There are enough impressionable people so that Christians will hold
them up as proof of "the power of the gospel".
I've heard that type of Christian hold up Gary Busey as an example!
Of course it's not going to impress a thinking person such as you.