give me a break, part 2

In an earlier blog I mentioned my disgust w/a radio commercial from a local church regarding 8/8/08. My understanding is that if you give them $88.08 they will pray for you. GREAT! NOT!! I will be glad to pray for you for free, and I am CERTAIN my prayers will be heard. Anyway, I haven't looked at their website, but I was told that by a very reliable source (Hi mom!). To listen to the commercial I can't imagine how you would make that connection. Secondly, even if you could that's not the point. The point is, as my husband would put it, "They are hit in the mouth!" Because today was the beginning of the olympics, at exactly 8:08, I learned more about the significance of the numbers (or not!). The Chinese revere the number all the time, but this is the year of the 8. It made me even more disgusted at the church, to think that they are playing into this whole 8 thing. Shame on them, and shame on their shepherd who will be in big doo doo for his role in leading people astray!

give me a break!

i have to get a couple of things off of my mind. 1)a certain LARGE local church has been airing a message on the "family friendly" radio station i listen to this past week. it goes something like, "on 8/8/08 the world as you know it will change. the pastor has had a revelation from God, and you don't want to miss being a part of it. its supernatural. you and your family are meant to be blessed by God and be a blessing for God. you will find out where you have been and where God desires you to be." i have taken a lot of liberties, but you get the gist. i am going to start praying for that pastor. i am worried about what kind of judgment he is going to face for the flock he has been "leading." 2) on the "family friendly" station they air a movie rating, from 1-5 (1 being least and 5 being most), for family friendliness. its a joke. the movie previewer recently described a movie he saw as, "made you cringe in your seats gory, adult language and a lot of theological missteps...i give it a 1.5 for family friendliness." are you kidding me?! what part of that review was in the least bit family friendly? give me a break! i give him a 0.