When suddenly...

[rain_gryphon]

So, "Maniacs for Jesus" (not the official name of the church, but it might as well be) are giving away an automobile to one lucky Easter service attendee. Anyone can win - you don't need to be a regular attendee, and they're passing out flyers. I'm sure their hearts are in the right place, but the idea of having prize giveaways in church (apart from for-fun stuff like church social prizes, which are always on the level of party favours anyway) really grates on me. I can't help but think of Jesus going medieval* on the moneychangers in the Temple. I can see their reasoning and motivation. This is very much akin to missionaries giving away knives, and cloth,** and beads to get the natives to come listen to them talk about Christ. On the whole, though, I'm uncomfortable with it, and it surprises me just how uncomfortable.


*Perhaps, under the circumstances, it should be characterized as 'going bronze age'.

** See what I did there, Loganberry?

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Nasty video of the Haitians getting electrocuted on their float. I had to search to find it, so I can't really complain, but wow. Loud, evil-sounding 60Hz buzz when the line flares. I'm still not entirely sure what happened. I think maybe the guy with the stick pushed two lines together, and they arced and burned through.

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It's interesting how conditioned one is to recognize 60Hz as the sound of serious, immediate danger. Only the last few generations have had that reflex.

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[xolo.livejournal.com]

Quite the fitting userpic.